Cradlepoint brings you X-Mas Connectivity
We love connectivity. Just the thought of having high-speed broadband where nature didn’t intend it has a calming effect on us from time to time. And what we really like about Christmas is the sharing and being kind to each other. Now Cradlepoint has made it possible for us to combine those two with the PHS300, and gosh darn it leaves us feeling all warm and fuzzy inside Earlier this year Cradlepoint brought us the CTR-350 which was a travel router that allowed you to turn your EV-DO phone or USB-modem into Wi-Fi and share it with your friends. Now they are bringing us the PHS300, which takes it a little further. Unlike the travel router, the PHS300 personal hot spot sports a Li-On battery, and therefore lets you set up an IEEE 802.11 b/g network out in the real life, for up to 3 hours with a handset and 1½ with a USB-modem. There is a difference between those being naughty and those being nice. For that reason only PHS300 has a healthy variety of 64/128bit encryption types, insuring it’s only the nice ones who can share your online wonder. The only real downside is that it only supports a handful of Verizon and Sprint products. And that does limit it nationwide, even more so globally. So what do you say Cradlepoint, what about spreading the splendor even more and hooking all of us up?
On Dec 8, 2007 @ 12:31 pm, Weave Said:
Weird. Why not just offer bluetooth as an option so then it’d be able to tether with a boatload of phones that way.
I’ll stick to sharing out using my Mac. Connect via cell over bluetooth or USB and then share it out via wifi. Then you can control the type of wifi signal you throw out, whether it’s wide open, WEP, or WPA.
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On Dec 8, 2007 @ 3:12 pm, EVDOinfo Said:
Bluetooth 2.0 might happen in a future product if enough people email suggestions@cradlepoiint.com and ask for it. Just keep in mind that most phones only have bluetooth 1.x and thats slower than EVDO Rev-A.
Even though the PHS300 does not ship until December 20th, our full PHS300 Router Review is already online.
The PHS300 is initially available exclusively from the EVDO Experts at 3Gstore.com
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On Dec 10, 2007 @ 1:08 pm, Joshua Said:
Correction: no period behind “inside”
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On Jan 7, 2008 @ 3:17 am, Brent Said:
am I reading the specs correctly? It will “not” work with a Motorola Q? Sounds like a great product… wish there was a way to share out a connection through my d-link like this…
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On Mar 28, 2008 @ 12:41 am, Marc Faux Said:
Looks like the Sprint versions of the Moto Q and Q9c, as well as the ATT Moto Q v9h Are supported with the most recent firmware from Cradle Point. See the latest supported list at Wirelessnwifi.com or under support at Cradlepoint.com.
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