“Apple announced the MacBook Pro on January 10, 2006 and… we have already tons of emails and forum posts about the MacBook Pro and people were wondering how it would work with EVDO. Many people, even stated, until there was a solution to run EVDO on the MacBook Pro, that they were going to wait to purchase it,” EVDOinfo.com reports. “First the good news. Apple is NOT the first manufacturer to build ExpressCard into a laptop.”
The following models already use ExpressCard/34:
• Dell Inspiron 1300
• Dell Inspiron B130
• Dell Inspiron B120
• LifeBook N3511
• Toshiba Terca M3
• ThinkPad T32 (supports both PCMCIA & ExpressCard)
• Acer TravelMate 8204WLMi
EVDOinfo.com explains, “So, the good news, is that Apple is not the first and only vendor to standardize on this. Also, PCMCIA officials, expect that 70% of all laptops shipped next year will contain an ExpressCard slot. Since the MacBook Pro no longer has PCMCIA slot (PC Slot), the current crop of PC Cards (KPC650, PC5220, Novatel V620, PC5740, Merlin S620, AirCard 580), WILL NOT work in the MacBook Pro. The MacBook Pro uses a newer slot called the ExpressCard/34. This newer slot is smaller and not compatible with existing PCMCIA cards, so we have to wait for Kyocera, Novatel or Sierra Wireless to have compatible cards.”
MacDailyNews Note: EVDOinfo.com explains that EVDO or Evolution Data Only, Evolution Data Optimized, often abbreviated as EVDO or EV-DO is a fast wireless broadband access (3G with average download speeds of400K – 700K) without needing a WiFi hotspot. You are the hotspot. You can have fast internet access, anywhere. No need to find a hotspot. For example, get high speed internet access in a car, train, clients’ office, or anywhere you can open your laptop.
EVDOinfo.com advises that users bookmark their page and check back frequently. They will be testing different options along with reporting on Mac drivers and solutions. Also, they have a ExpressCard/34 EVDO Notification List that allows users to be notified as soon as an EVDO ExpressCard/34 solution becomes available. This page will constantly be updated with the options for MacBook Pro users looking to use EVDO on both Verizon and Sprint.
More info here.
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Excellent to see the EVDO guys on top of this. I already ordered my MacBook Pro. I use the Verizon Broadband service, and it is excellent for all those times when WiFi is not available or bogged down [as it was at macWorld].
If only the price of wireless broadband would come down – Verizon wants $80 a month for unlimited V-Cast. I guess it’s not that bad if you are always on the go.
It’s all fine and well to incorporate newer technology… as long as everyone else is.
My plan was to move to HD video editing on the new laptop, but the new slot isn’t what Panasonic is using for their “P2” HD data cards.
http://www.panasonic.com/business/provideo/p2/index.asp
And I thought these guys were working together.
“You are the hotspot”? What the hell does that mean? Let me take a look at that site…
Oh. It’s cellular broadband. Thpfft. Whoopee. But that’s so much less sexy than “you are the hotspot”.
Considering how crappy the cellular reception on my phone can be, I’ll pass on relying on cellular for my internet.
The Verizon Wireless Unlimited Broadband is $59.99 per month as long as you have a celluar phone with them as well.
You are the hotspot,
As in, Internet Sharing. “Share your connection from EV-DO card to users using Airport.”
Now I understand why FW800 is no longer important for Apple:
Here are some facts: (from http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1472734,00.asp)
ExpressCard will have the theoretical maximum throughput to transfer data at a whopping 250 MBps (actually, 500 MBps total; 250 MBps to the computer in one direction and 250 MBps to the card in the other). This is in comparison to the now seemingly sluggish 132-MBps PC Card standard.
ExpressCard’s throughput is ideal for video transfers and uncompressed files. To compare it with throughputs you’re familiar with: Gigabit Ethernet has a throughput of 125 MBps, FireWire 800 runs at 100 MBps, and USB 2.0 can reach 60 MBps.
So if Apple produces a FireWire 800 to ExpressCard connector, there should be no loss of speed at all!
Wow…that comparison blows me away. Just one step closer to combining Television, cable, computer, etc. This is something worth watching closely!
Andrew Hamilton
Hamilton International Productions
http://www.hiproductions.com
Hey Too Hot!,
I just googled it, and I think those cards might already exist.
Look here:
http://www.xterasys.com/e94b.htm
Craig: Thanks, I already knew about that card
(see my post at http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/8213/)
I’m sure there will be many more of those very soon… There was talk about them early in 2005.
what about EDGE networks? is this new expresscard format going to accept EDGE network cards from Tmobile, Cingular and others?
EVDO works on MACBOOK PRO
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=185790
http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.php?t=288571
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