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The Windows 7/3G dongle Saga: – 3 UK to the rescue

Published on Saturday, July 23rd by Tony Dennis

Rating: Lateral thinking – use a completely new dongle

GoMo News has utilised these pages before to describe the trials and tribulations it has experienced while attempting to access the Net using a mobile broadband dongle here. None of these problems happened until we ‘upgraded’ to Windows 7 on our Samsung NC10 netbook from Windows XP. Despite our valiant attempts, none of the three different mobile broadband dongles in our possession would work in conjunction with Microsoft’s latest version of Windows (7). We can, however, now report that we’re back in business thanks to our friends at mobile operator, 3 UK. The company has kindly loaned us a (fourth) mobile broadband dongle. And this one actually works Continue reading →

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T-Mobile dongle triumphs in the Broadband Genie Road Trip 2010 Awards

Published on Thursday, April 22nd by Cian O' Sullivan

T-Mobile has triumphed in the most rigorous mobile broadband battle on the calendar, being named Dongle on the Move Winner in the Broadband Genie Road Trip 2010 Awards. Last year’s victor, Virgin Media, took the overall runner-up award. Continue reading →

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Go-SIM offers cheap data roaming

Published on Monday, November 30th by Tony Dennis

Rating: Targets US market with its SIM cards, phones & dongles
The term “bill shock” is an infrequently used term, but it applies to data usage just as much as to calls when ‘roaming’ abroad on a GSM handset. A British company, Go-SIM, is now promoting its international SIM cards in the US market. Maybe it [...]

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Consumers have no faith in mobile broadband – but is that fair?

Published on Friday, July 17th by Cian O' Sullivan

broadband-genieResults from independent comparison site Broadband Genie indicate that the public think mobile broadband is awful. 64% of respondents said that their broadband connection didn’t live up to their expectations. But, as we reported recently, that’s probably because unscrupulous advertising is setting those expectations unrealistically high. Continue reading →

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Brave new mobile advertising creep from 3 UK

Published on Thursday, July 16th by Cian O' Sullivan

3Those who connect to the web with a USB modem (or dongle) will be familiar with the “dashboard”. Most operators have one – it’s a little interface that pops up when you plug your modem in. 3 UK has decided it will start selling advertising on that dashboard. While that does guarantee an ad will get seen by the approx. 1 million mobile broadband users 3 has, it will require a major redesign of the interface. Because the way it is right now, no one in their right mind would want to buy ad space there. Continue reading →

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Orange introduces new devices to its Mobile Broadband portfolio

Published on Tuesday, February 3rd by Cian O' Sullivan

Orange today announced it will be expanding the product offerings in its UK consumer mobile broadband portfolio, with two new devices in its consumer ‘connected’ range and a new dongle with data storage capacity that will allow them to keep their important information with them whilst they are on the move.
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