Apr 07

T-Mobile’s 4G Mobile Hotspot going on sale April 13?

Posted in: hotspot, leak, LG, mobile hotspot, MobileHotspot, optimus, rumor, speculation, t-mobile, Today's Chili
Well, well. Android Central got a hold of a leaked document revealing that T-Mobile’s 4G Mobile Hotspot, the first of its kind for the carrier, is slated to go on sale April 13th. We’re inclined to believe it, since T-Mo just confirmed that the LG G2x, also named in the doc, will indeed go on sale April 15th. Alas, if you’ve been waiting for more info about the pricey, Honeycomb-powered T-Mobile LG G-Slate, you can keep holding your breath: all we know is that it’s coming “soon.”

T-Mobile’s 4G Mobile Hotspot going on sale April 13? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 07 Apr 2011 10:45:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apr 06

Sprint launches Novatel MiFi 3G / 4G mobile hotspot

Posted in: 4G, mobile hotspot, MobileHotspot, Sprint, Today's Chili
This one’s been floating around since way back in December, but Novatel’s new 3G / 4G MiFi has is now finally available from Sprint — albeit only via direct ship, Sprint retail channels will get it on April 17th. It will run you $79.99 on a two-year contract, and comes packing Novatel’s rather novel MiFi OS, which is actually a stripped-down version of LInux that lets you take advantage of various widgets and applications. It’s also GPS enabled, and has a microSD card slot that allows for up to 32GB of shared storage. Full press release is after the break, and you can check out a few early reviews of the device at the more coverage links below.

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Sprint launches Novatel MiFi 3G / 4G mobile hotspot originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 06 Apr 2011 17:37:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mar 28

Verizon’s Samsung LTE Mobile Hotspot goes on sale: $100 on contract

Posted in: 4G, hotspot, lte, mobile hotspot, MobileHotspot, samsung, Today's Chili, verizon, Verizon Wireless, VerizonWireless, vzw

We’d heard March 31st for this thing, but hey — are we about to complain when it goes on sale early? That would be a definitive “no,” and we’re happy to report that Samsung’s SCH-LC11 Mobile Hotspot with 1x, EV-DO Rev. A, and LTE compatibility on Verizon’s network is now being offered on the carrier’s website for $99.99 on contract after a $50 instant discount. That makes it the cheapest way to get five devices attached to some of the fastest wireless broadband around — sure, you can do it with a Thunderbolt, but it’ll run you a little more upfront and you need a voice plan. Who’s in?

[Thanks, Nick R.]

Verizon’s Samsung LTE Mobile Hotspot goes on sale: $100 on contract originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 29 Mar 2011 01:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mar 27

Verizon’s Samsung 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot launches March 31st

Posted in: 4G, exclusive, lte, mobile hotspot, MobileHotspot, samsung, Today's Chili, verizon, Verizon Wireless, VerizonWireless, vzw

Though it won’t be the first Verizon LTE device to share its white-hot connection over WiFi (that honor goes to the recently-launched Thunderbolt), Samsung’s SCH-LC11 — announced back at CES — is shaping up to be the network’s first dedicated hotspot to hit retail. We’ve just been dropped the carrier’s internal equipment guide showing a launch date in all channels (stores, telesales, and online) this coming Thursday, March 31st; pricing is an open question, but carriers tend to price these modems pretty aggressively on contract since they know they’re going to eat you alive with the data plan for the next two years. Of course, in this case, we’re more than willing to get eaten alive if it means we’ve got a 20Mbps WiFi connection in our pocket at all times.

[Thanks, anonymous tipster]

Verizon’s Samsung 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot launches March 31st originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 27 Mar 2011 13:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mar 21

Is your Thunderbolt having LTE mobile hotspot problems?

Posted in: 4G, HTC, issue, lte, mobile hotspot, MobileHotspot, problem, thunderbolt, Today's Chili, verizon, Verizon Wireless, VerizonWireless, video, vzw

We’d been excited to use our HTC Thunderbolts as integral parts of our show setup here at CTIA this week — only thing is, the mobile hotspot capability is kind of important if we’re going to make that happen. On one occasion while reviewing the device last week, we noticed that the phone’s radio was cycling between LTE and CDMA-only coverage, dropping the data connection to the tethered devices altogether each and every time, effectively rendering the hotspot capability useless — thing is, we only saw it happen once. Well, this week at the show, we’ve got two Thunderbolts on hand and they’re both exhibiting exactly the same behavior… and they’re doing it consistently, which sadly means there’ll be no LTE for us at this week’s festivities. A quick check of Verizon’s official support forums confirms that other users are seeing the same behavior, so it seems to be a real problem; we’ll let you know when we hear more. In the meantime, follow the break for a video demo of the issue.

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Is your Thunderbolt having LTE mobile hotspot problems? originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:54:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mar 21

Samsung, Novatel LTE mobile hotspots said to be hitting Verizon any day now

Posted in: 4G, lte, mobile hotspot, MobileHotspot, Today's Chili, verizon
We haven’t heard much about these since Verizon first showed them off way back at CES, but Phone Arena is reporting that a launch of Samsung and Novatel’s new LTE mobile hotspots is now finally “imminent.” That includes Novatel’s USB551L LTE dongle in addition to the 4510L MiFi, both of which will be Mac-compatible out of the box (unlike Verizon’s first pair of LTE modems), although that functionality has yet to be confirmed for Samsung’s SCH-L11 hotspot. Still no word on pricing for any of them either, but Phone Arena says all three will be receiving a $50 rebate, so a price in line with Verizon’s current, similarly-discounted $99 modems seems likely.

[Thanks, Valentin]

Samsung, Novatel LTE mobile hotspots said to be hitting Verizon any day now originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 21 Mar 2011 03:13:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mar 18

AT&T tells customers using unauthorized tethering methods to pay up or stop (update)

Posted in: att, iPhone, jailbreak, mobile hotspot, MobileHotspot, Today's Chili
Been using an app like MyWi to enable tethering on your jailbroken iPhone? Then there’s a good chance you’ve already received a message like the one above from AT&T, or perhaps an email like the one after the break. By all accounts, the carrier is now cracking down on all unauthorized tethering, and it’s asking folks engaged in such behavior to either pay up for a proper tethering plan or simply stop tethering altogether — if it doesn’t hear anything back for you after sending the message, AT&T says it will automatically enroll you in a DataPro 4GB tethering plan (at a rate of $45 a month). We should note that all the reports we’ve seen so far are from iPhone users, although that certainly doesn’t mean Android users will simply be allowed to slip by unnoticed. Exactly how AT&T is identifying users isn’t clear, however, and we could well just be seeing the beginning of a cat and mouse game as folks try to discover workarounds to go undetected. More on this one as we get it.

Update: AT&T reached out to us and, yes, this is pretty much all there is to the tale: the “small number of smartphone customers who use their devices for tethering but aren’t on our required tethering plan,” are being contacted to either cease and desist or prepare to start paying for the service. No word yet on how many customers have been contacted, but it does seem that they’re all using iPhones.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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Mar 18

AT&T tells customers using unauthorized tethering methods to pay up or stop

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Been using an app like MyWi to enable tethering on your jailbroken iPhone? Then there’s a good chance you’ve already received a message like the one above from AT&T, or perhaps an email like the one after the break. By all accounts, the carrier is now cracking down on all unauthorized tethering, and it’s asking folks engaged in such behavior to either pay up for a proper tethering plan or simply stop tethering altogether — if it doesn’t hear anything back for you after sending the message, AT&T says it will automatically enroll you in a DataPro 4GB tethering plan (at a rate of $45 a month). We should note that all the reports we’ve seen so far are from iPhone users, although that certainly doesn’t mean Android users will simply be allowed to slip by unnoticed. Exactly how AT&T is identifying users isn’t clear, however, and we could well just be seeing the beginning of a cat and mouse game as folks try to discover workarounds to go undetected. More on this one as we get it.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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AT&T tells customers using unauthorized tethering methods to pay up or stop originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 18 Mar 2011 10:52:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mar 18

Sprint announces Overdrive Pro 3G / 4G mobile hotspot router, available on March 20th

Posted in: 4G, hotspot, mobile hotspot, MobileHotspot, network, router, Sprint, Today's Chili, wifi, WiMAX

Road warriors riding the Sprint WiMAX truck will be pleased to know that there’s a new mobile hotspot device in the house. Dubbed the Overdrive Pro 3G / 4G, users can now simultaneously connect up to eight devices — as opposed to just five previously — to the mobile web via this little 802.11n router from Sierra Wireless. Better yet, Sprint has halved the price for this new model to $49.99 after a $50 rebate with a two year $50 service agreement, yet you still get the usual goodies like microSD expansion and built-in GPS support to boot. You can pick one up at Sprint stores starting on March 20th, but of course, the previous Overdrive is probably sufficient for most humble uses, anyway.

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Mar 04

AT&T Mobile Hotspot for iPhone 4 limited to just three WiFi devices (update: it’s an iOS 4.3 thing)

Posted in: Apple, att, hotspot, ios, iPhone, mobile hotspot, MobileHotspot, Today's Chili, wifi

Say it ain’t so! According to this here slide, which details a bit of insidery AT&T information about the impending release of iOS 4.3, Ma Bell’s iPhone 4 will have its Personal Hotspot restricted to use with just three devices. Just about every MiFi / mobile hotspot device we’ve ever seen — including Verizon’s iPhone 4 — has supported five WiFi devices, but unless AT&T pulls a 180 here, it’ll be limiting its iPhone to just three connections. What’s wild is that we’ve found AT&T to actually have superior 3G speeds when you can actually get a signal (and thus, be more conducive to tethering five devices at once), and since you’d be on a data cap anyway, it’s not like AT&T risks losing millions from five P2P servers being ran over one’s iPhone. Granted, it’s possible that some unicorn crafted this piece of paperwork to throw us all off, but we’ve reached out to AT&T and are awaiting comment. You know, just in case.

Update: Based on Apple’s iOS 4.3 page, only three WiFi devices are supported through the Personal Hotspot connection. If you’d like to tether five total devices, the other two will need to be over Bluetooth / USB. Don’t go blaming AT&T here — we’re guessing Verizon’s model will be set up the same way. Thanks, Christian!

[Thanks, Anonymous]

AT&T Mobile Hotspot for iPhone 4 limited to just three WiFi devices (update: it’s an iOS 4.3 thing) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 04 Mar 2011 14:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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