Reg Hardware reports that Vodafone has responded to calls from MacBook and MacBook Pro owners for a compatible version of its 3G Mobile Connect Broadband Datacard with a USB version of the gadget which it pledged to ship in the autumn.

Vodafone’s HSDPA-equipped Mobile Connect 3G Datacard does feature Mac support, but since it’s a PC Card device, it’s not compatible with the MacBook and MacBook Pro notebooks, which use the new ExpressCard 34 slot for add-ins.

Tags: MacBook, 3G, HSDPA, Mac 3G

RegHardware reports that the next generation of Intel’s Centrino platform, codenamed ‘Santa Rosa’, may well include 3G mobile phone network connectivity as well as the standard Wi-Fi, if allegedly leaked company roadmaps are to be believed.

… the Santa Rosa specification includes ‘Windigo’, the Centrino platform’s first wireless wide-area network (WWAN) add-in. The report claims Windigo will host GSM, GPRS and WCDMA/CDMA2000 connectivity, but cites no sources for this information. You might expect Intel to be pushing WiMAX rather than 3G, so we wouldn’t rule this technology out as an alternative foundation for Windigo.

Tags: Intel, Centrino, 3G Centrino, 3G Laptop

SK Telecom has launched the world’s first handset-based next-generation HSDPA network in cities across southern Korea using wireless broadband technology from LG-Nortel, a joint venture of LG Electronics and Nortel.

SK Telecom’s network is the first to provide HSDPA performance on handsets as well as data cards - ensuring high-speed, broadband wireless services are available to subscribers using either a handset or laptop computer. The services include high definition video-on-demand, MP3 streaming, multi-user mobile gaming, video calling, multimedia messaging and a host of other high bandwidth services. SK Telecom’s service is branded “3G+” and will initially cover 25 cities across the country, with roll out to an additional 59 cities planned by the end of the year.

Read more on Slashphone

Tags: HSDPA, SK Telecom

Powered by the latest Intel Centrino Mobile Technology and featuring embedded UMTS, the new Fujitsu-Siemens laptop ensures wireless connectivity anytime and anywhere - don’t care about hotspots. View your work from any angle and share your work with clients on a vivid 12.1-inch widescreen display with Crystal View Technology. Only 1kg! The LIFEBOOK Q2010 is your perfect companion whether you are driving by car, train or airplane.

Via SlashPhone

Tags: UMTS Laptop, UMTS PC, 3G Laptop

Mobile phone TV (DMB) will be available at all twelve venues of the World Cup in Germany this summer, but whether any viewers will be tuning in is another matter.

Although major supplier Samsung Electronics earlier this year unveiled a terrestrial digital multimedia broadcasting (T-DMB) phone, the first of its kind for commercial services in Europe, the Korean company decided to delay manufacturing and shipping while it awaited the outcome of a complicated license allocation process in Germany, which is still not completed, according to German news service Heise Online.

Read more at The Register

Tags: DMB, World Cup

British users are not interested in third generation (3G) mobile phones and find interactive services difficult to use, according to a survey conducted by YouGov for Netonomy. These are the disturbing stats:

Probably more worrying for network operators, who have invested billions in 3G licences and technology, is the small number of consumers planning to upgrade. Only eight per cent of respondents told Netonomy that they were thinking of moving to 3G, although the number had doubled on the year before.

‘While there has been an increase since we asked the same question a year ago, real consumer demand for 3G is still low.’ However, the number of people who believe 3G is easy to use increased on the year before - rising from 45 to 47 per cent.

Check the complete results

Option N.V. has announced the GlobeSurfer HSDPA, the second member within its fixed-wireless product family aimed at delivering wireless broadband connectivity to Small Offices, Home Office and Mobile Office environments.

The GlobeSurfer HSDPA is a fast broadband wireless router that enables the user to establish an instant hotspot with a speed of up to 1.8 Mbps (megabits per second) over an HSDPA connection and share this connection with multiple users.

Designed for ease-of-use, and simplicity of installation, the GlobeSurfer HSDPA is suited to Small Office and Home Office environments where it can be shared by multiple users. Support and remote administration features combined with user-authentication capabilities make it a flexible and cost-effective solution to the challenge of providing reliable and secure data connectivity to Mobile or Temporary Offices.

Tags: HSDPA Router, Wireless router