For those of you MacBook Pro users who crave high-speed Internet access where there’s no Wi-Fi, well, you now have options. Last week I mentioned Novatel’s HSDPA ExpressCard, coming this fall, likely to Cingular. If you happen to prefer kicking it Verizon or Spring-style, all is not lost. Dell is releasing (reputedly by the end of the week) a re-branded Novatel card for those providers’ EV-DO networks, featuring speeds of up to an astounding theoretical 2.4Mbps. If only computers ran on theory. And sunshine. Actual speeds will probably be around 500Kbps or 1Mbps—still plenty fast for speed freaks.
There was some concern that there wouldn’t be any Mac drivers available to run this card, but there are reports that the 10.4.7 update does actually support it. As always, you’ll still need to work out a deal with your cell provider, who will probably only be wanting your first, second, and third born children.
[via Engadget]
