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Brad’s mobile reporting kit (CES 2012 edition)

Brad Linder — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 17:00:38 +0000

I'll be spending next week in Las Vegas covering the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show. Since I cover mobile technology on a daily basis, I figured you might want to know what's going in my gear bag. As it turns out, this year's kit looks an awful lot like last year's. I'm still using the same camera, laptop, phone, and modem....

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Brad’s mobile reporting kit (CES 2011 edition)

Brad Linder — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 01:00:05 +0000

I'm on my way to Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show. While the show doesn't officially kick off until Thursday, the first pre-show press conferences start on Tuesday and I'll be there to cover news from Asus, Toshiba, NVIDIA, and others. Since I'll be spending a week reporting from the road, I thought I'd share the mobile tech I'm...

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CLEAR 4G home WiFi router stops by the FCC

Brad Linder — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:05:33 +0000

CLEAR offers 4G WiMAX internet service in a growing number of locations around the country. While most people probably think of WiMAX as a mobile broadband service akin to 3G, CLEAR also offers in-home service. Just pick up a CLEAR home modem, place it near a window where it can pick up a good signal, and you've got in-home internet...

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CLEAR pre-launches 4G WiMAX in New York, San Francisco, more cities

Brad Linder — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 21:09:52 +0000

While we wait for Verizon to roll out its LTE service, CLEAR is currently the only 4G service provider in the US (CLEAR also offers the backbone of WiMAX services provided by Sprint, Best Buy, and possibly some others). The only problem is that CLEAR is only available in a limited number of cities... for now. That's not a huge...

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Clearwire launches “Rover” pay-as-you-go 4G WiMAX service

Brad Linder — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:29:18 +0000

US WiMAX provider Clearwire has added a new pay-as-you-go service to its offerings. The new Rover service offers unlimited 4G WiMAX service. You can pay $5 per day, $20 for a week, or $50 per month, without signing up for a long term contract. At launch there are two WiMAX modems, a $99.99 Rover Stick, and a $149.99 Rover Puck...

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Best Buy Connect to offer CLEAR WiMAX 4G service

Brad Linder — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:34:38 +0000

Last month Best Buy launched a new service called Best Buy Connect that lets users sign up for mobile broadband access at select stores across the US. At the time, Best Buy connect only offers 3G wireless plans, but now the company has announced plans to begin offering 4G WiMAX connectivity as well. Best Buy isn't actually building its own...

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Best Buy to offer notebooks with CLEAR WiMAX modules

Brad Linder — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:29:35 +0000

CLEAR has announced a partnership with Best Buy which will make WiMAX capable laptops available at Best Buy locations across the US. The goal is to outfit every laptop with an Intel Core series processor that Best Buy sells with a 4G modem by the holiday season. The CLEAR press release only mentions a couple of models by name, including...

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CLEAR introduces new portable WiMAX, 3G modems

Brad Linder — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 21:51:33 +0000

CLEAR is expanding its line of wireless modems... you know, the devices that actually let you get on the company's 4G WiMAX network. The most intriguing new device is a 4G+ USB stick, which lets you use either CLEAR's 4G network, or automatically switch to 3G if you happen to leave the WiMAX coverage zone. CLEAR has offered similar USB...

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Dell Inspiron Mini 10 netbook to be available with 3G, 4G mobile broadband

Brad Linder — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 20:44:41 +0000

Two US-based mobile broadband providers are planning to offer the Dell Inspiron Mini 10 netbook at subsidized prices to customers that sign up for an extender service plan. T-Mobile will offer the Mini 10 with an integrated 3G modem for $199 when you sign up for a 2-year contract. The offer will be available starting tomorrow in Chicago, Dallas, Los...

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Clear offers subsidized Samsung NC10 with WiMAX for $200

Brad Linder — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:12:21 +0000

[/caption] Old netbooks don't ever die. They just end up getting promoted by wireless broadband providers. The latest case in point? WiMAX service provider Clear is offering a Samsung NC10 netbook with an integrated 4G WiMAX modem. The NC10 was released in 2008 and Samsung had largely replaced it with the Samsung N110/N120 series. This month, the company launched its...

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First impressions: CLEAR WiMAX

Brad Linder — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:04:13 +0000

After checking out the CLEAR launch event in Philly last week I decided to give the WiMAX service a try and I signed up for a $50 for life plan that gives you both a USB modem for mobile use and and a home modem that you can hook up to a WiFi router to run a home network. That's...

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CLEAR holds Philly launch event for citywide 4G WiMAX network

Brad Linder — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:57:18 +0000

CLEAR launched its citywide WiMAX network in Philadelphia a few weeks ago, but the company held an event today in the iconic LOVE Park to kick things off. I stopped by to check things out, and you know what? Citywide internet access doesn't make for a whole lot of exciting visuals. You know, cause wireless broadband is kind of invisible...

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