Mobile hotspots: AT&T, Sprint and Verizon compete on price, features, speed
Brian Nadel, Computer World, 6/17/2011 Which carrier’s mobile hotspot packs the most punch? You’re sitting in your hotel room and you need to connect your laptop to the Internet to get some work done. But while many hotels offer free Internet access, you’re staying in one that thinks of it as comparable to the room’s [...]
In: Blackberry, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, AT&T, Bluetooth, Hotspot, MiFi, Samsung, Sprint, Tether, Verizon, WiFi
Verizon’s 4G Mobile Hotspots
Mark Sullivan, ComputerWorld, 4/28/2011 Mobile hotspots like Novatel’s popular MiFi 2200 have been greeted warmly by tech users and have sold well. They simplify things by providing our various devices with Internet connectivity under one data service bill. And they’re small and superportable. But mobile hotspots have often connected devices to the Internet at relatively [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, Hotspot, LTE, MiFi, Samsung, Verizon, WiFi
Verizon introsMiFi 4510L 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot
Dan Seifert, MobileBurn, 4/18/2011 Verizon Wireless has announced the availability of the MiFi 4510L 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot built by Novatel. The MiFi 4510L is the successor to the popular MiFi 2200 3G Mobile Hotspot. Slightly larger in size than the MiFi 2200, the MiFi 4510L is 3.74in x 2.36in x 0.53in (95mm x 60mm [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, Hotspot, LTE, MiFi, Verizon
Using the Personal Hotspot on your AT&T iPhone
Glenn Fleishman, Macworld.com, 3/15/2011 Throw away your MiFi! Forego the heartbreak of tethering! Give up the struggle of Internet Sharing from a mobile broadband modem through your laptop! The iOS 4.3 Personal Hotspot feature can slice (through your mobile bill), dice (up your cables), and make pounds and pounds of Wi-Fi devices connect to the [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: AT&T, Bluetooth, CDMA, GPS, GSM, Hotspot, MiFi, Tether, Verizon, WiFi
Verizon unveils 10 mobile devices with LTE built-in
John Cox, Network World, 1/6/2011 Smartphones, tablets, hotspots and more due by mid-2011 Verizon Wireless today at CES 2011 unveiled 10 mobile devices, all of which will have built-in support for the carrier’s burgeoning LTE 4G wireless network. The devices include smartphones, tablets, portable hotspots, netbooks and notebooks, from well known brands: HTC, HP, LG, [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 4G, AT&T, Hotspot, HP, HTC, LTE, MiFi, Motorola, Samsung, Skype, Verizon, WiFi
Sprint adds 3G/4G MiFi mobile hotspot to its lineup
Sal Cangeloso, Geek.com, 1/4/2011 Sprint just announced a brand new mobile hotspot would be available to subscribers on February 27th for $49.99. The 3G/4G MiFi from Novatel Wireless is similar to the MiFi devices that we already know (and love) but this one packs in WiMAX radio for fast connection speeds. This will be Sprint’s [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, GPS, Hotspot, MiFi, Sprint, WiFi, WiMax
AT&T adds MiFi 2372 as its first mobile hotspot
Electronista, 11/17/2010 AT&T today became one of the last major US carriers to get a mobile hotspot but countered with a continent first. Its version of the Novatel MiFi 2372 is the first in North America to use the MiFi OS and supports apps and web browser widgets to handle tasks that don’t need locally [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: AT&T, GPS, Hotspot, MiFi
Verizon takes MiFi global with Fivespot
Stephen Lawson, IDG News Service, 10/4/2010 Verizon Wireless customers will be able to link their Wi-Fi devices to the Internet via 3G mobile networks in more than 120 countries with the Fivespot portable hotspot, set to go on sale Thursday. But globetrotting with it won’t be cheap. Like Verizon’s MiFi 2200, the Fivespot is a [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, Clearwire, EDGE, GSM, Hotspot, MiFi, Verizon, WiFi
Sprint Lures AT&T’s IPad Users With Portable Wi-Fi Hotspots
Greg Bensinger, Bloomberg, 9/28/2010 When Apple Inc. began selling a version of its iPad tablet this year that could connect exclusively to AT&T Inc.’s third-generation wireless network, Sprint Nextel Corp. saw an opportunity. Touting the unlimited data on its portable Wi-Fi devices — AT&T stopped offering unlimited plans in June — Sprint has been luring [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, AT&T, Hotspot, MiFi, Sprint, Verizon, WiFi
Virgin launches contract-free unlimited mobile broadband
Ian Paul, ComputerWorld, 8/24/2010 Sprint’s Virgin Mobile today announced an overhaul of its Broadband2Go mobile broadband service. The carrier plans to offer a new contract-free, unlimited mobile broadband plan for $40 per month. Virgin Mobile will also phase out most of its current tiered mobile data plans. The new broadband plans will be available for [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, AT&T, Hotspot, MiFi, Sprint, Verizon