Comments on: Verizon’s upcoming BlackBerry releases: Tour, Pearl Flip, Atlas Storm 2 info

By: Brownie

Brownie — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:49:15 +0000

I agree, yes if you are in your car or sitting on a park bench checking news on lunch, you should not ever have any need for WiFi. However in rural areas where cell coverage can be spotty at best. or In work locations where cell signals indoors blow. WiFi is a must. or about half of your phone no longer functions due to the lack of signal. Also no matter how fast one thinks their cell carrier is, plug into a WiFi network(especially at your home) and what your speeds go through the roof.

At home i always run WiFi. Average download speed on Data about 150k switch to WiFi and leverage my 16 mg cable and i am usually in the 2mb range.

Sometimes that is the difference between listening to an internet radio station like slacker or pandora or not!

By: brian

brian — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:57:58 +0000

Wifi is important to people who don’t have sufficient cell phone data coverage. For example, I work in the OR of a hospital and there is no cell phone coverage. I would like to receive emails etc but can’t. With Wifi, I can simply connect and receive emails.

By: branden

branden — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 06:55:57 +0000

AHAHAHA SO TRUE!!!! my brother has the iphone and he thinks the wifi is necessary and i just bought the tour and its not plenty fast enogh i was just wondering if it had it

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:35:43 +0000

It’s odd that most of the people who *think WiFi is a must, are ATT customers. Could it be because your 3G is so rotten awful that you *have to have Wi-Fi just to get by?
While us Verizon customers have such blazing fast 3G speeds, *everywhere, we really don’t need Wi_fi.
Plus, so much wi-fi is hard to find for free. Seems everywhere I go with my laptop looking for Wi-Fi, it’s securely locked up or have to pay for it to use it.

By: Del30

Del30 — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:34:36 +0000

Can someone explain why or when you would need Wi-Fi if you have to subscribe to the internet/data package if you have a blackberry?

By: Cee

Cee — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:42:42 +0000

It saves you money you idiot!……It keeps these phone companies from nickel and dyme’n ya to death and enables you to get on someone else network in places your network may not have coverage…….Please get a clue and stop allowing Blackberry and the phone companies to stop denying itz customers what they demand….

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By: shutupalready

shutupalready — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:32:08 +0000

for those of you who are saying VZW is “crippling”, lets look at a different aspect of digital communications where ATT is crippling…Verizon is spending billions on laying fiber to millions of homes for internet/tv/phone capable of reaching speeds well over 75mbps…whereas ATT is taking the cheap route and running fiber to within 1000-3000 feet of homes, and then converting it to run over your POTS twisted pair (for internet/tv/phone)and only capable of reaching 30 mbps….so who’s crippling now???

As for 3g speeds, I’ve never had any problems with signal or speed, in fact I’ve run speed tests on my phone and have hit 5 mbps….same speed i would get out of my laptop running wifi on my dsl at home….and yes I use ATT for my internet/tv/landline phone….but only cause big red hasnt laid fiber to my house yet

By: markg842002

markg842002 — Wed, 20 May 2009 02:27:41 +0000

Not like it really matters much but for the pearl flip fans its already in the backroom at the stores(white only) it will be up for sale by june 1 at the latest.

By: Bill W.

Bill W. — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:25:12 +0000

Absolutely right on. ATT has more bars in more places cause you have to have a drink to keep from throwing you freekin’ phone against the was. Anyone that thinks ATT has a better network than Verizon is screwing their ATT rep.

By: rickdaruler

rickdaruler — Tue, 19 May 2009 00:19:34 +0000

what the point of wifi if verizon gonna require you to pay extra for all there pda…. someone explain this…. will they unlock gps for apps other than bbmaps too

By: Brian J King

Brian J King — Mon, 18 May 2009 20:32:20 +0000

So wait – where is info about 9630 world tour even discussed here in the photo? @brianjking me on twitter plz.

By: TheWeaponX

TheWeaponX — Mon, 18 May 2009 02:35:21 +0000

Thanks for clearing that up for me Joe

By: J

Mon, 18 May 2009 02:15:52 +0000

For the love of all that is good and holy, Verizon, just uncripple the GPS on all of your smatphones. I want to use Google Maps the way it’s meant to be. I want to be able to find my way in the city without being told I am anywhere within 1000 meters of this circle.

If it’s true, I applaud Verizon for allowing WiFi on the upcoming Blackberries. Please keep up the improvements by letting us use the GPS chips we paid for.

By: JoeTour

JoeTour — Mon, 18 May 2009 00:34:30 +0000

@ theweaponX
Don’t think so. The thunder never saw the light of day. Its called the “storm” on both VZ and vodaphone. Its still possible that its two names that’s just floating around (javalin rings a bell? Anybody?)and 1 of them will be a finallist.

By: AirBorne

AirBorne — Sun, 17 May 2009 18:26:57 +0000

3G uses way more battery than Wi Fi, and Wi Fi works where there is no good reception, like inside certain office buildings, hospitals, if you live in a area where there arent many towers around, the basement of your house, etc…

By: Tango40

Tango40 — Sun, 17 May 2009 16:30:16 +0000

wait…..wifi on verizon….no catch?…sure?

By: TheWeaponX

TheWeaponX — Sun, 17 May 2009 13:13:16 +0000

Is it possible that Tour and Atlas are a Vodafone/Verizon release. The last dual release for Verizon/Vodafone was the Blackberry Storm/Thunder. Is it possible that one of these companies will have the Wi-Fi and the other won’t? I’m hoping that the Atlas will come to Big Red and the Tour will go to our Voda counterparts. Because having a Wi-Fi enabled blackberry on VZW would be the most pwn thing ever.

By: Jude

Jude — Sun, 17 May 2009 13:04:23 +0000

Any info on what BB’s Sprint will be getting in the near future.

By: JoeTour

JoeTour — Sun, 17 May 2009 06:29:01 +0000

“accompanied by a BlackBerry Atlas with the Atlas having Wi-Fi, not the Tour”

This dosent sound like a “device” to me. “Accompanied? Seems like a “wifi accessory” more then anything else. But then again, do you think its just a ‘board’ that enables wifi on the Tour? Nah, don’t think so either. So much for mystery here.

By: kbish

kbish — Sun, 17 May 2009 04:52:47 +0000

Storm 2? Are you kidding me? Might want to fix the first one? Wow I HOPE I am reading this wrong cause I’d be one unhappy camper.

By: DavidThande

DavidThande — Sun, 17 May 2009 03:33:50 +0000

Guys I go away for a bit? And this?

I’m really curious about this “Atlas” more than anything, in this post! Could it be the Hybrid LTE BB?
Or a BB Curve Sized Storm? Or? What?

By: Douglas

Douglas — Sat, 16 May 2009 20:27:25 +0000

Since there is no commma between atlas and storm 2 I thought they had changed the name of the storm 2 to atlas.

By: Enigma

Enigma — Sat, 16 May 2009 17:22:22 +0000

8230 with rev 0, are you flippin kidding me???
who wants a rev 0 DATA INTENSIVE device these days?
i.e. one that MUST have a data plan yet would be so painfully slow, how dumb 4/5 of my phones now are Rev A the fifth is only used as a phone with my DockNTalk.

Great that verizon finally gets a flip BB but come on RIM.. get with the times…

By: 80Z

80Z — Sat, 16 May 2009 14:38:36 +0000

if verizon adds wifi its doesnt matter anyway. You are required to have data with the blackberries. why do u need wifi , when i had tmobile and att i just made my data connection dial up MMS instead of gprs or edge for free data access.

By: Gary

Gary — Sat, 16 May 2009 13:21:24 +0000

“All Verizon BlackBerry handsets launched after the BlackBerry Tour will have Wi-Fi”

Great. Now unlock the GPS for apps. Until then, Verizon is still only good for LG dumb phones.

By: gonuggets

gonuggets — Sat, 16 May 2009 07:21:10 +0000

Mushroomstamp you’re a dumbass. Wi-Fi is way faster. 1.5 seconds my ***

By: Don Louie Cantone

Don Louie Cantone — Sat, 16 May 2009 05:38:19 +0000

Gotta believe Sprint will have WiFi RIM devices too

By: jazzyl

jazzyl — Sat, 16 May 2009 05:24:08 +0000

Bring on the new Storm2 with wifi I can’t wait for it to drop!

Sent via BlackBerry.

By: max

max — Sat, 16 May 2009 05:18:24 +0000

3G drains battery faster than wifi.

By: Skyboxer

Skyboxer — Sat, 16 May 2009 05:13:28 +0000

If VZW keeps this up I’m gonna have to stop calling them the Evil Empire. First they talk about decreasing prices for data, and now this? Somebody is getting it regularly over at big red.