Novatel EV-DO Express Card Available in a Week

This long awaited release is finally one week away. Many people were surprised when they realized that their new laptop was sporting a new format of PCMCIA wireless slot that would not have a compatible wireless card to go with it for months to come.

However, if tests of the pre-release version of the device, tentatively named Novatel XV620, give an accurate indication of the abilities of the release model; the new device will have appeal, as it performs at an equal or higher level than competitive devices (like the Kyocera KR1).

The new release from Novatel just recently received approval from the FCC and PCMCIA and is en route to retail locations with a release scheduled for the first week of July.

With more and more products leaving factories configured to take advantage of the EV-DO networks set up by firms like Sprint and Verizon; EV-DO is becoming an increasingly viable option for those seeking mobile access to the Internet with a decent amount of throughput in each direction.

Even though I already bought a wireless EV-DO router that converts EV-DO into wifi, I will probably still buy a Novatel XV620 because it’s small and would make for one less thing for me to carry when I’m out. Dell, the first major manufacturer to adopt the express card standard on a large scale, has announced that it will also sell a re-branded version of the Novatel XV620 called the Dell Wireless 5700 Mobile Broadband Express Card starting at the end of this week.

The card is in 34mm format which fits both 54mm and 34mm slots and is the smallest of the current express card formats. Drivers and compatibility for Mac users are currently merely an afterthought for most mobile EV-DO solutions, but with the expected increase in popularity in store, the format should become more universally accepted in the near future.

Via Gearlog

This long awaited release is finally one week away. Many people were surprised when they realized that their new laptop was sporting a new format of PCMCIA wireless slot that would not have a compatible wireless card to go with it for months to come.

However, if tests of the pre-release version of the device, tentatively named Novatel XV620, give an accurate indication of the abilities of the release model; the new device will have appeal, as it performs at an equal or higher level than competitive devices (like the Kyocera KR1).

The new release from Novatel just recently received approval from the FCC and PCMCIA and is en route to retail locations with a release scheduled for the first week of July.

With more and more products leaving factories configured to take advantage of the EV-DO networks set up by firms like Sprint and Verizon; EV-DO is becoming an increasingly viable option for those seeking mobile access to the Internet with a decent amount of throughput in each direction.

Even though I already bought a wireless EV-DO router that converts EV-DO into wifi, I will probably still buy a Novatel XV620 because it’s small and would make for one less thing for me to carry when I’m out. Dell, the first major manufacturer to adopt the express card standard on a large scale, has announced that it will also sell a re-branded version of the Novatel XV620 called the Dell Wireless 5700 Mobile Broadband Express Card starting at the end of this week.

The card is in 34mm format which fits both 54mm and 34mm slots and is the smallest of the current express card formats. Drivers and compatibility for Mac users are currently merely an afterthought for most mobile EV-DO solutions, but with the expected increase in popularity in store, the format should become more universally accepted in the near future.

Via Gearlog