| VZW = Crippled phones I wonder what they will block on this one... |
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| said by ninjatutle:I wonder what they will block on this one... WIFI? Doesn't Verizon have the trend of doing that? |
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EPS
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Hingham, MA | No, but people like to claim that they do, apparently ignoring the many WinMo phones that have had Wi-Fi, past and present. I don't know why RIMM cripples their BlackBerry devices on CDMA, or why the Vodafone-designed BlackBerry Storm doesn't have it, but if VZW really had something against Wi-Fi, you'd think the Verizon-designed Samsung Saga would have excluded it. (Especially since they could have used the same "world phone" excuse that is occasionally used in relation to the Storm)
What Verizon's real trend in crippling is GPS, but they've said they plan on scaling that back... |
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 DaveDudeNo Fear
join:1999-09-01
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kudos:1 | reply to ninjatutle
There is even talk of locking down LTE phones. LTE is like gsm sim cards. |
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 en102Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | reply to EPS
Is it ... RIM crippling WiFi on Blackberry devices, or RIM offering customized versions of Blackberry devices (which include crippled WiFi)
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EPS
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Hingham, MA | Well, I don't know- RIMM does offer both GPS and WiFi specific variants of the GSM BlackBerry 8300-series Curve, so I suppose it's possible they offered the same to Verizon and Sprint and both went with the GPS over WiFi. But if such a mythical device ever existed, with all the leaks out of RIMM you'd think someone would have heard of it. |
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Didn't cripple anything on the Samsung Omnia!
Wifi? Has it
EVDO Rev. A? Has it
GSM Roaming? Has it
MMS? Has it (unlike iPhail) |
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en102Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | reply to EPS
Very few RIM devices offer WiFi on AT&T as well.
»www.phonescoop.com/phones/finder···y&f60r=r
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EPS
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Hingham, MA | Ah, but "very few" is more than "none at all"... and at&t's flagship BlackBerry, the Bold 9000, does indeed have it, while Verizon's flagship, the Storm 9530, doesn't. |
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Sammer
join:2005-12-22
Canonsburg, PA | reply to DaveDude
That's why we have to hope Wi-Max succeeds in the U.S. If it doesn't crippled LTE phones are coming for sure. |
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| said by Sammer:That's why we have to hope Wi-Max succeeds in the U.S. If it doesn't crippled LTE phones are coming for sure. That doesn't make any sense. If VZW cripples phones, just get an LTE phone from any other provider (which will be all of them by 2011).
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said by bullet087:Didn't cripple anything on the Samsung Omnia! Wifi? Has it EVDO Rev. A? Has it GSM Roaming? Has it MMS? Has it (unlike iPhail) Not a fan of Windows Mobile...thanks but no thanks.
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Hello? VZW is slowly moving away from locking their phones. I can use the GPS on my Storm for Google Maps now. Hey it's a start and gotta love VZW's coverage AND customer service. AT&T, are you listening? |
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