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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    12/05/08

    In reply to HP Mini 1000 Netbook Now Shipping With 3G Internet Capability
    Just to be clear, that rumor about the hardware being inside already was totally bunk; there's a SIM slot on every HP Mini 1000 and there is an open PCIe slot that one can put their own card in though. Currently the only way to activate it, because shortsighted people at HP decided to BIOS-lock it, is a pretty involved hack developed by JKKMobile but I expect that we'll see other hacks pretty soon that make it easier.


    HP charging $200 for this is absurd. Dell charges $125 for the same card and even that is on the high side. But HP is doing that for every upgrade on this machine from the hard drive to the memory. It's a great machine in a lot of ways - it is the smallest and lightest 10" netbook around, the screen is beautiful and the keyboard is the best I've ever used (or seen) on a netbook. But they need to stop gouging their customers, stop crippling the hardware, and stop trying to sell crap like the Vivianne Tam edition for $300 more than the regular version for nothing more than what a can of Krylon has to offer. Gouging and crippling hardware is just bad policy and definitely makes them look bad amongst the tech community. But I guess they'd rather impress the fashionistas than the techies that actually might make their product successful.

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    Image of rdowty rdowty
    12/05/08

    In reply to HP Mini 1000 Netbook Now Shipping With 3G Internet Capability
    What is MIE?
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/05/08

    @rdowty: Missing In Elephant
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    Image of Mr_Hustleufagus Mr_Hustleufagus
    12/05/08

    In reply to HP Mini 1000 Netbook Now Shipping With 3G Internet Capability
    Those buttons smell like butt and feet.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/05/08

    @Mr_Hustleufagus: Back in my day we called it foot n' ass. You whippersnappers of today, all PC n' junk.
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    Image of Nightsd01 Nightsd01
    12/04/08

    In reply to HP Mini 1000 Netbook Now Shipping With 3G Internet Capability
    I'd pay a few hundred dollars NOT to have one of these.
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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    12/05/08

    @Nightsd01: I'll take you up on that!
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/05/08

    @Nightsd01: Then give me the money, and I will just buy it for myself. One less HP Mini Note with any possibility of falling into your possession, yes? :D
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    Image of Digitallysick Digitallysick
    12/04/08

    In reply to HP Mini 1000 Netbook Now Shipping With 3G Internet Capability
    Wtf is wrong with the track pad the buttons on the sides eeeww
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    Image of drummr drummr
    12/05/08

    @Digitallysick: it keeps the laptop width the same size of the screen. if the buttons were on the bottom, they would have to add more space on the screen panel in order for the top panel (one with the screen) and the bottom panel (one with the keyboard) to be even. and with that happening, the laptop wouldnt look sleek in the widescreen formfactor. it would look plain dumb.


    get my drift?

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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    12/05/08

    @drummr: they're not bad to use in real life, at least not for me. I tend to tap the keyboard rather than use the buttons anyway, but even when I do use them I don't find them inconvenient.
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    11/25/08

    In reply to Lenovo Lets You Disable Your Stolen Laptop With a Stern Text Message
    Now if someone can mod the laptop to self-destruct instead of simply disable...
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    Image of citizen024 citizen024
    11/25/08

    In reply to Lenovo Lets You Disable Your Stolen Laptop With a Stern Text Message
    from now when i steal a laptop for corporate espionage, its going directly into a lead case.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    11/25/08

    @citizen024: How would you work on it then? I think a Faraday cage would be simpler, cheaper, and lighter.
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    Image of GTgeek GTgeek
    11/25/08

    @Git Em SteveDave loves this guy->★: and how exactly do you work on the laptop if it's in the Faraday cage?
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    11/25/08

    @GTgeek: You use the keyboard and mouse to navigate the windows, unless it's running a Linux operating system. Then you must use command line.
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    Image of GTgeek GTgeek
    11/25/08

    @Git Em SteveDave loves this guy->★: ah ok...this is with that see-through metal, right?
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    11/25/08

    @GTgeek: No, a faraday cage is something you can walk into.

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    Image of GTgeek GTgeek
    11/25/08

    @Git Em SteveDave loves this guy->★: I'm aware of that, but you said simpler, cheaper and lighter...wait, I see what we're arguing about, I'm sorry. You said that about the lead case, not about removing the sim card. My mistake.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    11/25/08

    @GTgeek: It's OK, I just realized that they were posted by the same person. As for the SIM card, I'm sure the computer makers were a little smarter than that, especially since this is a BIOS thing.
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    Image of Sean Harrington Sean Harrington
    11/24/08

    In reply to HP Mini 1000 Already Supports 3G?
    Hmmm, lost track of what was pre-installed and what wasn't.


    Anyone got the AT&T password yet?

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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    11/24/08

    @Sean Harrington: I'm stuck at the password too and I have no idea how this fellow from the Pocketables forum managed to install it.


    What makes you say "the card is in there?" Are you able to see it somehow, or are you just assuming that because the C:/SwSetup directory is there. I didn't check before I installed the "drivers" but I think it's probable that the install of those created that directory...

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    Image of xperiate xperiate
    11/24/08

    In reply to HP Mini 1000 Already Supports 3G?
    @weatherman - There's nothing like a 3G data Plan. A Data-plan is all you need. You're on EDGE becuase your iPhone 2G can only do EDGE max. The SIM, if used in a 3G HSDPA phone/card etc - will work on a 3G/HSDPA network.


    So, please give it a shot and report back.

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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    11/24/08

    @xperiate: I getcha. I probably didn't state myself very clearly. I have the 3G iPhone with appropriate data plan for that device, though from what I understand AT&T doesn't want me just plugging that into a computer and using it for unlimited data. Maybe they can't tell the difference though, I don't know. I've never used a 3G expresscard or anything like that, I've only ever used the data through my phone and through (hacked) tethering.


    I'm definitely going to download the drivers and try popping in the card as soon as I get home, and I'll let you know if it works or not.

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    Image of xperiate xperiate
    11/24/08

    @weatherman: Set the APN as WAP.CINGULAR


    Username: WAP@CINGULARGPRS.COM
    Password: CINGULAR1


    Yes, all caps. You should connect as if you were on an iPhone.

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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    11/24/08

    @xperiate: Thanks!
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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    11/24/08

    In reply to HP Mini 1000 Already Supports 3G?
    Well some folks on the boards over there at Pocketables are saying that it works without installing any additional hardware - that is to say, that somehow HP just decided to include an on-board 3G data chip without bothering to tell anyone. I'm still a little skeptical (the posts all come from accounts with low post-counts) so I'll have to check this when I get home. I'm not sure exactly how I'll check it without actually signing up for additional 3G service from AT&T (I only have the iPhone data plan) but maybe it'll work or I can get AT&T to give me a trial shot at the 3G.


    If it is true, I suppose this is a better solution than the PDANet app because it eliminates the concern that AT&T will cut data services off for violating the EULA, even if it does mean that there are substantial additional charges.


    Does anyone know if you get a tethering plan from AT&T, do they give you another SIM? How does that work?

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    Image of VideoVampire VideoVampire
    11/24/08

    In reply to HP Mini 1000 Already Supports 3G?
    Is there a hidden place to plug in my iPod too?
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    11/24/08

    @VideoVampire: They can show you where to put it over @ Fleshbot.
    Bring lube.
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