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southbound747
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| Michael wrote: | We cannot tell you everything we know, but things will be happening soon in this area  |
Wow. Thanks for the quick reply. I am encouraged to hear you say that. I hope a solution comes soon!
I look forward to hearing about it here in this thread. I hope it comes from Sprint since I already have service with them. I'd either buy an adapter that worked and keep my current merlin PC card or buy a new usb evdo drive and re-up with Sprint if i had to do that and pay full price for a usb drive. It be nice if we just leapfrogged to a usb evdo card directly. Thanks for your help Michael. 
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Ah. You just want to tease me. That company has a couple offerings and have had somthinig for the Korean market since January. If only we could have that...
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southbound747
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| jackrodgers wrote: | | There are phones that can be used as modem and use the USB port which would satisfy all of these requests for a USB modem. It appears that a phone and the PAM monthly fee may be less than a PC Card and plan. |
Ideally I don't want a usb adapter for a PC card. The best solution would be to simply have a usb dongle/key cdma modem that you could pop into any computer you like: no cables to mess with. I have a sprint treo 700p that I could tether to my sony ux 180, but what a pain! I only have 2 hands! Right now my sprint novatel evdo card works with my laptops but not with my sony ux micro computer. The one port that is really standard across platforms (mac, PC, linux) or size of unit (desktop, laptop, micro/umpc) is the usb port. Dell is phasing out PC card slots from what I here in their new laptops. It makes a whole lot of sense for the industry to standardize around the usb port. They would benefit from economies of scale by not having to make different size modems.
This unit would be PERFECT: http://www.akihabaranews.com/news-11092-The+CCU-550%2C+a+CDMA+EV-DO+Modem+USB+key.html
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Hi Mike
any news on this?
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One question, since the choice could have been made to go USB rather than PC Card, there must be advantages in that choice...or are there.
Can anyone list the pros and cons of the two choices, usb vs pc card? |
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southbound747
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| jackrodgers wrote: | One question, since the choice could have been made to go USB rather than PC Card, there must be advantages in that choice...or are there.
Can anyone list the pros and cons of the two choices, usb vs pc card? |
I think I made a pretty good case in my last post above yours. USB is a broader standard than the the PC card slot is. The PC card had it's hey day in the late 90s. The industry has really settled around the usb standard. Virtually all size computers have them: desktops, laptops, and the smaller "micro" or ultra mobile PCs (umpcs). They all have usb ports. That's reason number one. That can't be said for PC card or express PC cards. Second, both Macs and PCs have usb ports. No new Macs have PC cards slots, although some may now have express card slots. Clearly, th esolution with the broadest use is the usb standard. Third, since the usb is much smaller the PC card slot, the corresponing usb modem could be much smaller too.
What is not to like about a usb modem unless it costs a fortune? All else being equal, a usb modem is simply a better idea IMO.
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| southbound747 wrote: | | jackrodgers wrote: | One question, since the choice could have been made to go USB rather than PC Card, there must be advantages in that choice...or are there.
Can anyone list the pros and cons of the two choices, usb vs pc card? |
I think I made a pretty good case in my last post above yours. USB is a broader standard than the the PC card slot is. The PC card had it's hey day in the late 90s. The industry has really settled around the usb standard. Virtually all size computers have them: desktops, laptops, and the smaller "micro" or ultra mobile PCs (umpcs). They all have usb ports. That's reason number one. That can't be said for PC card or express PC cards. Second, both Macs and PCs have usb ports. No new Macs have PC cards slots, although some may now have express card slots. Clearly, th esolution with the broadest use is the usb standard. Third, since the usb is much smaller the PC card slot, the corresponing usb modem could be much smaller too.
What is not to like about a usb modem unless it costs a fortune? All else being equal, a usb modem is simply a better idea IMO. |
Still unanswered is data transfer speed and whether or not USB will handle 3 Megs of data downloaded. I notice that my 2 Gig USB flash drive is slow and my USB hd doesn't seem to copy as fast as my firewire drive.
Also, the USB modem will have a lot of weight being balanced by that small port which may make it subject to damage while the PC Card is less so. The PC Card can also be left inserted while I doubt the USB modem will be safe if you move the laptop or put it in a case.
I would prefer built in. Apple a few years ago offered a user installable wifi card, about 1/3 the size of a pc card. As these broadband cards become more prevalent, maybe this concept will become universal. |
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| Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 8:14 am Post subject: Finally!!! |
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Looks like Franklin and Sprint finally did it!
Franklin Wireless Launches First EV-DO Mobile Broadband USB Modem in the U.S.A.
SAN DIEGO, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- August 04, 2006 -- Franklin Wireless (PINKSHEETS: FKLT), an emerging developer and marketer of wireless broadband communications devices and applications, announced today the launch of Franklin's CDU-550, the industry's unique mobile broadband USB device based on CDMA2000 1x EV-DO technology. This device is certified to operate on the Sprint Power Vision Network.
Concurrent to the completion of certification by Sprint, Franklin also signed a Business Solution Partner Agreement with Sprint. Under the agreement, Sprint or Sprint authorized sales agents may solicit sales of Franklin's CDU-550 USB modem to its potential customers.
Franklin's CDU-550 is the industry's very first 1x EV-DO USB device, and will be available immediately through Franklin Wireless as well as to business customers through Sprint sales channels later this month. This revolutionary product will enable tablet PC and MAC laptop and desktop users that do not have a PCMCIA card slot to connect to the Internet or company information with broadband-like download speeds using Sprint Mobile Broadband Services operating on the Sprint Power Vision Network. Sprint today has the most wireless broadband coverage of any carrier. The Sprint Power Vision Network now covers 153 million people and services customers in 220 major metropolitan areas as well as 470 airports across the nation, the most of any carrier.
"Franklin's CDU-550 is a major breakthrough in the industry. We are pleased to have been certified to operate on the Sprint Power Vision Network and to be the first mobile broadband USB device introduced in the US market," said Mr. OC Kim, President of Franklin Wireless.
www.Franklin-Wireless.com |
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We will have a LOT more information posted in the next few days on our web site(s) related to this product.
We are testing a unit on Monday and will be writing reviews AND if all goes well with our testing, we will be selling and supporting them later this week.
This device will only work with Sprint and we are expecting a Sprint Certification announcement for the CDU-550 in a few days.
It will be Windows 2000/XP and Mac OS X compatible. Yes, it will work with MacBooks, iBooks, PowerBook 12 inch and all desktop computers with a USB port.
More info posted soon
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[/quote] Still unanswered is data transfer speed and whether or not USB will handle 3 Megs of data downloaded. I notice that my 2 Gig USB flash drive is slow and my USB hd doesn't seem to copy as fast as my firewire drive.[/quote]
Wow this is good news! Something is really starting to happen. Great! Now Jack Rodgers concerns are more relevant to me because this thing is really happening. I hadn't thought about data transfer speed because I didn't even think things were this close. Certainly the Korean model was faster than anything we have here, but that could be due more to the Korean network just being faster. Sosince everything will run on sprint's network, we can compare them. I cetainly don't want a drop in performance, as it is evdo on sprint is much slower than my cable at home. Koreans put us to shame with their evdo wireless speed. So yeah, I hope the new usb unit is the same or better than my novatel s620. Any specs out on this baby yet? the company must have done their own internal tests. the fcc has to test all items months before they are approved. maximum put through rates etc should be info that is available somewhere...
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| Michael wrote: | We will have a LOT more information posted in the next few days on our web site(s) related to this product.
We are testing a unit on Monday and will be writing reviews AND if all goes well with our testing, we will be selling and supporting them later this week.
This device will only work with Sprint and we are expecting a Sprint Certification announcement for the CDU-550 in a few days.
It will be Windows 2000/XP and Mac OS X compatible. Yes, it will work with MacBooks, iBooks, PowerBook 12 inch and all desktop computers with a USB port.
More info posted soon |
Michael, can I assume that my portable "micro computer", the Sony UX 180 with usbs ports and windows xp pro, will work with this? Make me happy and tell me yes! I'd love to plaster this info around the UX sites if so. (I am one week into a one month free trial with cingular. sony embedded a cingualr sim card into the unit. I'd love to cancel that service and have 3 more weeks to do so...i hope you get this baby tested, up and running and for sale real soon)
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| Michael wrote: | Yes, it will work with MacBooks, iBooks, PowerBook 12 inch and all desktop computers with a USB port.
More info posted soon |
Hey Michael
do you have a ball park figure as to how much this baby will cost?
I would like to buy one right away
so please put me on the waiting list as of "NOW", 
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| jackrodgers wrote: | | southbound747 wrote: | | jackrodgers wrote: | One question, since the choice could have been made to go USB rather than PC Card, there must be advantages in that choice...or are there.
Can anyone list the pros and cons of the two choices, usb vs pc card? |
I think I made a pretty good case in my last post above yours. USB is a broader standard than the the PC card slot is. The PC card had it's hey day in the late 90s. The industry has really settled around the usb standard. Virtually all size computers have them: desktops, laptops, and the smaller "micro" or ultra mobile PCs (umpcs). They all have usb ports. That's reason number one. That can't be said for PC card or express PC cards. Second, both Macs and PCs have usb ports. No new Macs have PC cards slots, although some may now have express card slots. Clearly, th esolution with the broadest use is the usb standard. Third, since the usb is much smaller the PC card slot, the corresponing usb modem could be much smaller too.
What is not to like about a usb modem unless it costs a fortune? All else being equal, a usb modem is simply a better idea IMO. |
Still unanswered is data transfer speed and whether or not USB will handle 3 Megs of data downloaded. I notice that my 2 Gig USB flash drive is slow and my USB hd doesn't seem to copy as fast as my firewire drive.
Also, the USB modem will have a lot of weight being balanced by that small port which may make it subject to damage while the PC Card is less so. The PC Card can also be left inserted while I doubt the USB modem will be safe if you move the laptop or put it in a case.
I would prefer built in. Apple a few years ago offered a user installable wifi card, about 1/3 the size of a pc card. As these broadband cards become more prevalent, maybe this concept will become universal. |
I found this spec sheet with some info on Franklin's site. I am not an engineer or anything. I just love my tech gadgets. http://www.franklin-wireless.com/product-usb.php#usb3 Here is what they say about transfer speeds: "1xRTT: Forward / Reverse Link: Up to 153Kbps EVDO: Forward Link: Up to 2.4Mbps, Reverse Link: Up to 153Kbps" Now it says up to 2.4 mbps. So if it goes slower I would assume that is due to the limited network in the US compared to say in Korea.
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| Mastersonics wrote: | | Michael wrote: | Yes, it will work with MacBooks, iBooks, PowerBook 12 inch and all desktop computers with a USB port.
More info posted soon |
Hey Michael
do you have a ball park figure as to how much this baby will cost?
I would like to buy one right away
so please put me on the waiting list as of "NOW",
regards,
Charles |
If there is any sort of list, put my name on it too. I need this asap so I can get out of Cingular before I have to pay a fee to break the contract. By the way, what happens to me with sprint? I started a 2 year contract 6 months ago when I got my novatel s620 through you guys. I know I will need to pay full price without any sprint subsidy, but how does it work? Do i need to extend my contract or is it just a simple esn swap?
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