Tag archive: MiFi

Mobile operator Sprint is jumping into 2011 with two new 4G/WiMax devices, the HTC EVO Shift 4G and the MiFi 3G/4G Mobile Hotspot. The introductions bring Sprint's total 4G offerings to 17 devices spanning handsets, hotspots, and mobile solutions for computers, and continue the company's push to establish its WiMAx service way out in front of the pack as rivals like Verizon Wireless get ready to roll out their own LTE-based 4G… Read More

Maybe this is why those insanely low iPad prices keep popping up for holiday shoppers – it's time to make room for the next round. All Things Digital reports that analyst Brian Blair says Apple is busy developing the iPad 2, which could be on shelves early next year. According to AppleInsider, production on the current iPad will end in January to make way for the new model. As can be expected, the new iPad will feature FaceTime and… Read More

AT&T has announced it will be offering a MiFi hotspot to its line up of mobile devices, starting November 21 with the AT&T Mobile Hotspot. The device is a MiFi 2372 from Novatel Wireless, and will enable up to five WiFi-capable devices (like portable games, tablets, cameras, and PCs) to share an AT&T mobile broadband connection. The MiFi will support AT&T's HSPA service (which the company now claims offers up to 7.2 Mbps… Read More

Wonder why the Nook is completely sold out until 2010—we’ll tell you—it’s because Ellen DeGeneres rounded up a bunch of them to give away [for FREE] to her studio audience. Ellen DeGeneres announced on her show today—right after dancing with a giant elf shoe named “Big Booty”—that she will be giving her entire studio audience a B&N Nook, a MiFi 2200 mobile hotspot, a Powermat wireless charger, Nokia Booklet 3G netbook, and a Palm Pixi to… Read More

If you've ever been out and about with your Wi-Fi enabled gear, you've probably thought to yourself that it would be cool if you could tap into a mobile 3G network instead of having to hunt around for an open Wi-Fi hotspot. Verizon Wireless has been thinking the same thing, and has just announced its forthcoming MiFi 2200 Intelligent Mobile Hotspot, a small, portable device that enables up to five nearby Wi-Fi gadgets to tap… Read More

Novatel has taken the wraps off it's new MiFi card, which weds an broadband modem for mobile networks with a Wi-Fi hotspot. The idea is that MiFi can create its own ad-hoc Wi-Fi hotspot, and route traffic for that hotspot to EV-DO Rev. A or HSDPA mobile broadband networks. With MiFi, anywhere users can get access to mobile broadband connectivity—even in a moving vehicle—they can also get their Wi-Fi capable cameras, game… Read More