The JetPack MiFi for Verizon was announced at CES 2012 this week, and I was able to stop by the Novatel booth to go hands on with the new 4G LTE hotspot. The Novatel JetPack MiFi 4620L has an OLED display that offers fast, and understandable, access to your signal strength, battery life and even shows you text messages sent [...]
Verizon Wireless is putting an end-of-life signal on several devices in its lineup, including some recently introduced 4G and 3G phones from 2011. On the list are the Motorola Droid 3–a handset with a slide-out keyboard that supports Verizon’s 3G signals in the U.S. and has world-phone radio on-board, the LG Revolution–a 4G LTE handset [...]
A new commercial for the Verizon 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot 4510L hit the airwaves and the company’s YouTube channel touting the benefits of a 4G hotspot for users. The updated MiFi will deliver both 4G and 3G connections to up to five devices through the Verizon network depending on your location. What you get is [...]
It’s unclear if Verizon’s 4G LTE network is down, but at least in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, various 4G devices–MiFi mobile hotspot routers, a few 4G LTE Android smartphones, and a USB modem–refused to connect to Verizon’s 4G LTE network, indicating that there may be network issues at least in the San Francisco [...]
We have already reviewed AT&T and Novatel’s MiFi 2372 Mobile Hotspot device not once but twice in the past. However, when we reviewed it back then, it was missing a major feature, one that it acquired through a software update in April. That feature of course is DLNA media streaming and one that makes the [...]
Novatel has announced that its Expedite E362 LTE module is the first embedded LTE module to get approved for use on Verizon’s 4G LTE network which means that it could very well be the card that brings the Motorola Xoom 4G LTE support. The Expedite E362 has a bunch of interesting features including backwards compatibility [...]
At first glance, the Verizon MiFi 4510L 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot router from Novatel bears a lot in common to the Sprint MiFi 3G/4G mobile hotspot, also made by Novatel, but under the hood, there are a few subtle differences. Both units promise to connect you to their respective carrier’s 3G or 4G networks where [...]
With the Sprint MiFi 3G/4G mobile hotspot from Novatel, gone are the days of searching out for free or paid hotspots at cafes and bookstores.Users of Sprint’s MiFi 3G/4G mobile hotspot can connect and share the same mobile broadband data access plan with up to 5 other devices over WiFi with speeds of between 3-6 [...]
Verizon Wireless has gone ahead and announced its own 3G/4G MiFi portable mobile hotspot unit made by Novatel. The unit was initially shown at the Consumer Electronics Show this year and now Verizon has gone ahead and made the device available for $100 with a two-year contract with discounts and rebates and $270 sans any [...]
If you’ve been waiting to hear when Sprint would announce its 3G/4G MiFi card you can stop waiting. Sprint made the announcement recently. The new card from Novatel, now called the Sprint MiFi 3G/4G Mobile Hotspot by Novatel Wireless, will cost $79.99 with a two year contract or eligible upgrade. Data plans start at $49.99 [...]
In addition to the Samsung 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot device that Verizon just launched, the company has also announced the availability and pricing their Novatel-made Verizon USB551l 4G LTE Modem. The Verizon USB551L 4G LTE modem is an extremely portable device that will offer Verizon customers download speeds of 5 to 12 Mbps and upload [...]
A leaked document obtained by Android Central reveals some important dates for some highly coveted device launches on Verizon Wireless, which includes the Thunderbolt, a 4G LTE smartphone, 2 mobile hotspot routers compatible with the carrier’s 4G network, and a Windows Phone 7 device made by HTC. According to the document, the HTC Thunderbolt is [...]
For the first time in five years I’m without a wireless modem, which means I can’t get online with one of my notebooks when I’m out of range of a fixed WiFi hotspot. I just returned my Sierra Wireless Overdrive to a Sprint store and am not on the hunt for alternatives. I first picked [...]
One of the reports at CES 2011 was that Sprint would be releasing a 3G/4G Novatel MiFi card for sale on February 27. Well, we’re now a few days into March and of course there has been no announcement. Apparently, the debut of the 4G MiFi card will be later this month, with some sources [...]
While Xavier’s been over the Sprint Overdrive, a 3G/4G mobile hotspot that’s made by Sierra Wireless to compete with Sprint’s original Novatel 3G MiFi, one possible alternative, which may be better for people in Xavier’s position, for a mobile broadband Internet connection on the go that’s sharable with up to five devices is AT&T’s MiFi [...]
Novatel told us that in addition to launching a 4G personal mobile hotspot router, called the Novatel MiFi 4G LTE for Verizon Wireless, the company will be working with the U.S. carrier to also deliver a USB data modem. The company didn’t disclose information for pricing nor availability, but a Novatel USB 4G LTE modem [...]
Though the MiFi mobile hotspot router devices have been announced for 4G networks for Sprint and Verizon Wireless in the U.S., neither model are available yet–Verizon Wireless says its 3G/4G LTE model will launch in the first half of 2011 while Sprint says its 3G/4G WiMax model is coming February for $50. We did have [...]
Given the popularity of Sprint’s original Novatel 3G CDMA MiFi unit, the successor may be just as popular. Engadget had posted press shots of Novatel’s next generation MiFi mobile hotspot router for Sprint’s 3G/4G WiMax network has emerged and shows an attractive, modern design. There isn’t much information in terms of launch date or pricing, [...]
For the past several months we’ve been inundated with Sprint ads for the EVO 4G and other smartphones, despite the fact that the wireless company hasn’t oficially launched WiMax in the San Francisco Bay Area…until today. But unless you’re a San Francisco Bay Area geek you probably haven’t heard the good news. I’ve been using [...]
Verizon just started running a new TV ad promoting its iPad and MiFi bundles. We aren’t used to seeing the United State’s largest wireless carrier promoting Apple products, so it’s interesting to see how Verizon’s positioning the pairing. In the commercial, Verizon shows an iPad user sitting in a living room. Of course, he has [...]
If you’re a fan of the Novatel MiFi wireless cards, and who isn’t, you might be interested in this. Looks like Mugen power is making an external battery solution for the devices that will give you some extra juice. The MiFi is a great solution for being connected on the go and its one drawback [...]
Over the years I’ve owned more than my fair share of PCs, Macs, phones, cameras and gadgets. But the single device that’s had the most impact on how I work is the Novatel MiFi. The version I own will likely be put to rest as 4G is lit up across U.S. and reliability improves. The [...]
Someone leaked Verizon’s roadmap to BGR. The supposed roadmap includes an Android tablet, an LTE MiFi and a new DROID. According to BGR, the products listed in the roadmap will be launching between now and 2012. One of the more interesting devices is a Samsung Android tablet: Samsung is working on a 7″ screen Android [...]
With a word, Steve Jobs has ruled out tethering the iPad to the iPhone. In an email he basically just said “no.” On some levels that makes absolutely no sense, but then when you consider AT&T’s well chronicled network woes it makes all the sense in the world. I’m in the same camp as Kevin [...]
In my view there are quite a few folks who are really happy that yesterday’s iPad announcement is over. Many of these folks are competitors or “me-too” manufacturers on some level. Apple made a big splash and everyone is still drying out from the overwash and sorting through things. Apple may have indeed hit a [...]
There is news on two recent security issues we’ve reported on. First up, AT&T has supposedly corrected the issue that found Facebook users logging into other users’ accounts when using their mobile phones. More details here. While there isn’t a patch yet, Novatel is promising a fix is coming for the security hole recently discovered [...]
It is no secret that many of us on the GBM Team love the Novatel MiFi card. We’ve got several members who use and rely on these handy mobile hotspots in both the Verizon and Sprint flavors. Well, we’ll be keeping our eyes peeled for a firmware update, hopefully soon, after news of a security [...]
We all know how much those of us on the GBM Team love the MiFi card from Novatel that both Sprint and Verizon carry. It allows for multiple connections when the service is available and makes mobile computing possible, again when service is available. (From the looks of this GBM video Verizon is doing better [...]
My mobile computing lifestyle has come a long way over the past decade. A lot of the gadget changes and upgrades were gradual, which meant I eased into what I and other geeks consider normal at the dawn of 2010. But during my trip to India this month I realized something – I live in [...]
Remember the MiFi app for the iPhone from AppDen. Version one had some problems, at least for Sprint MiFi users. But there’s an update in the iTunes App Store tonight. Although the “What’s New” description with the app says that it now works with Sprint MiFi cards, it also states that it works with “first [...]
I wish everything worked this easily. I finally got my hands on a Novatel MiFi 2200 card via Sprint and what a treat for a mobile geek who uses multiple devices. The MiFi card turns you into a walking hotspot. It accesses the Sprint 3G network and then puts out a WiFi signal that up [...]
If you’ve got your eyes on a MiFi Card from Sprint or Verizon, you might want to check out this deal from Amazon. If you’re getting a new contract you can pick up the wireless card that gives you WiFi anywhere for $.01. You have to sign up for a new contract and of course [...]
Novatel’s MiFi cards have been a big hit on Verizon and Sprint. AT&T and T-Mobile customers can soon get in on the action of carrying their own hotspot around in their pocket. Novatel is announcing a the MiFi 2372 HSPA version which should allow usage in most corners of the world where you can get [...]
Sprint will begin selling the Novatel Wireless MiFi 2200 next month. The device pulls double duty as a 3G modem and a WiFi router, allowing subscribers to share their mobile broadband with up to five devices. The MiFi 2200 will cost $99.99 after a $50 rebate with a new two-year service agreement. The Sprint Simply [...]
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