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Brandon Hill (Blog) - August 4, 2006 11:42 AM

4 comment(s) - last by othercents.. on Aug 7 at 10:04 AM

Verizon gets its own-branded EV-DO ExpressCard solution

Novatal Wireless and Verizon Wireless have announced the retail availability of the V640 ExpressCard. Owners of notebook computers with ExpressCard/34 and ExpressCard/54 slots can now hop onto Verizon's 3G EV-DO Broadband network. “Expanding and strengthening our relationship with Verizon Wireless, and making sure its enterprise and consumer users have the most innovative wireless computing capabilities, are key objectives for Novatel Wireless. With the introduction of our compact and high-speed EV-DO ExpressCards, we continue to expand our product line and bring the latest wireless broadband solutions to market,” said Peter Leparulo, chief executive officer of Novatel Wireless.

The V640 is a rebranded version of the Novatel XV620 which was tested by PC Magazine back in late June. The prototype card had average download speeds of 651 Kbps, average uploads of 117 Kbps and peak download speeds of 1.4 Mbps. For those keeping score, Dell also uses a version of this card which they call the Dell Wireless 5700. That card was released in June and retails for $179.

Verizon will make the V640 available for $179.99 with a two-year contract ($229.99 with one-year contract) and will charge $59.99 a month for customers that already have a Verizon voice line ($79.99 for those without). The V640 is available immediately from http://www.verizonwireless.com and will be available in Verizon retail outlets beginning August 24.

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still pricey

By Anemone on 8/4/2006 8:40:28 PM , Rating: 2

They can't manage to do this (if you already have a Verizon account) for $20-30?. Not, of course, that even if they could, you'd actually be allowed to USE the service for more than catching 2 stock quotes before your limit would be exceeded.

Too pricey. Too much limitation on that lovely "unlimited" use stuff.

You Verizon, you probably want to at least APPEAR better than the cableco's when you have a monopoly you are lording over...

Just a thought

RE: still pricey

By othercents on 8/7/2006 10:04:11 AM , Rating: 2

No Actually if you need to be able to access the internet anywhere within your city then this product is a great price. Your not paying for the internet access since it would be dumb to buy this for a static environment. Your paying for the ability to get internet access anywhere you can get cell service. This is definitly great for auditors, lawyers, or anyone else that needs to work remotely more than 50% of the time.

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It's good to see some actual use for the ExpressCard slots

By MercenaryForHire on 8/4/2006 12:41:31 PM , Rating: 2

But I'll let someone else handle the requisite Verizon-bashing.

Ah, hell, I'll give it a shot.

This just in from Verizon's marketing department, a new video spot ...

(typical XtReMe-HaX0r stereotype walking around with a laptop) "Can I PwN j00 n0w? wo0t!"

/hides from flying tomatoes and mod points

- M4H

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By exdeath on 8/4/2006 2:54:45 PM , Rating: 2

Surprised it isn't a proprietary connector so you have to pay a monthly fee to rent the Verizon2Expresscard adapter.

Love the service, it beats everything in my area, but I can't stand when people deliberately cripple technology (be it disabling perfectly working functions in a phone or restricting magazine capacity on firearms below their design spec, horsepower on a car, etc)

Though I've hacked open every disabled feature on my VX8100 so whatever... they even disabled the MP3 player to promote their V-Cast which doesnt even use the phones front panel play controls or make use of the miniSD slot. Idiots.