{"id":147575,"date":"2010-01-06T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-07T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"Gizmodo-5442072"},"modified":"2010-01-06T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-07T04:00:00","slug":"sprint-overdrive-mobile-wimax-hub-lets-five-people-share-one-fat-connection-wimax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/147575","title":{"rendered":"Sprint Overdrive Mobile WiMax Hub Lets Five People Share One Fat Connection [WiMax]"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sprint’s Overdrive hub is a lot more than a cellular modem: It’s got dual 4G\/3G connectivity, shared connections with up to five devices over Wi-Fi, and<\/em> can serve as a sort of mini NAS, with shared microSD storage.<\/p>\n

Early leaks<\/a> of the device were mostly right, but given that the Wi-Fi range is even further than expected—150ft, Sprint and Sierra claim—actually undersold it a bit. (WiMax is fast enough, and that Wi-Fi range is long enough, that you could conceivably use one of these as your primary source of internet at home. Nuts, basically.) A 1.4-inch LCD screen lets you know who’s connected to what and how, and gives you a precise battery reading—fixing one of the dumbest problems with Verizon’s Mifi. Actually, all around this device feels like the MiFi on steroids—it’s even a bit bigger, at about 3 x 3 x .6 inches, though that’s still pretty compact for what you’re getting here.<\/p>\n

The Overdrive goes on sale January 10th for $100.<\/p>\n

With a two-year service agreement, ha! Thought you were getting out of that one, didn’t you! Never. [Sprint<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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Sprint’s Overdrive hub is a lot more than a cellular modem: It’s got dual 4G\/3G connectivity, shared connections with up to five devices over Wi-Fi, and can serve as a sort of mini NAS, with shared microSD storage. Early leaks of the device were mostly right, but given that the Wi-Fi range is even further […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1552,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-147575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1552"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147575\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}