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Tablet speculation: How could a tablet connect to the world?

by Erica Sadun (Jan 6th, 2010)

Do you know what word Dave Caolo is hearing in his sleep? Tablet. What phrase is trending mightily on Google Search? Tablet. What is every Apple fanboy and fangirl dreaming of for...um...some new gift-giving holiday in the March/April timeframe? Tablet. It's what good little geeks hope to find on ...

Road Tested: Novatel Wireless MiFi 2200 from Sprint

by Steven Sande (Nov 30th, 2009)

Back in August of this year, my local TUAW blogging buddy Erica Sadun posted some information about the Verizon MiFi portable broadband router. The MiFi device, created by Novatel Wireless, is a tiny Wi-Fi router with a built-in EVDO 3G modem. Essentially, what this means is that anywhere you go ...

Road Tested: the Verizon MiFi portable broadband router

by Erica Sadun (Sep 2nd, 2009)

For the last couple of weeks, I've been testing the Verizon MiFi portable WiFi hotspot. After writing about the MiFi, a few months back, I was placed on a waiting list to receive a test unit. Could the MiFi enhance the iPod touch experience to bring it into the realm of the iPhone? A unit finally ...

Palm Pre takes aim at iPhone, launches days before WWDC

by Robert Palmer (May 19th, 2009)

In a shot across the iPhone's bow, Palm is launching its new Palm Pre smartphone the weekend before Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference. This means any iPhone announcements at WWDC will be undoubtedly compared to Palm's new platform. The Pre handset will cost $200 after a $100 mail-in rebate, and ...

My ideal iPod touch

by Robert Palmer (Sep 8th, 2008)

Don't get me wrong, I love my iPod touch. As a matter of fact, I'm writing this post with it on the beach as my girlfriend goes surfing. But with Apple's new product announcement on Tuesday, it makes me wonder what changes could be in store for our favorite supercharged music player. I think the ...

MacBook Air modded with internal 3G EVDO

by Mat Lu (Apr 29th, 2008)

A brave MacBook Air owner (capitalizing on the Air's internal USB onnections we posted on previously) has embraced the wireless promise of Apple's ultra-thin notebook by installing a USB727 Verizon Aircard inside the Air. The hack involved disassembling both the Air and the USB EVDO modem and ...

The EVDO Card Shootout

by Chris Ullrich (Dec 3rd, 2007)

var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/apple/The_Mac_EVDO_Card_Shootout'; As I've often said right here at TUAW, I have a need for speed. I want my computers, my phones, and especially my Internet access to be as fast as possible. When I'm at home, secure in the knowledge that my Time Warner Business ...

iMobiMac tethering for Blackberry hits private beta

by Michael Rose (Aug 20th, 2007)

Lo, and the cries of the Mac Blackberry faithful went up, and indeed they were a fractious multitude: "Where is our dial-up networking?" they wailed. "We are paying for data service on these things, and it's EVDO, and everyone else is doing it!" And they saw that those with Intel Macs could tether ...

Current Intel Macs already support EVDO PCI Express Mini card

by Mat Lu (May 15th, 2007)

The guys over at EVDOinfo.com have discovered that current Intel Macs already support 3G EVDO cards. Basically what they did is rip the PCI Express Mini Airport wireless card out of a Mac mini and replace it with a previously activated EVDO PCI Express Mini card taken from a Novatel U720 USB EVDO ...

Ask TUAW: Bluetooth, 5.1 Audio, VNC, Adium with QS, and more

by Mat Lu (Apr 4th, 2007)

This week's Ask TUAW takes us into questions about Bluetooth File Exchange, 5.1 audio, VNC, getting Adium and Quicksilver working together, EVDO, automated file management based on label color, and more. As always, please leave your own comments, and ask more questions for next week either in the ...

TUAW Guide: Wireless Broadband on your Mac

by Michael Rose (Apr 3rd, 2007)

Ah, the open road. What's more American than being mobile, drifting along the highways and byways, traveling hither and yon, free as a debt-laden bird? While I try to rein in that derailed train of road metaphor, let's consider the options for Mac users and wireless data. Many of you would love to ...

5ThirtyOne reviews Verizon's EVDO ExpressCard

by Scott McNulty (Oct 16th, 2006)

When the MacBook Pros were first announced people were perplexed by the ExpressCard slot. What are we supposed to do with that?! Luckily, a number of ExpressCards have been released, and more are coming on the market all the time. Amongst the items one can now shove into one's MacBook Pro (without ...

Mac EVDO card in May

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Apr 8th, 2006)

I happened by Om Malik's blog today and saw, as CTIA winds down, he's caught wind of an EVDO card from Novatel Wireless that's due in May. The best news is, it's going to be an Express card, and it'll work in the MacBook Pro, no Windows partition needed. So what? Well I guess C.K. can finally get ...

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