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Sprint to smartphone manufacturers: Wi-Fi will be required on all smartphones

by Robert Nelson on Jul 10, 2009 at 06:01 AM
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Sprint to smartphone manufacturers; Wi-Fi will be required on all smartphonesMoving forward, any smartphone that joins Sprint’s lineup will be expected to have built-in Wi-Fi.  I cannot say this latest tidbit is all that bad of an idea.

According to Jeff Clemow, the carrier’s director of business product marketing:

“Sprint is embracing WiFi in all its major devices going forward,”

“Several quarters ago we made a conscious decision to require all of our PDA suppliers to support WiFi.”

Unfortunately, a specific date of when we can expect to see only Wi-Fi equipped smartphones in their lineup is unknown.  Which ultimately means that this decision is not help the fact that they are getting ready to launch the BlackBerry Tour sans Wi-Fi on July 12.

Read [Fierce Wireless]  Via [PhoneScoop]

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