Huawei intros HSDPA USB modem

by Donald Melanson, posted Jun 26th 2006 at 5:45PM

Huawei showed off what they're claiming is the world's smallest and fastest HSDPA USB modem, the E220, at CommunicAsia in Singapore last week. We don't know how long that claim will stand but it is, in fact, quite small (3.5 inches long) and fast (3.6 Mbps) -- and, while Huawei seems to mostly be playing up the HSDPA support, it also packs EDGE and GPRS compatibility, plus a nifty mini USB connector. No word on pricing or availability, as far as well can tell -- not that we're ever likely to actually get our hands on one anyway.

Filed under: Peripherals, GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA

Tags: communicasia, edge, gprs, hsdpa, huawei, usb modem, UsbModem, wcdma

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Brad @ Jun 26th 2006 7:12PM

Snap! That's a gigabit per inch!

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Richard Brown @ Nov 20th 2006 12:54PM

Have been using this usb modem for a couple of weeks in Spain now, but having major problems. USB not recognising modem, but keeps trying to initialise modem, then states no sim card found, then says application is already running, then not connected to USB. I cannot eject the hardware, nor initialise the modem, when it was working it was very fast indeed on my laptop compaq v2000.

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kc @ Jan 6th 2007 3:53AM

Very Horrible can not connect up , very slow like 56K
modem, get stuck for roam in thailand , i pay 40+ for data , but non of data i can see.

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kc @ Jan 6th 2007 4:02AM

no driver over website, how to download , wate time go to supplier palce get the latest software, waste time waste $$

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HABIB @ Jun 11th 2007 2:02AM

i need to know where i can buy online and what is the price.i am in malaysia

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Cheah Cheng Huah @ Jul 8th 2007 3:17AM

You can get it at Lowyat if you have not bought yet. Nice little thing but very expensive. Have got one with unlimited Celcom.

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GALGAL5212 @ Sep 11th 2008 3:47AM

I wish to buy 5 piece of the Hua Wei moderm, so where can i get it cheaper?? i help my friend buy one.

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