Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Verizon launching LTE on December 5th, two transforming 4G USB modems hitch a wild ride

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Sure, Verizon's holding a press conference tomorrow, but unless
they've got a secret LTE smartphone or tablet (we can only hope) we've
got a fairly good idea what the company will say. We're hearing
Verizon will flip the switch on its LTE network on December 5th,
unveil a pair of hot new USB modems to take advantage of those
supposedly stellar speeds, and launch the SIM cards required to make
LTE function in the first place. The gadgets include the LG VL600
thumbstick we've seen before, but also this marvelous-looking Pantech
UML290 key, which has not only a slick swiveling case but also a dual-
jointed USB port beneath. We doubt we're going to have any trouble
getting this one plugged into even the slimmest of port-abhorring
slimline computing machines. See where one of the SIM cards goes in
the gallery below.

Update: The populace has spoken, and "sexy" is no more. Shall we call
them "transforming" modems, then? They most certainly are.

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