Comments on: Why Wi-Fi on a Blackberry just doesn’t make sense…

By: hate it

hate it — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:33:08 +0000

Wifi or not who cares, however when they take GPS
out and give you Wifi instead that is just idiotic.
Like with pearl 8220, yay wifi I can browse internet at home
cheaper? Fantastic… Unable to use google maps ?? Useless!
How can they make phones without GPS? I was thinking
that is some 911 emergency location feature and I had it on
regular flip phone 4 years ago… Damn BB for crippling phones like this…

By: SRB

SRB — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:31:41 +0000

Why wi-fi?? Here’s one reason to have wi-fi capabilities on a blackberry…….when you can’t get data plan coverage/dead zone, but you are in a wi-fi hot spot. This happens to me daily at work. My yahoo email is restricted by IT and I cannot get cell/data coverage in many parts of the building. This scenario makes it impossible for me to receive emails and respond to them, or use my browser, unless I standing by a window. My dilemma is that I get great coverage with my phone everywhere but work, where I happen to be 8 to 24 hours a day.

By: ASJ

ASJ — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:01:03 +0000

WiFi, 3G, EdVO or EDGE… if all you want to do is check e-mail then any connection will do. But if you want to surf the web, you might as well bust out your laptop/netbook because we all know the browser on the Blackberry still sucks ass.

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 22:09:52 +0000

I have been waiting for this functionality. The ability to make VOIP calls would have helped me greatly on a cruise I recently took to Alaska. While on the ship, there was no cell service or data service, which prevented me from getting any of my emails during a time I needed the connection. For a somewhat reasonable price, I could get wifi access to the ships internet connection all week and would have been able to receive all my emails and my phone calls. In addition, often times when I am in my house I don’t have cell service but I have a wireless network that I could easily connect my phone to for my calls.

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By: Neil Thompson

Neil Thompson — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 07:01:51 +0000

Why would you want wifi? Well as someone who’s company makes it’s living from delivering applications to the BlackBerry via it’s browser I would say that cost and speed is the major advantages.

For a corporate it will be cheaper to access applications from the device over wifi than GPRS or 3G, particularly those mobile users who are on site, say, in a hospital.

Not sure about the US but here in the UK the costs of surfing over 3G would be crippling – wifi is much, much cheaper.

For a consumer I see no advantages but then the BlackBerry isn’t really a consumer device.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 03:07:44 +0000

Isn’t there already a WiFi BlackBerry, the 7270? What will be great is when they come out with a dual-mode device that supports “traditional” cellular networks and WiFi for VOIP. Then, combine that with a capability to integrate that mobile device to a corporate PBX and it’s pretty powerful. Take a single number that uses WiFi in the office and the cellular network outside the office… that’s what RIM purchased Ascendant for earlier this year.

Oh yeah, and WiFi access to BlackBerry-optimized content doesn’t hurt either…

By: Craig Johnston

Craig Johnston — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 19:58:11 +0000

If you listen to episodes 7 and 9 of this podcast you’ll know exactly why a BB needs WiFi.
http://mca.libsyn.com

UMA and 802.21

By: Robb Dunewood

Robb Dunewood — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 17:32:50 +0000

True Alex,

But you can already do that, with pretty good speed on the Verizon’s network and from what I am told, Sprint in some areas. T-Mobile and Cingular are soon to catch up.