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  • Verizon’s mobile broadband customers get bundled WiFi access

    Verizon’s mobile broadband customers get bundled WiFi access

    Posted on December 16, 2009 | No Comments
    Verizon's playing catch-up this week in a game some of its rivals have been playing for ages now -- the WiFi business -- by bundling access to a fairly extensive network of hotspots in the US, Canada, and Mexico with its broadband data plans. It's a double-edged sword, though, because they're not stepping up to the plate with as much conviction as AT&T and T-Mobile have; first off, Verizon's limiting the service strictly to users of its modems and MiFi boxes while the other guys have succumbed to bundling it with smartphone data packages, and secondly, it appears hell-bent on forcing connections to go through the same crapware connection management app used with its data cards. Of course, you could argue that Verizon's larger 3G footprint gives 'em less impetus to offload users to WiFi, but by the same token, they're charging more for service -- so yeah, we're gonna predict they relent at some point just as AT&T ultimately did.

    Verizon's mobile broadband customers get bundled WiFi access originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Ericsson trials HSPA-LTE interoperability, we count 7 Gs in total

    Ericsson trials HSPA-LTE interoperability, we count 7 Gs in total

    Posted on December 15, 2009 | No Comments
    Since it'll be eons until we enjoy the kind of 4G coverage that we've grown used to on 2G (and to a lesser extent, 3G), manufacturers and carriers are hard at work making sure that we've got a reliable way to interoperate for the foreseeable future -- TeliaSonera, for instance, wants to swap out its customers' modems for LTE / HSPA dual-mode versions once they're available next year. To that end, Ericsson and ST-Ericsson are trumpeting that they've become the first to establish "LTE and HSPA mobility" in accordance with 3GPP's Release 8 specification, which dictates this sort of stuff in a way everyone can agree on (that's a good thing). Verizon's naturally more interested in the CDMA handoffs that have already gone down, but for AT&T and most of the rest of the world, this is exciting news indeed.

    Ericsson trials HSPA-LTE interoperability, we count 7 Gs in total originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • The Dell Precision M6500 packs a Core i7 Extreme and high price tag

    The Dell Precision M6500 packs a Core i7 Extreme and high price tag

    Posted on December 1, 2009 | No Comments
    Dell is serious about mobile computing. That is if you consider mobile computing touting around a full-power 8.5lbs, 17-inch notebook. At least with the new M6500, you won't be compromising anything. Seriously, anything because the amount of computing power that the new M6500 packs into a mobile platform is impressive.

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  • Get thee to the Snow Leopard updatery: 10.6.1 is here already

    Get thee to the Snow Leopard updatery: 10.6.1 is here already

    Posted on September 11, 2009 | No Comments
    Apple has just announced Snow Leopard 10.6.1, a mild update to everyone's favorite mild update. The improvements include fixing some of the printer problems plaguing users and fixes to mail problems. Huge news this isn't.

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  • The Viliv S7, everyone

    The Viliv S7, everyone

    Posted on July 7, 2009 | No Comments
    Viliv is back again with yet another UMPC for the Korean market. Inside, the hardware is about on par with the X70 that I just reviewed with 1024 x 600 touchscreen, an Intel Atom Z520, 1GB of RAM, a 32GB SSD hard drive, and Windows XP. The S7 is equipped with a physical keyboard which should make it a tad easier to tweet. There is a chance though that by the time Viliv imports the UMPC to the States, we might get a slightly better model.

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