Novatel's Merlin EX720 ExpressCard hits Sprint shelves

The world just became a little less of a cold, dead, meaningless (or at least data-less) wasteland for Sprint customers rocking ExpressCard slots (of either the /34 or /54 variety) thanks to the official release of Novatel's Merlin EX720 modem on Sprint's website. Riding atop Sprint's glorious EV-DO Rev. A airwaves, the EX720 should deliver up to 1.4Mbps down and 500kbps up to virtually any ExpressCard-equipped device that needs it (MacBook Pros included), provided that the requisite $179.99 (after contract and rebates) has been forwarded to the appropriate bean counters over at your network. We can almost picture Cingular and T-Mobile folks seething -- for what it's worth, we feel your pain -- but hey, Sprintheads, go get your WWAN on.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 22nd 2007 11:30AM]

Lies!

I got mine this week - in Downtown San Antonio I get 380kpbs downstream and about 100kbps upstream.

Youtube or other content heavy sites - unusable.

Email - just fine.

Driver installation on OS X - impossible unless it's first activated on a Windows machine. After that it works. There is no way to directly install it on OS X.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 18th 2007 11:25PM]

Mac Users, don't count on Mac Tech Support from Sprint! its never gonna happen. if you want to rock your MacBook Pro with an EX720, check this out:

http://www.evdoinfo.com/content/view/1888/63/

PowerBook Users! don't feel left out! you can use the EX720 in your current laptop, and the MacBook Pro you're planning on buying! check this out:

http://www.evdoinfo.com/content/view/1894/63/

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 18th 2007 11:26PM]

For those who prefer Verizon as their carrier, the Rev-A V740 ExpressCard is now shipping! Mac Users, get the V740 ExpressCard for $70 less than verizon stores, and get the best possible customer support by Mac + EVDO Experts,
by checking out this site: http://www.evdoinfo.com/content/view/1919/64/