Option GlobeSurfer ICON brings HSDPA to USB

By Marc Perton

At the rate Option is coming out with HSDPA devices, you can be forgiven for having a hard time keeping track. The latest is the GlobeSurfer ICON, not to be confused with the GlobeSurfer 3G we showed you earlier, or the HSDPA PC
card we peeped last week. What's different about this one? It's a USB-based, bus-powered HSDPA device that can fall back to UMTS, EDGE or GPRS if you're out of HSDPA range. So, yeah, it's a lot like the PCMCIA version, but runs from your USB port instead of a slot.

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