Gizmodo: hspda

Nokia N95 Cellphone has Wings, 5MP Cam, GPS, HSDPA

Brian Lam — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 13:56:16 EDT

Good thing DEMO is so F'n boring, I can still post.

Nokia dropped word of their N95 multimedia computer today. (We still call em cellphones, but don't tell Nokia that or they'll bop us on the head...again)

The smartphone has a 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens, which they say can take dvd-like video clips. Does that mean 848 by 480? I don't know. it also has a 2.6-inch QVGA screen, and runs on the well supported Symbian 60 OS. It also has HSDPA and EDGE cellular data. Oh, it has nice Flickr integration with the photos you take. (click and upload)

And it's got this "2-way slider" thingamabob that kicks out both a numeric keypad and media control keys. Sounds like...a butterfly...pretty, but sounds like a complicated setup from a company I used to call the Apple of cellphone-dom.

Out in 2007, somewhere in the world, for close to a grand, unsubsidized. Jump to see the pretty photos of the butterfly slider in action!

–Brian Lam

Nokia n95 Communicator [Nokia]

Sierra Wireless EVDO/HSPDA Aircards for High Speed Cell Data By USB

Brian Lam — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 19:41:12 EDT

Yesterday, Sprint unveiled their first revision A. EVDO high speed cellular data card. That card came in the aging PCMCIA form factor, so we couldn't use it in our Macbook Pros. Here's a cludgy fix to that problem: EVDO and HSPDA cards that work over a USB cable. EVDO, is the broadband-like speed that Verizon and Sprint are peddling, while HSPDA is the Cingular flavor. The hardware looks nice, as you can see from the photos. The Aircards even have docks. But dangling a USB peripheral from your laptop isn't just inelegant, it's the digital equivalent to toilet paper on your shoe...Something I'd consider dragging around all day long if the average speeds in the 400-800Kbps range are to be believed.

I'll make a prediction: Within 5 years, all high end laptops will be sold with integrated broadband. What do you think?– Brian Lam

Sierra Wireless EVDO/HSPDA Aircards [Macworld]

Vodaphone to Bring on the Bandwidth

tgrumet — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 15:29:49 EST

Europe's cellphone carrier Vodaphone has announced a laptop card that will support High Speed Data Packet Access (HSDPA), helping you boost your bandwidth and upgrade to 3G networks. Part of its Mobile Connect Card Broadband, it's based on Option's GlobeTrotter HSPDA card and can bring you download speeds of up to 1.8Mbps—which is 5 times faster than standard 3G networks. Dell also said it would be partnering with Vodafone to bring HSPDA connectivity to future notebook products, hopefully by the end of the first half of this year. Also look for Acer to follow suit with the ability to connect to the Internet with HSDPA, specifically in its TravelMate 4260 and Aspire 5650 laptops.

Vodafone readies HSDPA 3G card for notebooks [reghardware]