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boater805
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 Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 8:38 pm Post subject: New EVDO news: EVDO imbedded in Laptops |
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Check out the news release from HP regarding verizon evdo capability embeded into their new laptop:
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/70994
(where's my prize? :p )
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Michael
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xchpstang
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Location: Turlock, CA
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| Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 12:51 am Post subject: |
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| Let's start with the bad: I would like to choose the carrier of my choice and the computer brand of my choice. In my case I prefer HP but I would use Sprint due to issues with Verizon's TOS and better EVDO coverage in the places where I travel. Being locked to one carrier would deter me from buying a certain brand of computers. |
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boater805
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| Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 1:34 am Post subject: |
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| xchpstang wrote: | | Let's start with the bad: I would like to choose the carrier of my choice and the computer brand of my choice. In my case I prefer HP but I would use Sprint due to issues with Verizon's TOS and better EVDO coverage in the places where I travel. Being locked to one carrier would deter me from buying a certain brand of computers. |
I concur that embedded connectivity is a bad thing (even if not tied to a specific provider). It is far better money spent to provide an extra pcmcia slot to accept a card so that newest technologies can be added to the computer without junking the machine. I personally tend to keep my laptop at least 5 years (in fact this one is in year 4 and still is technically better than 90% of those on the market today). I'm not buying a laptop that locks in my connectivity to a technology that will almost surely be surpassed before the laptop itself is ready to be replaced. Would anyone buy a house with a built in stereo sound system that was hard wired and bolted in and nonreplaceable for the life of the house?
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whitebengal
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Joined: 09 Dec 2005
Posts: 18
Location: Indianapolis, IN, USA
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| Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 7:36 am Post subject: Mini-PCI |
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Quite a few people in the embedded world want mini-PCI since cardbus
is not an option on 90% of what is sold. I would rather see an option
where you can purchase universal upgrade kits that don't limit me to
one vendor of a device. The only real rub is the antannea wires can't
fit though most hinge assembles. A universal rear hole would be preferred
near the mini-pci board, instead of doing precision drilling. Most of the
trouble I'm having with the router I'm building has to do with mounting
a seperate low profile cardbus adapter so it doesn't rattle and come
apart under vibration. Mini-PCI was designed for the sheer abuse
that you experience on the road. |
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