Tag: tethering
Apple Announces iPad 2 with Cameras, Faster Processor and White Version
Wednesday Apple announced that the iPad 2 will ship March 11 with prices starting at $499, the same price as the previous iPad. As always our sister site Gottabemoble.com was on top of the coverage. The biggest news is that the iPad 2 will have a new dual core processor, gain a thinner and ligher [...]
AT&T Turned On Hotspot Tethering for iPhone Developer
AT&T turned on the Personal Hotspot Wi-Fi Tethering feature for an iPhone user who had an iPhone with iOS 4.3 beta installed, according to Apple Insider. If true this could be an early sign that once the new version of the iOS firmware is released, the carrier may follow the lead of new iPhone seller [...]
Sprint Still Considering LTE as Mobile Broadband Standard for Use
While Sprint has released a number of USB dongles that allow enterprise and consumer customers to connect to the carrier’s 4G WiMax mobile broadband network, the nation’s third largest carrier is still considering rival LTE technology as a possible candidate for 4G deployment. LTE has been selected as a standard by AT&T and Verizon Wireless [...]
AT&T Slashes Price on Data Pricing for Laptops
For laptops and data devices, such as the company’s newly released MiFi 2372, it looks like AT&T may be slashing its monthly data prices according to a leaked internal document that was posted on Engadget. The maximum plan for 5 GB of data–on notebooks and netbooks as well as on the MiFi and other USB [...]
iPad 2 in Production Now; Rumored To Be Announced During iOS 4.3 Event Next Week
We’ve already told you about the rumors that an iPad 2 announcement is coming by the end of Feb, but now rumors say the iPad 2 will be announced on the same day as iOS 4.3, which has already shipped to developers and that the device is already being manufactured. Macgasm has a report saying [...]
Why I Chose MiFi Over Tethering or a SmartPhone Mobile HotSpot
Connecting to the Internet on the go is a hundred times easier than when I hooked my trusty flip phone up for some slow browsing during a college road trip. Thanks to built in hotspots and tethering on many smartphones, USB modems and MiFi devices getting online is often as simple as pushing a button these days. [...]
Mobile Broadband Data Showdown – Data Plan Pricing for MiFi and Tethering
The past year has brought a collection of new data plans and prices that, while getting rid of or increasing the price of unlimited options, has made mobile data more affordable for the average user who doesn’t need an unlimited bucket of data on the go. Check out the cost of data plans at major [...]
Free Wi-Fi Tethering Available for All Verizon Smartphones?
Last week my wife picked up a new Palm Pixi Plus as part of Verizon’s New Every Two upgrade plan. My wife visited the Verizon store to check out the phone offerings by herself so that I wouldn’t influence or persuade her decision. She wanted a phone that was easy to use, thin in design, [...]
Novatel MiFi Review: Easy On The Go Connectivity
While we were in Vegas covering CES this month connectivity was an issue. While the connections inside the blogger lounge were in general pretty fast, but the room filled up quicker than the Speck booth – and they had an open bar. Once you were in the hallway the press and blogger connections failed to [...]
