Part of a comment I posted at BlackBerry Cool, which is complete speculation and relies on general industry-wide knowledge:
With respect to WiFi, RIM’s strategy seems to be that they offer it to carriers committed to UMA. This is likely because carriers still derive revenue from UMA clients, which makes up for the offset data costs over WiFi. At present I can’t think of a CDMA carrier with UMA planned – Sprint seems to be intent on selling base stations with native 800/1900 coverage – so I wouldn’t expect to see a WiFi device on a CDMA network any time this year.
January 16/09: This post has been modified to avoid giving the impression that I speak in any official capacity. I’m merely a mobile phone enthusiast and these are my personal observations about the wireless industry.
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