Author: Robb Dunewood

RIMarkable Read: Why Wireless Carriers Hate Wi-Fi

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Do you remember when we first started hearing about the BlackBerry 8800? One of the main features, so we thought, was Wi-Fi. Now that the BlackBerry 8800 is here, no Wi-Fi.

What gives?

It it isn’t like the technology isn’t here. Other manufacturers put Wi-Fi in their devices of similar size. Many say that the BlackBerry 8800 actually has Wi-Fi built in and that it is just disabled by they carriers. If this is the case, why in the world would a wireless carrier disable a feature that just about everyone wants?

Because Wireless carriers hate Wi-Fi.

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