T-Mobile Gives You 3G Access with New USB Modem
T-Mobile Gives You 3G Access with New USB Modem
Posted 03/25/2009 at 7:09am
| by Paul Lilly
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Built by Huawei Technologies, T-Mobile is gearing up to release the "webConnect USB Laptop Stick," a USB-based modem for notebooks to tap into the company's new 3G network. The stick will come with 8GB of internal storage and include a micro SD slot.
According to Jeremy Korst, T-Mobile's director of broadband products and services, the webConnect will provide download speeds of 600Kb/s and peak at over 1Mb/s.
"For the majority of customers, use cases around web browsing, social media, MySpace, checking email - all those typical things we see our customers doing more and more while on the go, the speeds we're providing now are more than sufficient to provide that customer experience," Korst said.
Nifty as the device is, price could end up being an deterrent. The webConnect carries an MSRP of $250, which can be partially offset with a service contract. A two-year contract drops the price down to $50, or $100 with a one-year contract.
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Keith E. Whisman
March 25, 2009 at 8:38am
This bothers me. For $250bucks all you get is that wussy looking antenna thing. This is the 21st Century. I want a device that I plug into my usb port as a single clear stick wand with flashing lights that start from the base and work their way up to the tip. When you turn the antenna on the wand will split into a V shape and keep flashing. While it's opening I want there to be an electronic and/or hydrolic sound effect. Is this too much to ask for? How about some futuristic flash for once. Maybe some disco look isn't that bad.
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