RIM Adds 8820 Wi-Fi-Enabled BlackBerry to Lineup
No 3G
That's exactly what I was thinking. They can add Wi-Fi but still no 3G/HSDPA? WTF??? ☹️
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its not like your gunna find alot of 3g coverage anyways... id take the wifi vs cingular 3g anyday
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1) 3G kills battery the entire time you are on the internet. Wi-fi will also drain the battery, but you are are probably not going to be in wi-fi coverage 24/7. While 3G in chicago, you will. Thus BB doesnt want to hurt its reputation of battery performance.
2) as stated before 3G is not everywhere while wi-fi you can find locally.
3) if this had 3G & wifi, the curves keyboard and maybe double the battery life it does right now. I would drop 500 on this thing now. You cant beat BB's OS. Id rather buy a couple generations into a phone rather then the first (iphone). Just like a car.
4) I'm a stupid treo 680 user who is upset with the purchase 4 months in and now wants a BB.
2) as stated before 3G is not everywhere while wi-fi you can find locally.
3) if this had 3G & wifi, the curves keyboard and maybe double the battery life it does right now. I would drop 500 on this thing now. You cant beat BB's OS. Id rather buy a couple generations into a phone rather then the first (iphone). Just like a car.
4) I'm a stupid treo 680 user who is upset with the purchase 4 months in and now wants a BB.
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3G chips fall under all sorts of proprietary traps (see the Broadcom vs Qualcomm debacle), so they'd either have to very carefully license 3G technology (I'm not sure who they went with for the Euro 3G on the 8707), or they could develop their own.
Or they could go the route they did, which is add wifi. It's a (relatively) cheap & easy way to increase the capabilities of the Blackberry, and one wonders why Palm hasn't done the same thing.
Or they could go the route they did, which is add wifi. It's a (relatively) cheap & easy way to increase the capabilities of the Blackberry, and one wonders why Palm hasn't done the same thing.
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still, i like being able to surf online without being "tethered" (albeit wirelessly) to a network 😎
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AT&T is using the 3GPP standard, not the 3GPP2 (CDMA2000) which is used by Verizon and Sprint. Qualcomm (and Samsung and LG) supply 3GPP2 phones, so only Qualcomm to CDMA200 carriers would be affected. There could be several reasons why RIM did not include 3G, which I believe they should have with a high end business device like this one.
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Maybe its because ATT 3G sucks.
This device is better off on Tmoble, where they can actually bundle WiFi services as well as UMA into the damn thing.
This device is better off on Tmoble, where they can actually bundle WiFi services as well as UMA into the damn thing.
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PEZ said:
Maybe its because ATT 3G sucks.
This device is better off on Tmoble, where they can actually bundle WiFi services as well as UMA into the damn thing.
As sucky it may or maynot be, its light years ahead of TM's!
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I heard through my agent rep that when it lanches with T-mobile it will have Aws 1700 3g later this year.
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I was actually told that it was a wi-fi version of the curve with aws 1700 3g.
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Personally, I'd take wifi any day over 3G. It's much easier to add apps for wifi than 3g, and wifi doesn't cost nearly what it does for 3g data services.
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algorithmplus said:
Personally, I'd take wifi any day over 3G. It's much easier to add apps for wifi than 3g, and wifi doesn't cost nearly what it does for 3g data services.
I would much prefer 3g, no have to worry about is it free or not, am I close enough to get a signal or not?
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Versed said:algorithmplus said:
Personally, I'd take wifi any day over 3G. It's much easier to add apps for wifi than 3g, and wifi doesn't cost nearly what it does for 3g data services.
I would much prefer 3g, no have to worry about is it free or not, am I close enough to get a signal or not?
I guess I'm coming from a business perspective where I want to minimize costs, and wifi vs. 3g...well it's much cheaper to have data on your own network than that of a mobile operator.
In terms of coverage, yeah, I would take 3g coverage over wife coverage any day.
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