Sprint Gives Rev A EV-DO a Shot in the Arm

Adam Frucci — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:50:51 EST

Sprint's Rev 3 EV-DO, Gizmodo's Internet IV during CES, is getting another upgrade. Firstly, those express cards we told yas about are now official under the Novatel EX720 moniker. Even better, the speeds are getting all jacked up, hitting 600 kbps to 1.4 mbps for downloads and 350-500 ~~mbps~~ kbps for uploads. That means you'll get your bittorrented porn even faster while using your laptop on the highway, and other than the increased accident rates I see no downside to that.

Other Sprint EV-DO news includes our friends in Portland, OR, Miami, and Puerto Rico all getting to join the fun and new GPS capabilities. Oh Sprint, you had me at increased download speeds. –Adam Frucci

Product Page [Sprint]

Novatel's First EV-DO Rev A ExpressCards Coming Soon?

Louis Ramirez — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:36:32 EST

Back at CES we rocked the mobile broadband with Novatel's U720 USB dongle. Reception was solid and fast, and it kept us posting throughout the show. Ideally, however, we would've liked an ExpressCard version that would jive with our notebooks. Well, it looks like our dreams might be answered soon. Here is an in-the-wild shot of what appears to be a Novatel EX720 EV-DO ExpressCard. No details on pricing or availability, but the thought of pairing our laptop with Sprint's first EV-DO ExpressCard with Rev A has us salivating. More details as they come. – Louis Ramirez

Sprint EV-DO [Gizmodo]

Gizmodo: EX720

Sprint Gives Rev A EV-DO a Shot in the Arm

Novatel's First EV-DO Rev A ExpressCards Coming Soon?