Sprint, a Wi-Fi in the Future BlackBerrys

All Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) will be Wi-Fi smartphone in the future, including next BlackBerry necessary, they are on a par with AT & T (NYSE: T) and T-Mobile.

The company will soon be the BlackBerry Tour Sunday, high-end device is by some companies and occasional users of the consumer. Although there is no CPU, the speed of the 3G connection, the high mobile phone e-mail, Bluetooth, members of certain professions, of mobile telephony in May miss no Wi-Fi phone in the first iteration.


The tour is a dual-mode, which means he can do CDMA network of Sprint in the U.S. and the GSM networks foreigners. Following the model of BlackBerry, he also plays with the e-mail and schedule for the infrastructure and services on the Internet such as Gmail, Yahoo Mail and many others. The device costs $ 199 with a new two-year contract and Verizon Wireless will also be the device to the network at the same price.

Sprint has not set a date when the smartphone market has Wi-Fi, but the executive branch means that the service plans to release a new version of the Tour, with a Wi-Fi connection in 2010.

"Sprint takes Wi-Fi in all major facility to be developed," Jeff Clemow, Sprint director of marketing, Fierce Wireless.

Sprint has some smartphone Wi-Fi, including Palm, and the Touch Diamond, BlackBerry smartphone, but behind some of the competition in this category. AT & T BlackBerry Bold, and T-Mobile BlackBerry Curve 8900 includes both Wi-Fi, but Verizon (NYSE: VZ) 's BlackBerry without this ability.

This shows the growing importance of mobile smartphone gives users an opportunity to stay. While Verizon and Sprint, have strong EV-DO 3G network, is not wholly to be ensured, particularly in the area.

In addition, the Wi-Fi connection can opt for a connection to the reduction of the hotspots are on the 3G network of the operator by revenue, and the smartphone, as most customers have for the mobile broadband packages.

AT & T to invest more in infrastructure, Wi-Fi Connection, and enter the iPhone and BlackBerry users free access to hotspots in the four seasons, McDonald's, and at other public places.