Following up on their already impressive lineup of wireless broadband connectivity solutions, Sierra Wireless has gone official with their Apex 880 USB HSPA modem. As the model name implies, the Apex 880 uses your laptop’s (and presumably desktop, but we can’t imagine anyone using this on their desktop) USB port to pull down all that glorious data at HSPA speeds.
That’s right. This sucker’s a full-fledged HSPA modem, which means you’ll be plucking bytes from the air at 7.2Mbps and pushing them out at 2Mbps (AT&T, we’re looking at you) – forget DSL, bring on the HSPA. Oh, and the Sierra Wireless Apex 880 rocks a microSD card slot because it can’t decide if it’s a USB drive or a wireless broadband modem.
The 85mm x 37.5mm x 15mm modem features a tri-band UMTS radio and even quad-band GSM/EDGE compatibility to ensure that, while you may not always get 3G speeds, you’ll never be left wishing for some sweet, sweet wireless data.
Look for the Sierra Wireless Apex 880 in January at an unknown price point.
[Via: Electronista]