Verizon to launch Novatel PC770 broadband card
Verizon is adding another broadband data card to its lineup with the Novatel PC770 2-in-1 wireless card. The PC770 will work with both ExpressCard slots or PC peripheral interface slots making it plenty more versatile than your average card. Like any respectable data card these days, it will feature EVDO Rev. A for a speedy connection but it also sports a few tweaks to allow for simultaneous high speed uploads and downloads. If you’re wondering how much the PC770 is going to set you back, it’s $99.99 after mail-in rebate and a 2-year contract — pretty standard fare these days for data cards. It will launch August 2nd so you might want to hold off on any lesser data cards you might have had in mind until then.
Does anyone really cares what verizon does.
^ Ohhhhh I dunno… only about 86,600,000 subscribers.
yea, im pretty sure ppl care, these cards are vital to a lot of businesses and ppl who dont want usb cards
Why don’t they just give these damn things away? They can’t cost more to make than free phones and you pay a ridiculous amount every month for one of them.
There they go copying Sprint again, nobody here will admit it
Who the hell would want one of these over a USB card is beyond me…
Is there a certain advantage of buying a card vs usb?
Police, Fire, EMS, etc – anyone who is a hard user of broadband cards.
USB cards are limited by the pathetic bus speed and high CPU usage of USB 2.0. An Express card will beat the pants off of it in maximum throughput, but it is less convenient as far as hardware support though.
Anyone who hasn’t limited USB slots or doesn’t want to break the damn thing. Any of you know how easy the USB modems snap off if you aren’t careful?
Verizon does not copy Sprint in any way. If we did, our business would be horrible. HAHA!
Sprint is the one who copies Verizon.
We came out with the Tour, Sprint wanted to and it was a FAIL.
We said we would make sure any new blackberrys/PDA’s would have WiFi, then Sprint did.
Verizon does not copy Sprint in any way. If we did, our business would be horrible. HAHA!
Sprint is the one who copies Verizon.
We came out with the Tour, Sprint wanted to and it was a FAIL.
We said we would make sure any new blackberrys/PDA’s would have WiFi, then Sprint did.
Sprint had this 1st, unlimited plans 1st, the 1st cam/vid phones, 1st to 4G, 1st with femtocells along with other stuff that vzw followed
The contract thing is ridiculous; you can own one without a contract and just activate only when you are in a pinch. Verizon has this feature for $15 pre day. Rovair does it for $5.95, and i think wifirents.com does it
Cellular ExpressCards are just USB modems in a different case, so USB speed restrictions apply. The cardbus adapter is not much better since it adds an entire extra USB host controller to your PCI bus.
You ask who would want one over a USB? I guess you’ve never tried to setup a network! This is the only way to set up a home network, with a wireless provider, for more than one person to use, and NOT to have a computer on all the time. These cards work great in the following http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16875997433
Sorry, no USB will ever do what this card can do..