If you're looking for a high speed wireless internet connection to go, have a look at Verizon's "air card". For a couple of years I've had email and internet on my cell phone, but the screen and keyboard are inconveniently small, and the connection speed with my Treo 650 is painfully slow -- even slower than my 23 kbps dial-up connection at home, so I've been on the hunt for a better alternative.
The air card is about 4" x 1" x 1/2" and plugs into any USB equipped computer. That means you could use it on desktop computers at home, or at work, or at the neighbors' house, or use it on the road with any laptop. It works wherever there is a Verizon cellular signal, with connection speeds from about 400 to 1000 kbps. I was skeptical about the speeds, so I got one Thursday before leaving for Baltimore. It has worked well in three airports, two hotels, a shuttlebus, a taxi, and two restaurants, so far this weekend. The slowest connection speed was 390 kbps, at the Detroit airport where the whole building might be metal. The fastest is 934 kbps, in my 4th floor room at the Sheraton Inner Harbor/Baltimore hotel.
Ah, progress.
The air card is about 4" x 1" x 1/2" and plugs into any USB equipped computer. That means you could use it on desktop computers at home, or at work, or at the neighbors' house, or use it on the road with any laptop. It works wherever there is a Verizon cellular signal, with connection speeds from about 400 to 1000 kbps. I was skeptical about the speeds, so I got one Thursday before leaving for Baltimore. It has worked well in three airports, two hotels, a shuttlebus, a taxi, and two restaurants, so far this weekend. The slowest connection speed was 390 kbps, at the Detroit airport where the whole building might be metal. The fastest is 934 kbps, in my 4th floor room at the Sheraton Inner Harbor/Baltimore hotel.
Ah, progress.
