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Can I not use a 3G data card on my mackbook pro?
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epochblue
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You'd be looking for an ExpressCard to PCMCIA converter card, but I don't know if such a thing exists as it would be terribly unsightly...
robbieduncan
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quovadis
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Another option: purchase a USB adapter for the card ..... have accessed up to 4GB cards this way on my MBP
robbieduncan
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Either you or I have the wrong end of the stick. I think it's you. I'm assume 3G is referring to Third Generation, as in the newer high speed mobile (cell) phone standards. A 3G data card lets you access the web at reasonably high speeds over these networks. It's not a 3Gb memory card.
j26
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I just got a USB one from Vodafone Ireland recently (part of a contract). It's a Huwaei E220. Works a treat, but seems to be a tad pricey on its own
miniConvert
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Awesome product, works great on Mac's - highly recommended (mine's Vodafone branded, mainland UK, currently gets 1.2mbps where I am).
It seems odd how Apple has led the charge on laptop advancements for so many, many years, and yet they don't offer integrated 3G in any of their machines. I mean christ, Dell, HP and Lenovo are all in on the action 🙁
quovadis
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mkrishnan
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The standing excuse had been that the US market is too fractured between GSM, CDMA, etc. But the US is becoming more and more GSM-centric, and obviously, this has not stopped Apple from focusing the lion's share of their cell work on GSM. So now that the iPhone is a GSM device, perhaps the door is open for Apple to also start supporting the 2.5G and 3G data services that GSM devices use, as there should be plenty of people who'd use EDGE in the US and a good handful already for 3GSM, and of course more elsewhere.