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I think that by 'taken away' they mean that the actual hardware has been removed. It would make no sense to sell a device with wi-fi functionality locked.
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Doubtful. The Sprint Touch is based on the HTC Vogue which as far as I've determined approximates the non-WiFi version that came out in Europe last month or so. There are basically 2 versions of the "Touch" the one with WiFI and GPS and a 200MHZ processor, and the one with a 400 MHZ processor and no WiFi or GPS. It's not like Sprint "crippled" any functions. The hardware just isn't there, just like the long-suspected GPS unit supposedly built into the Apache. It's fast processor and large (by PPC standards) memory will be it's heralded features, but personally after owning an Apache for a year with WiFi that I use regularly I'm gonna be a hard sell on a $500 PDA without it. It's a very cool looking little device, but if I went for looks alone I'd have NEVER gotten an Apache. Sorry to disappoint, bit the facts are out now. No WiFi. No GPS. No Sprint Touch in my future.
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It's comments like this that make me wonder why people expect that every device that comes to market MUST have WiFi and built-in GPS.
No one is forcing you to put out money for a device that lacks what some of you feel are dire necessities; but that shouldnt make it bad news for the rest of us. My Mogul has WiFi which hardly to never worked. So no WiFi in the Touch wasnt something I had to have or would even miss. |
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I use my wifi all the time. It makes it easy for me to get some work done while talking to clients on my phone. I know i drain the battery when i use bt and wifi together, for what I do this works great for me
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I use WiFi all the time as well. I suppose I am too cheap to cough up the $15 extra a month for EVDO. I am still considering upgrading from my 6700 to the Sprint Touch. I know Bluetooth from my PC is capable of serving the internet to PPC's and other PC's. My house is 2500 square feet though... and there is no way I could get signal coverage on both floors. I guess I'll have to test that out.
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