Comments on: Smartphones and Wi-Fi: Why This Should No Longer Be An Option http://gigaom.com/apple/smartphones-and-wifi-why-this-should-no-longer-be-an-option/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:31:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: It Must Be Nice to Be Verizon » Shai Perednik.com http://gigaom.com/apple/smartphones-and-wifi-why-this-should-no-longer-be-an-option/#comment-336254 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:00:58 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=11431#comment-336254 [...] must be nice to disable hardware features on many phones, such as Bluetooth, GPS, and Wi-Fi, with little complaint from the [...]

]]> By: It Must Be Nice to Be Verizon http://gigaom.com/apple/smartphones-and-wifi-why-this-should-no-longer-be-an-option/#comment-336253 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:40:59 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=11431#comment-336253 [...] must be nice to disable hardware features on many phones, such as Bluetooth, GPS, and Wi-Fi, with little complaint from the [...]

]]> By: ben471 http://gigaom.com/apple/smartphones-and-wifi-why-this-should-no-longer-be-an-option/#comment-336249 Wed, 26 Nov 2008 23:27:57 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=11431#comment-336249 I agree 100%. I was running an unlocked iPhone for several months before Unicel was bought up by Verizon. I decided it would be easy just to switch to Verizon and I was curious about trying a Blackberry. Well I had limited service at my house so there was no way I could do anything on my BB because it wouldn’t let me get online. I canceled Verizon and am now happily Wi-fiing it up on my iPhone with At&T. I would say that the lack of wi-fi was actually a deal breaker.

Verizon needs to wake up, their network is very very good, but it’s just not better than wi-fi.

]]> By: Rajiv http://gigaom.com/apple/smartphones-and-wifi-why-this-should-no-longer-be-an-option/#comment-336252 Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:00:55 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=11431#comment-336252 I think a big reason WiFi was left off the Storm is to force Verizon users to purchase an Internet access plan. At least with the iPhone, 1st generation buyers who bought the phone on Apple.com but didn’t activate it with AT&T would still have the opportunity to use Wifi after activating and unlocking it.

Now, if you buy the Storm off of eBay, you would be free to activate it (presumably) with Verizon, but without a data plan, how would you get Internet access on the device?

]]> By: Tom Reestman http://gigaom.com/apple/smartphones-and-wifi-why-this-should-no-longer-be-an-option/#comment-336251 Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:28:19 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=11431#comment-336251 E,

I think Verizon had a lot to do with it (though at some point RIM had to say “yes”), but for purposes of this article it doesn’t matter. No matter the reason for its absence, I believe any high-end smartphone without WiFi is severely lacking.

]]> By: E http://gigaom.com/apple/smartphones-and-wifi-why-this-should-no-longer-be-an-option/#comment-336250 Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:01:45 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=11431#comment-336250 No wifi on Storm because its on Verizon. Probably the same reason you don’t see the iPhone on Verizon.

]]>