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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]
About The Author
Will Park
Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...
