Mike Temporale
09-20-2005, 04:45 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?ContentId=5225' target='_blank'>http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?ContentId=5225</a><br /><br /></div><i>"This collaboration will allow Dell customers to purchase and activate the Verizon Wireless V620 PC Card directly from Dell, allowing US-based users to to access the Internet, e-mail and enterprise data on Dell notebooks using Verizon Wireless' CDMA EVDO 3G cellular network. Dell collaborated with Verizon Wireless to test and validate the V620 on Inspiron and Latitude notebooks. ...In a similar move, HP also announced plans to bring mobile broadband connectivity to upcoming HP mobile business devices. HP expects to make this technology available to customers through a PC Card solution this fall, similar to the one Dell is offering now."</i><br /><br />Dell, HP, and <a href="http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=5221">IBM (Lenovo)</a> have all announced laptops with built-in EV-DO. I find this to be a very interesting approach, and I wonder what kind of impact this will have on GSM. If you can buy a laptop with built-in EV-DO, then chances are you're going to get a cellphone from the same carrier. :?