Showing up a
bit late to the prom (and in pink) is Sony Ericsson's newly announced PC300 Mobile Broadband PC Card. Yeah, as in PCMCIA, not ExpressCard. Their new radio-slab brings HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE and GPRS data at speeds up to 3.6Mbps. It will automatic handoff between HSDPA/UMTS/EDGE supporting tri-band 850, 1900, 2100MHz HSDPA/UMTS and quad-band 850, 900, 1800, 1900MHz EDGE/GPRS. And yeah, it's PC and Mac compatible... although you can't buy a new MacBook (and a growing list of others vendor models) with a PC Card slot anymore. Fortunately, the antenna is integrated -- a nice touch if you've ever snapped one off while puttering about staring at your laptop's screen. Expect the PC300 to hit in Q3 globally -- about the time we hope we'll need cards supporting
7.2Mbps. Hey, a boy can dream.
posted Feb 6th 2007 9:43AM
Just got this card a week ago. The reception is horrible. Cannot connect at all if I'm inside a building or house. I will try to get an antenna to add on, and hope it helps.
Well, if they can support all those 3G and bandwidths in a card you would think they could do it in a phone.
C'mon SE! How about a little love for those of us Stateside who want a UIQ phone!
Great... now just put that technology into the next UX please...
Too bad Cingular's EDGE is horrible, barely any coverage. It doesn't matter if its 3.6Mbs or 7.2Mbs that the card can do, the 3G coverage of EDGE is so terrible even in Manhattan I get piss poor speeds.
Why such Gay colors? Give us Man-colors :)
My EDGE coverage in Florida is excellent. Down I-10 east to west, I-75 all the way. Tallahassee, Orlando, Fort Walton Beach, Jacksonville, and most surrounding areas (even some po-dunk places) is great. We suffer the occasional network glitch, but no more than people I know using Sprint or Altell.