if you have the option to use the palm's hotspot feature that definetly is the way to go with the current promo on Verizon. <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 10:49 PM, Jeremy T. Bouse <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jeremy.bouse@undergrid.net">jeremy.bouse@undergrid.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> I looked at the MiFi but then just opted to upgrade my Palm Centro for<br>
the Palm Pre Plus... We got 2 Palm Pre Plus phones for $50 and since<br>
April 1st the 3G Mobile Hotspot feature is free so you only pay the<br>
$29.95 smartphone data plan that you have to get anyway. Can connect up<br>
to 5 devices to it just like the MiFi. I don't know about the MiFi but<br>
the Pre Plus does WPA as well as WEP.<br>
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On 05/11/2010 04:49 PM, Alan Dobkin wrote:<br>
> I just picked up one of these at Fry's last night. It was the last one they had in stock. They apparently have been running a special on them recently for only $69 and $49/month for the 5 GB service plan with no contract. I am still waiting for it to be activated, but this seems like a great deal for anyone else who might be interested. Here are the pertinent links:<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.Frys.com/isp/" target="_blank">http://www.Frys.com/isp/</a><br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.Frys.com/isp/MobileBroadband.html" target="_blank">http://www.Frys.com/isp/MobileBroadband.html</a><br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.PhoneNews.com/frys-electronics-is-selling-verizon-mifi-for-70-sans-contract-11179/" target="_blank">http://www.PhoneNews.com/frys-electronics-is-selling-verizon-mifi-for-70-sans-contract-11179/</a><br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.FatWallet.com/forums/hot-deals/1004482/" target="_blank">http://www.FatWallet.com/forums/hot-deals/1004482/</a><br>
><br>
> My only concern is the comment about "it may lack roaming". Does anyone have any experience with this setup?<br>
><br>
> Thanks,<br>
> Alan<br>
><br>
> On May 5, 2010, at 12:11 PM, Chris Fowler wrote:<br>
><br>
>> I will report back in a week or more. I picked up a mifi today.<br>
>><br>
>> On Wed, 2010-05-05 at 08:04 -0400, Chris Fowler wrote:<br>
>>> I think it meets all of my requirements.<br>
>>><br>
>>> 1) OS Independent<br>
>>> 2) Shareable<br>
>>> 3) Loanable (5 of us can take turns taking it on trips)<br>
>>><br>
>>> I'm going to ride to Dayton next week from Atlanta so one goal is to<br>
>>> have a broad band connection all the way up. Speed is not a real<br>
>>> concern but latency is. I'll use SSH and latency using SSh can be a real<br>
>>> pain.<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> On Tue, 2010-05-04 at 15:43 -0400, Jerald Sheets wrote:<br>
>>>> The guys on TWiT say it's great. I have no personal experience in the<br>
>>>> matter, though.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> <a href="http://twit.tv" target="_blank">http://twit.tv</a><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> ---<br>
>>>> Jerald M. Sheets jr.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 3:01 PM, Chris Fowler<br>
>>>> <<a href="mailto:cfowler@outpostsentinel.com">cfowler@outpostsentinel.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>> Anyone here have a mifi and can comment on how well it works?<br>
>>>> I'm<br>
>>>> looking for 3G and EVDO (when no 3G is available) connectivity<br>
>>>> while<br>
>>>> traveling.<br>
><br>
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