RIM shows off BlackBerry with Wi-Fi

By Richard Shim
Staff Writer, CNET News

Research In Motion demonstrated at the Gartner ITXPO Symposium on Monday a BlackBerry device that can support voice over Internet Protocol over an 802.11b-based wireless network. The 7270 Blackberry device can send and receive voice and data over a wireless network. The Waterloo, Ontario-based company initially discussed the gadget's capabilities late last year. RIM said its BlackBerry Enterprise Server 4.0 software now includes wireless networking support. The BlackBerry device will be commercially available early next year. RIM has been testing prototypes of the device internally and will test it with customers starting next month.

Current BlackBerry devices send and receive data over cellular networks.

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by kristledragon April 28, 2009 12:04 PM PDT: would sure like wifi on all blackberrys.; Like this Reply to this comment

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