Novatel gets their XU870 HSDPA ExpressCard out the door
They laughed when you bought that fancy new laptop with an ExpressCard slot, they scoffed when you "gave into the man" and signed up for Cingular, and they've been waving that PCMCIA EV-DO card of theirs in your face for what seems like an eternity now, but your vindication is finally nigh! Novatel just announced that their Merlin XU870 HSDPA ExpressCard, the first of its kind, is now shipping. The card can manage HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE and GPRS, both here and abroad, and while it currently tops off at 3.6Mbps, a forthcoming software update will bump that to 7.2Mbps once the carriers are ready. Apparently this thing has already started to ship to leading carriers in Germany, Austria, Spain, Portugal and New Zealand, and while we're not exactly sure when you'll be able to grab this thing off the shelf of your neighborhood electronics shop in the States, the XU870 is official, legit, "shipping," and all that good stuff, so we're going have a party all the same. Who's bringing the chips?[Via laptoping]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
mroach @ Oct 11th 2006 5:09PM
I think you mean Cingular + HSDPA PCMCIA card, not EV-DO. Or Verizon + Novatel EV-DO ExpressCARD. Something doesn't make sense there.
M Freitas @ Oct 11th 2006 7:09PM
I got one this week, from Vodafone NZ for review: http://www.geekzone.co.nz/freitasm
Perceptions @ Oct 11th 2006 7:33PM
Yay! Now I can have highspeed internet anywhere I go! Wait...now I need a UMTS/HSPDA networto launch in my area.
While patiently waiting for this ExpressCard I began to think about the necessity. With Simultaneous Voice and Data from Cingular's UMTS network (if it ever gets to my area) then what is the need for a seperate ExpressCard? BT tether and use data to my heart's content while recieving all my calls from sexy ladies...I am sure Cingular will find a way to kill my hopes.
mobiles @ Oct 12th 2006 1:52AM
#3 don't be so pessimist.
http://www.mobile.mobilityphones.com/