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I know for a fact that the USB720 and USB727 USB Modems offered currently by Verizon Wireless have external antenna connectors.]]>Mar 5th 2008 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/sierra-wireless-intros-compass-597-ev-do-usb-modem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/sierra-wireless-intros-compass-597-ev-do-usb-modem/Mar 5th 2008 11:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/sierra-wireless-intros-compass-597-ev-do-usb-modem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/sierra-wireless-intros-compass-597-ev-do-usb-modem/
What they mean is "Our Marketing assclowns made an outrageous claim without due diligence in the hopes that the average shmoe would also not perform due diligence." And they were right -- except where this forum is concerned, clearly.]]>Mar 5th 2008 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/sierra-wireless-intros-compass-597-ev-do-usb-modem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/sierra-wireless-intros-compass-597-ev-do-usb-modem/Mar 5th 2008 4:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/sierra-wireless-intros-compass-597-ev-do-usb-modem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/sierra-wireless-intros-compass-597-ev-do-usb-modem/Mar 5th 2008 1:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/sierra-wireless-intros-compass-597-ev-do-usb-modem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/sierra-wireless-intros-compass-597-ev-do-usb-modem/
Maybe this one will be slimmer without the seemingly useless battery?]]>Mar 5th 2008 1:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/sierra-wireless-intros-compass-597-ev-do-usb-modem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/sierra-wireless-intros-compass-597-ev-do-usb-modem/Mar 5th 2008 3:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/sierra-wireless-intros-compass-597-ev-do-usb-modem/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/sierra-wireless-intros-compass-597-ev-do-usb-modem/
Look at the Franklin CDU-680. It fully supports win, mac, and linux. It has a built in Flash Drive with all the necessary software for all the different OSes. It has an external antenna jack. It has true GPS (which also has its own separate external antenna jack). Oh, and not only has it been out for months, and works really really well, but it's also smaller than the 597.

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http://3gstore.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=114&products_id=837

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