MacUpdate Weekend Sale :This weekend MacUpdate has slashed prices on Painter 12 and Painter Lite. Painter 12 retails for $429, but has been reduced by 54% to $199. Painter Lite has seen a 58% price cut from $69 to $29. Hurry, because these deals are only available until May 19th 2013.      

GPS-ready, EVDO Rev A card reaches Sprint

updated 10:45 am EDT, Tue May 22, 2007

 

AirCard 597E for Sprint


Sprint today announced that it would pick up the Sierra Wireless AirCard 597E, a new mobile broadband adapter for the carrier's faster EVDO Revision A network. Built as an ExpressCard 34 device for the MacBook Pro and other modern notebooks, the adapter can reach the theoretical peaks of 3.1Mbps downloads and 1.8Mbps uploads without using an external antenna. It also represents an improvement over earlier 3G wireless modems through assistive GPS support: subscribers to GPS navigation through Sprint can rely on the cellular network to find their position in software that supports GPS information.

The cell service provider has declined to set a price for the AirCard 597E but expects it to reach the company's network in mid-June. Sierra officially supports the Rev A adapter with Mac OS X as well as Windows 2000, XP, and Vista.


By Electronista Staff

Post tools:

TAGS :  

toggle

Previous Comments

  1. EVDOinfo

    Fresh-Faced Recruit

    Joined: Feb 2007

    0

    not the first with GPS

    your headline makes this card sound unique, when in fact there have been sprint evdo devices with GPS features available for months now:

    http://www.evdoinfo.com/content/view/1957/63/ http://www.evdoinfo.com/content/view/1879/63/


Login Here

Not a member of the MacNN forums? Register now for free.

 
close
Photo
toggle

Network Headlines

toggle

Most Popular

Sponsor

Recent Reviews

Brother HL-3170CDW LED Printer

We've mentioned before that we are far from a paperless society. For now, at least, there are tasks that require a piece of paper for ...

HTC One

It is hard to overstate just how critically important the HTC One is to the Taiwanese company’s fortunes. Despite its alarming decline ...

Samsung Galaxy S 4

Samsung's new flagship Android smartphone, the Galaxy S 4, faces even stiffer competition than its popular predecessor. With a five-in ...

Sponsor

 
toggle

Popular News