Wi-Fi BlackBerry coming this year
According to a Techworld report by Peter Judge, a dual mode BlackBerry with cellular and Wi-Fi is coming out by the end of the year.
Personally, I can go either way. I used to think that it was a feature that all new smartphones should have, but, as I really think about it, the reason for wanting Wi-Fi on my BlackBerry was because the cellular networks, less Verizon, are so darn slow. Additionally, I am never in enough places with free Wi-Fi access long enough to make it worth it.
I travel for business quite a bit and it is rare for organizations to have wide open networks anymore. I know some of you are saying that I haven’t been to where your work, however, most enterprises, per their auditors recommendation, are buttoning down their Wi-Fi implementations.
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Written by Robb Dunewood on July 6th, 2006 with
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Stevie B
#1. July 6th, 2006, at 9:50 PM.
I agree…for me Wi-Fi isn’t a big deal, but certainly there are a lot of people who want that feature.
Verizon’s EVDO service is fast enough for me…and I agree that most businesses are securing their networks. That leaves only the commercial hotspots, like Starbucks, and most of those charge a fee that I don’t need to pay, given EVDO’s great speed.
On a small screen device, really, how many times does one need the speed of WiFi?
If I really need WiFi, that generally means that I need a laptop anyway, given what I need to do.