Vodafone is ready to up the ante when it comes to mobile broadband. The company will launch a new 14.4 Megabit mobile broadband service in the UK which is quite impressive, at least on paper. What that means for the average consumer is that the probable top speed will be somewhere around 10.8Mbps while the usual speed will average between 1Mbps to 4Mbps. The major cities and surrounding areas will be among the first to receive the new service although nationwide 14.4Mbps has been mentioned.

via Trusted Reviews

Tags: 14.4Mbps, mobile broadband, Mobile News, UK, Vodafone, Vodafone

A new USB broadband modem is available for your mobile and Verizon Wireless will have it in stores for you. The ZTE AD3700 USB modem is the new addition to Verizon’s lineup and it’s a gadget meant to work for you no matter where you travel. The modem will offer you support for EV-DO, GSM, GPRS, EDGE and UMTS. Feel free to travel anywhere and you’ll be able to use the device.

The ZTE AD3700 will be available in stores tomorrow for $79.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate provided you also choose a new 2-year mobile broadband plan.

via Verizon

Tags: AD3700, mobile broadband, Mobile News, Portable Devices, usb, Verizon, Verizon, ZTE

The Telenor Group and Huawei have signed a Global Master Agreement for selling mobile broadband modems. According to the deal, Huawei will provide 1.2 million mobile modems in the following year to Telenor. And Telenor will sell them through 13 operating companies in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Hungary, Serbia, Montenegro, Russia, Ukraine, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Thailand and Malaysia. Huawei is certainly an expert when it comes to mobile broadband modems and chances are you’ve already used at least one of their devices. By February 2009 the company has shipped over 30 million mobile broadband units for 235 operators in 115 countries. What mobile broadband modem are you currently using?

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Tags: huawei, mobile broadband, Mobile News, modem, Other Brands, Portable Devices, Telenor

The ongoing partnership between Sprint and Best Buy now brings us a 99-cent HP Mini 110c netbook with the signing of a 2-year data contract.

However, as Engadget points out, for the $1,440 you’ll be paying over 2 years all you will be getting is a single 1.6GHz machine with 1GB of RAM and a 3-cell battery. Worth it? Probably not. Will unknowing consumers buy it? Of course.

As for me? I think I’ll be opting for Virgin’s pay-as-you-go USB broadband modem.

Tags: 2 year contract, hp mini 110c, mobile broadband, Mobile News, Mobile Software, netbook, Sprint, Sprint

If you’re looking to connect your computer to the internet while on the go but don’t want to pay the ridiculous prices some providers are charging you should check out Virgin Mobile’s offering. Included above is a leaked picture of Virgin Mobile’s forthcoming broadband USB modem that were found on one of Best Buy’s image servers.

Of course, there are no official announcements to go along with the above leaked shots but thanks to The Boy Genius Report we know that the device will cost you $150 couple with either a prepaid or postpaid package.

No word on when you’ll be able to pick this up or how the coverage will be but as always we’ll keep you posted.

Tags: best buy, Image, leak, mobile broadband, Mobile News, Portable Devices, press shot, USB modem, Virgin Mobile

One thing about teens these days, they have all the materials and arsenals to make studying and leisure activities easier. Today, practically most students have a mobile device or laptop made for education and fun. These factors alone give Dell the proper justification for its latest laptop, the Dell Studio 14z.

An ideal laptop for the students of today, this light notebook possesses huge hard drive options and a svette design that makes it trendy and cool for kids who want something handy by their side. With the growing need for storage and entertainment today, this latest laptop from Dell packs them all in one device.

Features:

• New Dell Studio 14z laptop sports a stylish, thin (0.79–1.2-inches) design for students and digital downloaders who want a combination of power and exceptional mobility
• Energy-efficient, mercury-free, 14-inch 16:9 LED display with HD resolution (720p/ 900p)
• Intel Pentium Dual Core, and Intel Core 2 Duo standard voltage processors up to T9550 (2.66GHz, 1066Mhz FSB, 6MB Cache)
• Integrated NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics
• Digital Video/Audio via HDMI and DisplayPort
• Standard 1.3MP webcam with dual digital array mics
• Starting weight of 4.3 pounds
• Standard FastAccess Facial Recognition Software to help prevent unauthorized access to your computer
• Optional Phoenix FailSafe Theft Protection to help protect laptop and data in event of theft
• Advanced touchpad control to help improve productivity
• 4W, SRS, 2.0 Audio w/ discrete tweeters and dual headphone jacks
• Up to 500GB HDD capacity
• Optional 8:1 Media Card Reader via 34mm Express Card slot
• Six-cell battery standard, optional slim design 8-cell battery for up to 6:46 hours of battery life with WLED display option
• Standard Wi-Fi, optional Bluetooth and mobile broadband to connect anywhere
• eSATA connectivity for high speed data transfer rate (up to 6X USB 2.0)
• PowerShare - Charge your USB-connected cell phone and other mobile devices via the USB 2.0/eSATA combo port even when you’re unplugged from a power outlet
• Optional external optical drive options (DVD+/-RW, Blu-ray Disc read-only and read-write drives)

The Studio 14z comes in six colors: Black Chain Link, Midnight Blue, Spring Green, Plum Purple, Ruby Red and Promise Pink (U.S. only). Dell will donate $5 to Susan G. Komen for the Cure from the purchase of each Promise Pink laptop. It carries a $649 price tag.

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Already a familiar brand in the laptop scene, the new Dell Studio 15 laptop promises to carry a powerful notebook aimed at a highly demanding market.

The new Dell Studio 15 laptop has some of the latest features people want including cutting-edge hi-def technology and backlit LED displays perfect for creating memories and enjoying entertainment for longer periods of time.

The full range of built-in connectivity options and sleek design elements offer multiple style choices.

The Studio series is available in the U.S., Canada and Latin America on Dell.com starting at $649.

Features:

• New Studio 15 delivers advanced performance and entertainment capabilities, including an energy efficient 15.6-inch LED display in true HD resolution (720p/900p/1080p), optional 256 or 512MB* ATI Mobility Radeon HD4570 graphics and 2.0MP camera with dual digital array microphones.
• Emphasizing personal style and design, Studio 15 is now available in six colors, including Black Chainlink, Ruby Red, Midnight Blue, Plum Purple, Spring Green and Promise Pink.
• Complete with a full array of built-in connectivity options including standard Gigabit Ethernet and Wi-Fi, optional Bluetooth support, Mobile Broadband.
• Equipped with a full range of ports and connections including, 8-in-1 media card reader, dual USB ports, one USB/eSATA combo port and HDMI.
• Entertainment features and options include 5.1 channel audio and 3-watt subwoofer, dual headphone jacks and the optional slot load Blu-ray Disc.
• Optional backlit keyboard allows for visibility in low and no light conditions.
• LED-backlit display supports excellent color reproduction for photos and movies and can extend battery life of the system.

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Tags: backlit display, chainlink, color reproduction, connectivity options, design elements, dual usb ports, headphone jacks, Laptops, led displays, mobile broadband, sleek design, spring green, watt subwoofer

Panasonic offers another business gadget tool that will help spur up productivity in the corporate setting. VAI will offer Panasonic’s Toughbook line of computers, specifically the Ultra-mobile Toughbook U1 to its customer portfolio.

The Toughbook product line will empower VAI’s clients with the mobility, durability and connectivity, needed to enhance employee productivity, by providing mobile access to VAI’s S2K Enterprise Software Suite.

The fully-rugged Panasonic Toughbook U1 allows remote workers to connect to critical information and applications in real time, improving organizational efficiency, increasing information accuracy, and enabling field-based decision-making. The U1 can integrate a robust set of features previously unavailable in handheld devices, including 3G mobile broadband, GPS, 1D and 2D barcode and RFID readers, a 2-megapixel digital camera, a daylight viewable screen and twin, hot-swappable batteries offering up to nine hours of life.

Unlike most handhelds, the U1 operates on the full-function Windows XP and Windows Vista operating systems, giving users unprecedented remote access to feature-rich software applications in the field. The device’s fanless all-weather design also reduces noise, weight and points of failure and its magnesium alloy chassis delivers protection from bumps and drops of up to 4 feet.

VAI is offering the Panasonic Toughbook to enhance the products and services provided to its customer base. Kevin Beasley, CIO, VAI, noted, “VAI strives to offer solutions that enhance the capabilities of our S2K product line.

Toughbook U1 complements our solutions nicely, since it provides reliable access to the data and information necessary to run an effective business. Streamlined operations are a core promise delivered via our S2K software, and making real-time information accessible to mobile workers saves time, money and increases productivity.”

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Tags: 2d barcode, gadget tool, handheld devices, Laptops, megapixel digital camera, mobile access, mobile broadband, Mobile News, mobile workers, panasonic toughbook, Portable Devices, weather design

Motorola has announced the availability of the H24, the latest addition to its Machine-to-Machine (M2M) solutions portfolio. The new HSPA wireless module was designed to meet the M2M industry’s growing need for high-speed 3.5G connectivity.

The HSPA series of modules is comprised of the H24-Global, providing tri-band HSPA connectivity (850/1900/2100MHz); H24-Single (2100MHz); and H24-NA (850/1700/1900MHz).

The new H24 module provides high-speed HSUPA/HSDPA connectivity (5.76 Mbps up / 7.2 Mbps down), enabling true mobile broadband for next generation M2M solutions like automotive infotainment systems, fixed-wireless terminals, telemetry, and advanced security systems featuring real-time video surveillance. The H24 also features enhanced robustness and on-board GPS capabilities making it the ideal solution for location-based applications. In addition, the H24 includes receiver diversity for optimal performance under harsh network conditions as well as FOTA (firmware over the air), to ensure maximum reliability.

The H24 is built in the same compact form factor as the rest of the Motorola “24″ family of wireless modules to provide flexibility with a single design solution. As the entire H24 series includes quad-band GSM/GPRS and EDGE connectivity, customers can easily add HSPA connectivity to their existing G24 GSM-based solution by integrating the H24.

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Tags: 5g, advanced security, h24, HSPA, latest addition, mobile broadband, Motorola, optimal performance, robustness, speed 3, telemetry, tri-band, wireless modules, wireless terminals

While Microsoft is trying to convince everyone that PCs are better deals than Macs, Orange is hoping to convince its customers to purchase MacBooks from them for subsidized prices. If you want a 13-inch Apple laptop from Orange you will have to sign a 2-year contract for a 3G connection. The $1,299 MacBook will be sold for about $75 per month. Not a bad deal if you must have a MacBook but don’t have all the cash you need right away.

via Mobile Today

Tags: 3G, Apple, laptop, MacBook, mobile broadband, Mobile News, Orange, Other Brands

The much awaited Treo Pro smartphone will be available for use on the Sprint Mobile Network starting March 15. This was announced today by Sprint and Palm Inc. Treo Pro will be available through all Sprint retail channels, and Sprint retail stores, for $199.99 with a two-year subscriber agreement (after a $100 instant rebate and $100 mail-in rebate, with an Everything plan with data or a $30 per month or higher data add-on). It also will be available through the Palm Store and Palm’s B2B sales organization beginning March 16.

Treo Pro is a sleek, full-function smartphone offering users the ease of use and robust features they demand while providing the reliability and manageability IT departments require. With the EV-DO Rev. A speeds of Sprint’s Mobile Broadband Network, Wi-Fi, GPS and Windows Mobile 6.1 capabilities, Treo Pro helps busy professionals stay connected on the go so they can structure their lives around their priorities without sacrificing work productivity.

Treo Pro is the first Palm phone available with Internet Explorer Mobile 6, with options for either a mobile-optimized or desktop-like Internet browsing experience on America’s most dependable 3G network. It blends a high-resolution color touch screen and a full QWERTY keyboard with a removable battery that packs up to five hours of talk time and enough strength for the business user’s needs, offering a powerful yet effortless mobile experience.

Palm’s Wi-Fi hardware and software innovations on Treo Pro make it easy to get online fast and manage network connections and power usage. The one-touch Wi-Fi button provides a clean, uncluttered Wi-Fi experience that gets Treo Pro users rapidly connected at home, in the office or in Wi-Fi hotspots.

(Source) Business Wire

Tags: 3g network, 3g networks, Cell Phones, color touch screen, full qwerty keyboard, mobile broadband, mobile experience, Palm, palm inc, palm phone, palm store, Palm Treo, software innovations, sprint mobile, sprint1, work productivity

Don’t be surprised if some time soon, mobile technology will be among the learning aids that children will be using.

Educators, policymakers and wireless industry leaders joined together last week at the Mobile Learning Conference 2009 in Washington, D.C. to discuss the promising future of educational technology in America and the key role the application of cellular technology and devices can play in helping kids learn in the classroom.

“Mobile broadband technology is increasing efficiency and productivity for businesses across the country, and this year’s Mobile Learning Conference strongly suggests that the same can be true for America’s schools,” said David Diggs, Executive Director of The Wireless Foundation, a MLC09 co-sponsor.

“Based on the constructive exchange of ideas at the conference, we anticipate a bright future for mobile learning as a means to better serve classrooms and communities throughout the U.S., and to give every American student all of the advantages we can in today’s increasingly competitive global economy.”

One initiative highlighted at MLC09 was Project K-Nect, a pilot project that used advanced mobile wireless technology to improve math skills among at-risk ninth grade students in select North Carolina schools. The project is supported by Qualcomm through its Wireless Reach initiative.

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Tags: Cell Phones, cellular technology, mobile broadband, Mobile News, mobile technology, mobile wireless technology, qualcomm, wireless foundation, wireless industry leaders

Motorola can now offer better end to end network solutions as it has commissioned Starent Networks to provide multimedia core networking solutions for use in its LTE (Long Term Evolution)/SAE (System Architecture Evolution) network offerings.

The incorporation of Starent Networks’ solutions into Motorola’s LTE portfolio allows Motorola to offer an end-to-end network solution for its operator customers. The Starent Networks products fulfill the functional requirements defined in the SAE or Evolved Packet Core (EPC) standards.

Additionally, the Starent Networks solutions are designed for a smooth migration to LTE for both CDMA 1X/DO-A and GSM/UMTS operators. Mobile operators are looking for solutions that deliver on today’s requirements for 3G mobile broadband, while also positioning them for a migration to mobile ultra broadband networks.

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Tags: broadband networks, core networking, mobile broadband, Mobile News, mobile operators, Motorola, Motorola, networking solutions, networks solutions, starent networks

Starting with December 14, this netbook will be on sale at Radioshack for a bargain price. The Acer Aspire One with integrated 3G wireless connectivity will be available for just $99.99 from Radioshack. Forgot what the Aspire One is all about? It is a 2.44 pound netbook featuring 1GB RAM, 160GB hard drive, a built-in memory card reader and it runs on Windows XP. The 3G broadband supports those portable connectivity needs of students, travellers and mobile professionals.

Peter Whitsett, RadioShack’s executive vice president said:

Many people internationally are already enjoying the portability, on-the-go connectivity and affordability of this emerging new technology. We are proud to introduce this concept in the U.S. by offering a netbook with integrated 3G functionality in addition to full Wi-Fi capability.

And here’s the catch! You will have to sign a 2 year AT&T Data Connect mobile broadband service agreement if you want it for only $99.99.

via cnet

Tags: 3G, Acer, Aspire one, At&T, At&T, Laptops, mobile broadband, netbook, radioshack

Remember the newly launched HP Mini 1000? Well now it comes with mobile broadband. You can choose either a Verizon Wireless EV-DO modem or an AT&T HSPA modem. The WWAN upgrade comes with a mandatory 1GB RAM and 60GB hard drive purchase. That means you’ll be paying $199 for the modem and $50 for the extra hardware. The total for the Mini 1000 with mobile broadband comes to $650. A little too much but that’s what you will have to pay to have that permanent Internet connection.

via liliputing

Tags: 1000, HP, Laptops, Mini, mobile broadband, Mobile News, netbook

The HTC Touch is here. Available exclusively through Sprint starting November 4, the Touch is a full touch-screen mobile phone running on Windows Mobile 6 with entertainment being its prime agenda. Featuring a big, nearly 3-inch display, the phone is based on TouchFLO technology for smooth menu navigation with a finger swipe. There’s also a 3D cube interface for quick access to entertainment, communication tools and a dial-by-picture photo caller ID screen.

The HTC Touch takes advantage of Sprint’s broadband network and lets users access the Sprint Music Store for over-the-air song downloads. You can also watch Sprint TV featuring 50 live and on-demand channels of audio and video. The phone offers a MicroSD memory card slot that supports up to 4GB capacity, and comes bundled with a 512MB card.

A basic 2 MPx camera with 5x zoom (and video capability) is thrown in. There’s also stereo Bluetooth and voice-activated dialing. The HTC Touch measures 4″ x 2.4″ x 0.6″ and weighs in at just 4 oz. Priced at US $249.99 (along with a 2 year service agreement), there’s a $100 rebate as well. There’s no “unlimited” data plan, instead standard data rates will apply for music/content downloads.

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