Mobile hotspot Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

AT&T to expand LTE network to Cleveland, New Orleans and others

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 12th, 2012)

AT&T is set to blanket twelve new cities with LTE in the next few months. According to several press releases, AT&T will roll out LTE to parts of Ohio (Akron, Canton, and Cleveland), Louisiana (Baton Rouge and New Orleans) and Indiana (Bloomington, Lafayette and Muncie). Individual cities ...

Verizon to offer low-cost 1GB plan, mobile hotspot with iPad

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 8th, 2012)

There's been a fair amount of confusion about the data plans that'll accompany the 4G version of the iPad. The Verge got the definitive answer from AT&T and Verizon on each carrier's plans and whether it will offer mobile hotspot with the iPad. In a nutshell, Verizon offers a better value as ...

Daily Mac App: Mi-Fi Monitor

by Kelly Hodgkins (Dec 13th, 2011)

I don't travel a lot, but I do have a MiFi which I use during the frequent power outages that seem to plague the area where I live. To help monitor my connection and the battery life of my MiFi, I use a Mac utility called Mi-Fi Monitor. It resides in the menu bar and displays both a battery ...

Verizon launches 4G mobile hotspot

by Dana Franklin (Mar 30th, 2011)

Customers can now order the new Samsung 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot online or in Verizon Stores, Samsung and Verizon announced on Tuesday. The new mobile hotspot, which allows up to five Wi-Fi-enabled devices to connect to Verizon's 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) network at the same time, will begin ...

Verizon confirms the iPhone with personal hotspot

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 11th, 2011)

Verizon announced the CDMA iPhone today and put some pressure on AT&T by offering the smartphone with a personal hotspot feature (like the MiFi, but built-in) that supports up to 5 devices. Pricing for the mobile hotspot was not announced, but select Android smartphones include this feature ...