Filed under: Macworld, Software, Odds and ends, Macbook Pro, MacBook
Launch2net Mobile Connection Manager
At Macworld, Nova Media (which we previously mentioned for expanding phone support in iSync) demonstrated their launch2net, a new piece of software that might be very handy for the globe-trotting MacBook (Pro) user. It's a connection manager that allows you to get online with a variety of GSM ExpressCard and USB devices. It automatically handles "all necessary network settings" to get online with, according to them at least, a single click. This could be very useful for using ExpressCard devices that don't have built-in OS X drivers.It's a bit pricey at €75 (~$97), but a demo is available.
[Via Macsimum News]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Hunter said 9:49PM on 1-11-2007
It's a bit expensive but works like a charm. I was in Europe last summer and it worked perfectly in multiple countries over multiple phones (both bluetooth and USB connections). I was very impressed.
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Monty Carlo said 10:23PM on 1-11-2007
I've been using this for about a year with great results with a pcmcia card on the cingluar network. that this product is just getting noticed really surprises me. I'm also a big fan of the isync plugin for my siemens phone.
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Mickimicki said 1:01AM on 1-12-2007
This app rocks! A friend of mine went to work in Nigeria, and decided to make "the switch" 2 weeks before. I was to set him up to go online there, and from all I could research, Nigerian (cell-phone)/internet carriers sell PCMCIA modems only - nada express card. So it was going to be my friend's mobile phone (he happened to have a Bluetooth Sony Ericsson). But the good man was not a much of a geek to start with, and had about a week's worth of OSX experience.... enter Launch2Net, thanks to a helpful clerk at my local Apple retailer (I live in Berlin, same as NovaMedia, btw). We bought it, my mate went to Nigeria, where he was told at the phone/i-net carrier's shop that "this is not going to work with a Mac - what's a Mac, anyway?"... and half an hour later he was online. Ab-so-lutely foolproof, I have to say. And I have to agree with an earlier commenter: why wasn't this picked up earlier? It is SO worth the money!
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Toby Stevens said 4:04AM on 1-12-2007
I've been using this for six months or so, and it gets 384kbps+ out of my Nokia E61. Travelling around Europe it solved all my connectivity problems. It is worth the money, but is not free of bugs, so play nice with it.
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Eric Brodeur said 5:29PM on 1-15-2007
I've used it as well and it "just works" compared to the modem scripts I was trying to get working. I will say, however, that with a little time you'll get an OS X modem script working with your mobile (in my case a Nokia E61 connect via Bluetooth). Thanks to Ross Barkman for the scripts!
I'd pay $25-50 for launch2net but $95+ is too steep.
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