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HSDPA laptops to go mainstream for Christmas

This is being blogged on an HSDPA laptop - a Sony TZ31WN to be precise.
Ever since Sony added HSDPA modems to their über lightweight laptop range I just had to have one.  Not just because of the small size, meaning that in an aeroplane when the fat guy in front of you leans riiiight back in [...]

By andrew | Posted October 1, 2008 in mobile broadband | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Flat rate data plans drive consumer behaviour and the mobile internet goes mainstream

Speaking from personal experience, I can say that flat rate data plans DO drive consumer behaviour.  For some time I have been on a Vodafone UK business plan, that gives me a gazillion minutes, free landline calls in the UK BUT only 20MB of data included with a £15/month add-on plan.  This severe limitation made me [...]

By andrew | Posted June 8, 2008 in mobile broadband | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (1)

Will the 3G mobile broadband “dongle” kill the WiFi hotspot market?

The picture on the left (taken late December 2007) shows a more common sight than a few years ago.  I have been using WiFi in Starbucks and other coffee shops for nearly 8 years now, and for I think the last 6 years I was predictably the only person on a laptop (connected to WiFi) [...]

By andrew | Posted January 9, 2008 in mobile broadband | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (1)