The OS X Snow Leopard dongle debacle might have sent mobile broadband the way of the dodo on your favourite Apple gadget, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get online when you’re on the road. Here’s five alternative ways to get the web wherever you are, even if your dongle doesn’t work.
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Got a Mac? If so, you’re probably also running OS X Snow Leopard, which is bad news if you fancy a bit of mobile broadband. We’ve uncovered bugs that stop a range of USB dongles working with Apple’s latest OS. Read on, but be warned, it’s not pretty.
Update: Vodafone has supplied us with a link to the software download which it says will fix your dongle for Snow Leopard action. You can get it here.
We knew the INQ Mini 3G titchy candybar with social networking skills sewn in was due out on 3 at some point this year, but now we know when and for how much. Sure, smartphones are getting cheaper but wait until you peep the pricetag on this’un – read on to scope it.
We’ve already put the 3 MiFi through some rigorous training and fond it to be one of the cleverest pieces of kit we’ve ever laid our mitts on. And the good news is now you can come to the party too, with 3 giving the double thumbs to official pricing and a release date.
Once upon a time, before the the MiFi mobile hotspot came along and changed everything, getting online on your laptop when out and about meant paying through the nose for a garishly coloured USB dongle, installing it on your machine, then wandering around for somewhere where you could surf without the risk of getting mugged. No more. Read our full MiFi mobile hotspot review and we’ll tell you all.
Yesterday we heard some rumblings about talks between 3 Mobile and Spotify, the upshot being that a Spotify mobile app could be wending its way to all 4.4 million 3 subscribers. Well, it doesn’t end there: Spotify is reportedly talking to other operators too.
We’ve already heard about Spotify’s iPhone app (now submitted to Apple for approval), but the free music streaming service could also be coming to 3 Mobile’s entire range of handsets.
The 3 network has just pulled the wrappers off MiFi, a mobile Wi-Fi device that allows you to connect any Wi-Fi equipped device to the web no matter where you are.