And Novatel began shipments of its EV-DO ExpressCard to Verizon Wireless during the quarter.
The device will tap into fresh content via an EV-DO (Evolution-Data Only) wireless network.
Novatel began to ship its next-generation Ovation wireless router for EV-DO Revision A networks during the third quarter.
Sales of Novatel's EV-DO products during the quarter also did well, lifting some doubt about the company's prospects.
Customers can therefore be moved from iDEN to EV-DO without having to give up the feature they value most.
Hence the logic of merging with Sprint, which is also committed to EV-DO.
We've been hearing rumors of these handsets for a while and true to its quick release nature, Telus launched EV-DO rev.
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Both have been designed to use Verizon's fast EV-DO (Evolution-Date Optimised) network capable of speeds in excess of 2.4 megabits per second.
So Nextel was also evaluating the high-speed version of CDMA, called EV-DO.
Like the Junxion Box, the D-Link DI-725 and Kyocera's KR1 let you roll your own WiFi hotspot via a PC EV-DO card.
Web surfing on an EV-DO connection may not quite rival a home broadband experience, but it's often more than adequate for most Web tasks.
The new technology includes three industry-leading innovations: the addition of directional antennas and dual modems on each aircraft and the deployment of EV-DO Rev.
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For starters, you've got to be on EV-DO or WiFi, because 1xRTT (in addition to being ridiculously slow) would block incoming calls when active.
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In contrast to the speedy (and free to use) EV-DO connection found on the Amazon Kindle, the Dash Express uses the glacial GPRS data standard.
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We're still wishing for a few things, like EV-DO or HSDPA built-in, but we're not at all let down by what Apple is showing off.
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The company's 1, 600 engineers crank out handsets that work with the full alphabet soup of voice and data networks, including CDMA, GSM, EV-DO and Edge.
Sure, some of the big news was the integrated EV-DO in HP's nc6140 notebook, but some of the older lines get some freshness too.
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EV-DO without having to give up the feature they value most.
Its 1 megapixel camera is a bit slow, and the 50MB of memory constrains the phone from many video captures or Sprint music downloads over EV-DO.
Things are rocking north of the border for the EV-DO crowd, so here's hoping they land here soon, and yes, we're looking at you Sprint and Verizon.
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In July 2006, there were 45 different notebook models with embedded broadband--either EV-DO or UMTS modules--from nine notebook companies, and only seven networks had approved embedded wireless for notebooks.
For Nextel, the benefit of EV-DO is that handsets already exist, and it is possible to implement push-to-talk functionality, on a par with Nextel's existing service, on an EV-DO network.
Sprint, which originally was supposed to use a standard called EV-DV for their next-generation high-speed wireless network, have made an about face and now say they're going to use EV-DO instead.
Update: GigaOM now reports a Verizon official as stating that it already has a handful of markets running EV-DO Revision A as is, and while they intend to launch a Rev.
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To provide these notifications in real time, the wireless wide-area network modules from Novatel Wireless securely connect through HSDPA and EV-DO networks to the Microsoft Exchange Server, storing user information and filter policies.
This'll give LTE carriers a technology path that should easily carry CDMA through the end of its life without oversaturation, and as an added bonus, it frees up space for more EV-DO spectrum.
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Sprint (nyse: FON - news - people ) is testing out the EV-DO technology in several markets, and plans to roll it out to most of its major markets early next year.
And while the EV-DO connection was fast enough for web browsing, the review cautioned against trying to use it for real-time applications like VoIP (of course, the same could be said for standalone EV-DO as well).
First unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show last month, Verizon is pimping V CAST as a new multimedia service for the high-speed EV-DO wireless network they're currently rolling out in different cities across the country.
If you somehow managed to skim through the CES mayhem and notice this gem, chances are it immediately landed on your wish list, and if you're looking for an ultralight, well-spec'd, EV-DO-equipped convertible tablet, here's your chance.
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