FCC shows embedded Novatel MiFi unit – WiFi sharing for laptops?
By Will Park on Friday, September 25th, 2009 at 11:47 AM PST In Accessories, Devices, FCC, Rumors
Novatel’s MiFi is just about the greatest thing to happen to mobile broadband since 3G wireless networks started delivering acceptable data speeds a little less than a decade ago. We’re big fans of the Novatel MiFiWiFi HotSpot Portable and its ability to share its 3G data connection with multiple WiFi-enabled devices. We only wish we had learned to share as generously in kindergarten, but that’s beside the point. The FCC has just unveiled a MiFi-like WiFi/3G module that looks like it could be embedded in a Dell E-series laptop.
It’s not clear how this combo WiFi/3G module from Novatel will serve its laptop masters, but the thinking is that the device will allow some laptops to connect to a wireless GSM data network and share all all those mobile broadband bits to other WiFi-capable devices. The MiFi in its current form is already as convenient as we’d ever dare hope for. If this wireless module ends up being embedded into a laptop, we’re going to have an excitement-induced aneurysm.
[Via: Slashgear]
Indeed, this does look like a good idea. The MiFi has served me well.
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