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Enough Already with the Subsidized Netbooks!

By Joanna Stern on Tuesday, Nov 3rd 2009 No Comments

With the holidays fast approaching cell phone carriers are stocking up on inventory and amongst the new Motorola DROIDs, HTC Heroes, and Palm Pixies are a slightly larger, yet unfamiliar crop of devices – netbooks. AT&T is all giddy about its exclusive availability of the Nokia Booklet 3G and Sprint announced just yesterday that it will be selling the Dell Inspiron Mini 10V. Verizon already has three netbooks in its arsenal, including HP’s new powerful Mini 311. Clearly, lining up the selection isn’t a problem, but what the carriers haven’t figured out yet is that selling netbooks requires a totally different approach than selling phones. The deals and the subsidized model, in my mind, make as much sense for netbooks as building and then plowing a virtual Farmville farm!

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MiFi 2372 HSPA+ hits Bell Mobility in November

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Oct 27th 2009 No Comments

Novatel Wireless’ HSPA+ MiFi has made it to North America, but before US readers storm their nearest GSM carriers it’s Canada that gets the speedy goods. The Novatel MiFi 2372 is just one of Canadian carrier Bell Mobility’s new HSPA+ devices, taking advantage of the new high-speed network set to go live in November.

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NEC Aterm WM3300R for MiFi-style mobile WiMAX sharing

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Oct 27th 2009 No Comments

It packs all the grace of an FM radio, but the NEC Aterm WM3300R distinguishes itself not by aesthetics but by packing a WiMAX radio and WiFi router into a palm-sized device. Basically a MiFi but for WiMAX rather than 3G connections, the WM3300R offers up to 40Mbps downlinks and up to 10Mbps uplinks, together with a removable 1,880mAh Li-Ion battery.

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MiFi 2200 firmware update adds Sprint CDMA roaming

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Oct 21st 2009 1 Comment

MiFi 2200 owners in the US have a treat in store, with a new firmware update available seemingly for both the Verizon and Sprint versions of the intelligent mobile hotspot. The new firmware addresses WiFi compatibility issues with the Nintendo DS and BlackBerry Curve, as well as – for the Sprint MiFi 2200 at least – enabling “international roaming”. However don’t get too excited; that doesn’t mean Novatel have suddenly unlocked GSM support in the hitherto CDMA-only hotspot.

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Verizon BlackBerry Storm2 to offer MiFi-style 3G sharing

By Chris Davies on Monday, Oct 19th 2009 No Comments

Mobile internet sharing looks to be one of the key sales messages for smartphones over the next few months; we’ve already heard HTC talking up their connection sharing app on the HD2, and now Verizon are tipped to be promoting MiFi action on the upcoming BlackBerry Storm2. According to a leaked marketing page from the CDMA carrier, the “Totally New Storm2″ would launch on October 21st with “MiFi capability”; however that date was later retracted.

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Verizon’s 3rd Android device to be Open Development underdog?

By Chris Davies on Friday, Oct 9th 2009 No Comments

huawei android mwc09 02 sg 480x415 Verizon and Google’s Android announcement earlier this week came as no great surprise, given the rumors circulating for months before hand about the devices Motorola are believed to have developed for the carrier. However, a third handset might shake up the segment; according to Unstrung, the first Android device certified through Verizon’s Open Development program is expected to land in early 2010, complete with MiFi-style wireless sharing.

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Novatel MiFi adds Eye-Fi, Cloud backup and VPN apps

By Chris Davies on Monday, Oct 5th 2009 No Comments

Novatel Wireless have announced the first round of applications which will be offered on its MiFi Intelligent Mobile Hotspot, including photo uploads, NAS-style network drive functionality, and VPN support. The apps – which are produced by developer partners Eye-Fi, Nomadesk and Alcatel-Lucent respectively – will run on the applications processor found in the European MiFi 2352 (which we reviewed back in June) and the MiFi 2372 which will offer AT&T and Rogers Wireless HSPA.

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Novatel WWAN/WiFi card to bring embedded MiFi to Dell notebook?

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Sep 24th 2009 No Comments

Are Novatel planning to put a MiFi module inside Dell’s Latitude E4300? That’s one interpretation of the company’s recent FCC filing, which shows a dual-mode WiFi and WWAN module capable of concurrently using both wireless radios, and with antenna connections for the E-series notebook.

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Novatel Wireless 2352 hits UK; we talk MiFi future with VP Rob Hadley

By Chris Davies on Friday, Sep 18th 2009 No Comments

Carrier T-Mobile will be the first in the UK to offer Novatel Wireless’ “Intelligent Mobile Hotspot”, the MiFi 2352, which SlashGear reviewed back in June. Available through retailer The Carphone Warehouse in early October, the Novatel Wireless 2352 will be priced from free, assuming you’re willing to sign an 18 month contract (at £20 ($33) per month for 3GB data). We sat down with Rob Hadley, Novatel Wireless’ senior VP of sales and marketing earlier this week to talk trademarks, software and the next step for personal hotspots.

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Sprint and Verizon MiFi 2200 down to $0.01 at Amazon

By Chris Davies on Monday, Aug 10th 2009 No Comments

We’ve made no bones about how impressed we are with the MiFi “intelligent mobile hotspot” from Novatel Wireless, having played with both Verizon and Sprint’s CDMA models. If you’ve been tempted by a 3G hotspot of your own, but been put off by the $300 sticker price, then head over to Amazon where both the Verizon and Sprint models are down to just one cent with a new service plan.

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