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Vodafone unveils 3G US-compatible datacard
News Vodafone has announced a 3G datacard that its European customers can use in the US. While the Vodafone Mobile Connect 3G/GPRS datacard - which fits into a laptop's PC card slot - has been around in Europe and other parts of the world for some time...
[September 16, 2005, 8:45]
Vodafone Mobile Connect 3G/GPRS datacard review
Reviews One major advantage of the Mobile Connect 3G/GPRS datacard, though, is that it can supersede almost all other connectivity methods. Our experience is that 3G can live up to the hype and give mobile workers a genuine alternative to Wi-Fi hot spots.
[April 21, 2004, 12:05]
A 3G data card for your Mac?
Talkback I have found on the Vodafone Germany website their Mac OS X software for the German Vodafone 3G Datacard. I successfully managed to install, connect and use a UK Vodafone Mobile Connect 3G Datacard in a G4 PowerBook using the Vodafone Germany...
[August 19, 2004, 13:32]
T-Mobile to catch up with 3G data speeds
News T-Mobile plans to boost speeds for its 3G datacard to 384kpbs during the fourth quarter, the company said on Thursday. Orange, which launched its GPRS/3G datacard in July has a similar tariff that ranges from £11.75 a month for 7MB of data to...
[August 27, 2004, 17:35]
MacBooks and ultraportables get HSDPA
News After releasing an HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) datacard in June, the mobile operator has now brought out a USB version — the Vodafone Mobile Connect USB Modem. Like the earlier datacard, this modem give high-speed wireless access over...
[August 2, 2006, 13:35]
The Vista future isn't Orange
Blog and like a sad geek (sorry, technology journalist), I thought I'd take an ultraportable notebook and a 3G datacard along with me — just to keep in touch with news and current affairs, you understand. That, and the fact that my 3G datacard is Orange...
[August 8, 2007, 15:05]
Nortel pushes Super 3G to new heights
News Nortel claims that this is the first time that a live HSDPA datacard call with a transmission rate of 3.6Mbps has been demonstrated in test conditions. The demonstrations included using a HSDPA datacard in a laptop while in a moving car, which...
[December 23, 2005, 11:15]
Fujitsu Siemens laptops get mobile broadband
News They will allow users to connect to the internet at high speeds over 3G and EDGE mobile networks, without needing to plug a separate datacard into their laptop. Fujitsu Siemens is not the first to go into partnership with an operator for built-in...
[January 23, 2007, 6:00]
T-Mobile reverses its VoIP ban
News T-Mobile has now introduced two datacard tariffs, one of which allows the use of VoIP, and one which doesn't. For £29 per month users can consume "unlimited" data through a combined 3G and Wi-Fi datacard, but aren't allowed to use VoIP.
[October 6, 2006, 12:20]
UK Mac users get 3G option
Talkback I have found on the Vodafone Germany website their Mac OS X software for the German Vodafone 3G Datacard. I successfully managed to install, connect and use a UK Vodafone Mobile Connect 3G Datacard in a G4 PowerBook using the Vodafone Germany...
[September 8, 2004, 7:17]
Vodafone and Samsung strike HSDPA deal
News Last week, Nortel said a live HSDPA datacard had achieved a transmission rate of 3.6Mbps in test conditions. The datacard used in the test was based on the Qualcomm MSM6280 chipset. Vodafone, Samsung and Qualcomm on Wednesday announced a deal to...
[December 28, 2005, 15:55]
Vodafone on verge of consumer 3G
News The 64 kilobit per second uplink is suitable for a person-to-person video link," Tillotson told ZDNet UK at an event to launch Vodafone's Mobile Connect 3G/GPRS datacard on Friday. With the 3G/GPRS datacard, Vodafone became the first to offer a 3G...
[April 2, 2004, 17:40]
3G data: the choice expands review
Reviews G datacard solutions Vodafone Mobile Connect 3G/GPRS datacard ZDNet UK has now reviewed all four available 3G datacard solutions in the UK, allowing you to compare each product and decide which is best for you.
[November 3, 2004, 14:58]
Fujitsu Siemens pushes 3G laptops
News They will allow users to connect to the internet at high speeds over 3G and EDGE mobile networks, without needing to plug a separate datacard into their laptop. Fujitsu Siemens is not the first to go into partnership with an operator such as Orange...
[March 15, 2007, 11:42]
Vodafone UK planning October launch of 3G handsets?
News Vodafone already has an operational 3G network in the UK, and has been selling its 3G datacard product since April. Some in the industry have claimed that Vodafone is charging too much for the datacard, with the top-end subscription costing about...
[June 24, 2004, 16:25]
Orange customer fights £800 roaming bill
News The cost of roaming using a datacard is the largest charge by a factor of ten and is the second to last item on the third page of charges listed in the tariff section. A British businessman who connected to the Internet with a 3G card while abroad...
[November 1, 2005, 15:15]
£100 for an iTunes download: The real cost of roaming
Talkback Do you have any info on buying a datacard in spain please? I have one for UK but will not pay extortionate roaming charges.
[July 1, 2006, 13:30]
3G for business: Orange takes a bite
News As Orange announces its own third-generation datacard, hot on the heels of Vodafone, mobile workers have some more substantial but expensive alternatives to the patchy coverage offered by Wi-Fi. Vodafone Mobile Connect 3G/GPRS datacard
[July 2, 2004, 12:15]
Good idea, let down by poor implementation
Member Review After trying to use my card for six months I finally gave up and have returned my 3G datacard to Orange and got a refund. The coverage maps on the Orange Web site are too optimistic. The 3G signal is too weak to usable in many of the areas shown...
[April 13, 2005, 14:03]
launch2net
Downloads With launch2net, you can use your mobile device like a mobile phone, ExpressCard, PC datacard or USB modem to connect your Mac to the Internet in one easy step. Attach, click, connect launch2net is a mobile connection manager.
[November 13, 2009, 13:54]
