Apparently Verizon Wireless Mobile Broadband service will have the MiFi 2200 made for Verizon by Novatel, a mobile modem and WiFi router all in one device. Cool. I will definitely try it when it is available.
I read about in David Pogue's article in The New York Times. See my e-mail to David below. David mistakenly wrote this, which I corrected in the e-mail:
Cellular wireless routers, as they’re called, have been available for years... the real deal-killer is that they have to be plugged into a power outlet.
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to pogue@nytimes.com
date Thu, May 7, 2009 at 9:21 AM
subject Wi-Fi to Go, No Cafe Needed
mailed-by gmail.com
hide details 9:21 AM (2 minutes ago)
David,
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/07/technology/personaltech/07pogue.html?_r=1
Interesting. I will check it out. However, I wrote about this concept months ago in my blog (OK, nobody reads it but it exists).
http://techthoughtsmatinale.blogspot.com/
Please note:
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2008
Personal mobile Internet connection
special router (Cradlepoint Personal Hot Spot - PHS300 Battery Powered EVDO Router ...
The modem plugs into the router. That provides the router with a connection to the Internet from wherever it is. The router also has Wi-Fi. That means that I have my own hot spot wherever I am. I can connect a PC but I could have done that by simply plugging the modem into the PC. I can connect multiple PCs. I can connect a PC and a Wi-Fi enabled device such as a non-Verizon smartphone, Palm, iPod Touch, iPhone, Skype Wi-Fi phone, which I have, etc. Ah, now you get it.
Ken
1 comment:
from David Pogue
date Thu, May 7, 2009 at 11:29 AM
subject Re: Wi-Fi to Go, No Cafe Needed
11:29 AM
The CradlePoint is OK. But it's HUGE and bulky and complicated compared to
the MiFi... not to mention, you have to supply your own cellular modem...
dp
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