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BlackBerry Pearl 9100 To Support 802.11n WiFi?

by Bla1ze on 14 Dec 2009 09:26 AM
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BlackBerry Pearl 9100 To Support 802.11n WiFi?!?

The other day Boy Genius posted that he heard from one of his solid connects that the BlackBerry Pearl 9100 has seen a little revision change since we last heard some specs on it. The change, was that of 802.11n WiFi capability being added to next gen Suretype BlackBerry smartphone.

We're going to toss some gas on that fire as well as I have done some digging around and found the above .rdf profile for the BlackBerry Pearl 9100. That's not to say it will show up in the final revision, but Research In Motion notes the files with the WiFi radio in the title and well, there is no 9100_802.11g/b to be found at this time. So does anyone actually need or want 802.11n on their BlackBerry smartphone to make this feature?

Filed Under: News & Rumors, Devices; Tags: Pearl 9100
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Posted by Dr.Boost Monday, Dec 14, 2009 890 days ago

Wish I had wifi on the tour. So will update to a wifi capable BB when something worthy hits VZW.

 
 
Posted by collin16 Monday, Dec 14, 2009 890 days ago

Well it couldnt hurt, right? And since it is running on GSM I assume it is going to NEED wifi to get service in most places...

 
 
Posted by oakie Monday, Dec 14, 2009 890 days ago

it's always better to have and not want than to want and not have, right?

 
 
Posted by r3g Monday, Dec 14, 2009 890 days ago

I remember a while back an article being posted about RIM saying the slow wifi performance is not due to the radio itself but the BB OS. Unless they've fixed this and will implement the changes in the 9100 I don't see the point of it supporting 802.11n. There is just no point if it cant take advantage of the speed, especially when 802.11 is backwards compatible.

Sure it would be nice to have but RIM should focus on fixing the speed issue before worrying about upping the standard from G to N.

 
 
Posted by JMDBERRY Monday, Dec 14, 2009 890 days ago

...this would be great! Since I have an N-Router at home surfing only gets faster with a faster/better adapter.

JMDBerry

 
 
Posted by r3g Monday, Dec 14, 2009 890 days ago

Thats the problem. There wont be a speed increase unless RIM fixes the bottleneck first.

 
 
Posted by mckillio Monday, Dec 14, 2009 890 days ago

Of course, the true advantage of wireless-n isn't speed it's the range. My next blackberry must have 4G, Bluetooth 3.0, track pad, and wirelss-n.

 
 
Posted by kentusmc Monday, Dec 14, 2009 890 days ago

Think I could mod my 9700 cuz that's just too sexy! Can't even imagine what the Bold 3 will have, 5g?lol I wish we had b received so n lovin, oh well next time

 
 
Posted by westernmd68 Monday, Dec 14, 2009 890 days ago

Wow I definitely sent this (from a different email address I'm thinking though) and I just about had a nergasm seeing that it actually got posted on the site. lol.

 
 
Posted by drewcruisin Tuesday, Dec 15, 2009 889 days ago

I was ready to get a new Blackberry Tour or Bold until I heard about the Pearl. Cant wait to get one of these and I would definitely want to have 802.11N on it.

 
 
Posted by amirnabilkamelsaad Tuesday, Dec 15, 2009 889 days ago

Yes, only if it would increase the range since it's a bar or two below average in terms of reception quality (compared to my laptop)
Speed...nah. g, was never a problem for speed (neither was b for normal surfing and non frequent video streaming)
Bluetooth 3; yeah maybe, 4G; definitely if we could get true 3G speeds first.

 
 
Posted by mckillio Tuesday, Dec 15, 2009 889 days ago

I work from home and I walk around a lot and sometimes get out of range for bluetooth, it can be annoying. Agreed about the 3G speeds but I have an 8900 so I might as well make the jump to "between night and day".

 
 
Posted by Vinnyjr Wednesday, Dec 16, 2009 888 days ago

Why would you build a beautifull phone like the pearl 9100 and leave out a very important feature like wifi? Being a very happy T-Mobile customer wifi is something I use EVERY day. I have the hotspot extra from T-Mobile where for 10 bucks a month gets you all the wifi calls for free(long distance included),not to mention sometimes in a building with steel and concrete building materials the signal may be weak, with wifi you would not have that problem. Any new phone MUST have wifi. To build a new phone and not put wifi into it is like a new automobile without air conditioning. MUST HAVE WIFI.