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What is EVDO, and what does it mean for you?

EVDO (EVolution Data Optimized) is exciting wireless technology that offers speeds good enough to enable wireless video communication. (For the time being, this means using either a wireless data card or a wireless phone as a modem with a laptop & webcam.) After reading this article, you will have a better understanding of [...]

SK3 upgrade pricing for current T-Mo Customers

Engadget Mobile is reporting that current T-Mobile customers can upgrade to the Sidekick 3 for as low as $300 with a two-year contract extension. A one-year contract extension increases the upgrade price to $350. If no contract extension is desired, the cost goes up to $400.
To upgrade to the Sidekick 3 from your [...]

Treo 700p + Sprint EVDO + PowerBook + iSight/iChat AV= FREEDOM!

These past couple of weeks I’ve been playing with a new toy of mine – a Sprint Treo 700p. The biggest reason I got this device was that the new Treo 700p uses Sprint’s EVDO (Power Vision) network. EVDO is a 3G wireless network standard that gives you high speed wireless connections comparable [...]

Suitcase-sized wireless phone signal booster

Don’t you wish you had CellAntenna’s new portable CAE750 unit handy when your Sidekick/Treo/Blackberry dropped its signal?!? Get the dirt on this item via Gizmodo.
CellAntenna CAE750 Boosts Cell Signal for Emergency Use

Where are the cheap QWERTY phones?!?

Gizmodo talks about a wireless phone thats “too cheap for the US” (with five-day talk time!) and goes on to discuss a related phone with very basic features available at major retailers in the US for only $29. Only if these cheap wireless phones came with QWERTY!
Motorola C116 Cellphone: Too Cheap for the US?

The T-Mobile MDA IV is NOT the Sidekick 3!

Rumors are swirling through the deaf Sidekick community with an emailed photo of what is said to be the new T-Mobile Sidekick 3. The Sidekick 3 has NOT even been announced by Danger or T-Mobile. There is NOT even a photo of a Sidekick 3 out there.

Yes, the device in the [...]

Price drop on AT&T’s Ogo

AT&T Wireless (a.k.a. Cingular) [1] is now offering a $80 INSTANT rebate on their Ogo [2], making the price a very cheap $50 (The prior $30 rebate had to be mailed in, and only dropped the price to $100). The Ogo is a wireless device with keyboard that offers access to IM and email [...]

eWeek: Installing a campus-wide wireless network at Gallaudet

In the November 8 issue of _eWeek_, a weekly magazine focused on enterprise IT published by tech industry media giant Ziff-Davis, an article written by Carmen Nobel features Gallaudet University. “Graduating to wireless” devotes a page and half to a discussion of Gallaudet’s shift from unofficial wireless access points across campus to a campus-wide [...]