Verizon Droid Is The Real Deal

Re:Verizon Droid Is The Real Deal by iofthestorm on Sunday October 18, 2009 @04:51PM (#888809)

All Verizon smartphones will now have wifi. This is because all Verizon smartphones now also require you to get a data plan anyway. Kind of meh, but it's not going to discourage me from getting this phone. Having a data plan is still fairly useful, and since I'm on a family plan I only would have to pay for the data plan anyway.

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Re:Verizon Droid Is The Real Deal by miles on Monday October 19, 2009 @01:07AM (#889519)

"All Verizon smartphones will now have wifi. This is because all Verizon smartphones now also require you to get a data plan anyway."

WiFi does not refer to Verizon's wireless data offering, but to 802.11b/g, etc. Most Verizon phones do not offer WiFi. The iPhone offers both EDGE and WiFi connections.

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Re:Verizon Droid Is The Real Deal by dminor on Monday October 19, 2009 @11:59AM (#890305)

I believe what he's trying to say is that Verizon used to disable WiFi to force people to get data plans, but now that data plans will be required, Verizon will include WiFi.

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