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Customer mentioned Dell and VZW adding broadband? Is this wi-fi; or VZW wireless embedded cards
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| dr news 2005-09-20, 5:48 pm |
| A customer said he read in the wall street journal that Dell and Verizon are adding some type of "wireless" feature to laptops. I have not read such an article, but as 802.11 is old news, it must be something more. Is there a reference to the article? Is perhaps Verizon adding a "broadband wireless" card to selected laptops? dr
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| Evan Platt 2005-09-20, 5:48 pm |
| On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 13:22:06 GMT, "dr news"
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| Bob the Printer 2005-09-20, 5:48 pm |
| Probably talking about 'high speed wireless internet', which amounts to
EV-DO I think... So do a search using your favorite search engine for either
of those and you'll find all the info you can handle.
By the way, it is considered VERY RUDE to post on a newsgroup such as this
using HTML... Plain text is the accepted manner as many people use
newsreaders that don't handle HTML well. It doesn't bother me personally,
since I'm using Outlook Express..:-)
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| Elector 2005-09-20, 5:48 pm |
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"dr news" <dr.news@better-price.biz.delete-obvious> wrote in message
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A customer said he read in the wall street journal that Dell and Verizon are
adding some type of "wireless" feature to laptops. I have not read such an
article, but as 802.11 is old news, it must be something more. Is there a
reference to the article? Is perhaps Verizon adding a "broadband wireless"
card to selected laptops? dr
dr.news Better Price? (not better than you deserve, just MORE than you are
used to)
If I can help: ? dr.news@better-price.biz.delete-the-obvious or thru this
notes forum.
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Here is an article on it. There are more than just dell. But I did read
where Dell will offer 3 options in their systems. WiFi, EV-DO from Verizon
and another type of connection.
http://news.com.com/ Verizon+Wirele..._3-5873170.html
Elector
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| visrotgw 2005-09-20, 11:48 pm |
| The Lenovo-VZW deal has been announced -- Lenovo is now offering select
ThinkPads with INTEGRATED EvDO capabilities.
"Isaiah Beard" < sacredpoet@sacredpoe
t.com> wrote in message
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> dr news wrote:
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> The plan is that in the near future, Dell will be manufacturing select
> Dell laptops (or options for certain laptop models) that have EVDO
> functionailty built in. This is similar to having Centrino techology in a
> laptop for Wi-Fi use; you aren't plugging in a wireless card, the
> capability is just "in there."
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> UNTIL that happens though, Dell will be reselling the Siera Wireless EVDO
> card from Verizon.
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> There was also a rumor that Lenovo (formerly IBM's Desktop and ThinkPad
> division) are in talks with Verizon for something similar.
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> I certainly hope the built-in verzion is at least EVDO-Revision A ready.
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| Jack Hamilton 2005-09-20, 11:48 pm |
| Isaiah Beard < sacredpoet@sacredpoe
t.com> wrote:
>dr news wrote:
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>The plan is that in the near future, Dell will be manufacturing select
>Dell laptops (or options for certain laptop models) that have EVDO
>functionailty built in. This is similar to having Centrino techology in
>a laptop for Wi-Fi use; you aren't plugging in a wireless card, the
>capability is just "in there."
It wasn't clear to me what the advantage is over an EVDO card - better
price? better antenna? better support? You'd lose flexibility, since
you couldn't just tale it out and put it in another machine like you
could with a card.
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| mvl_groups_user@yahoo.com 2005-09-20, 11:48 pm |
| > It wasn't clear to me what the advantage is over an EVDO card
I think the advantage is the same as pre-installing XM or Sirius into a
car. There is lower startup costs, and there could be the opportunity
for the "3 months free" promotion to hook users.
I suspect the target market could also include business users who
expense such connections. In my prior job, buying a card would not be
expensable but monthly cellular fees were. So I wouldn't use the
service if I had to shell out $100's out of my own pocket, but wouldn't
mind if the preinstalled card's usage was on the company tab.
Also, there is easier management from the corporate IT perspective for
preinstalled standardized devices.
-MVL
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| Thomas M. Goethe 2005-09-22, 5:48 pm |
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"Isaiah Beard" < sacredpoet@sacredpoe
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> Jack Hamilton wrote:
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> Most definitely.
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Actually, let's hope they include an external antenna connection. A good
antenna and signal amplifier can make a big difference in an iffy location.
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| visortgw 2005-09-22, 11:48 pm |
| I question RF performance of an internal card. There is no external antenna
port for an internal card. You are absolutely correct that an antenna and
amp are essential in marginal signal conditions -- I often use both with my
Kyocera KPC650. Similarly, external WiFi cards with an antenna usually out
perform internal (built-in) WiFi cards.
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> "Isaiah Beard" < sacredpoet@sacredpoe
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> Actually, let's hope they include an external antenna connection. A
> good antenna and signal amplifier can make a big difference in an iffy
> location.
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