Instead sitting back and frowning on
bandwidth hogging
EV-DO to WiFi routers, Sprint has decided to
jump into the game themselves with a new device made by Linksys. Accompanying the new router -- which, like
current solutions, merely hosts
existing PCMCIA EV-DO cards -- is a new USB dongle that brings EV-DO functionality to owners of laptops that lack PC
card slots, or adventurous desktop users. Both products are due in the second half of this year, with the router going
for "slightly under $200." The USB dongle still lacks a price, but we imagine it will be rather popular,
especially for MacBook Pro owners with their incredibly functionless
ExpressCard slots.
[Thanks, Michael]
