Sprint launches Sierra Wireless AirCard 402

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As we weigh our options in seeking out an alternative to the USB modem that completely and utterly failed us in Vegas, a new option has just presented itself in the form of a nifty little hybrid broadband card from Sprint. Announced this morning, the Sierra Wireless AirCard 402 features a unique design that allows Sprint to cover users with PC Card slots and ExpressCard slots in one swing. The design places a broadband ExpressCard within a PC Card shell — as you can see in the image above, the two pieces join when a PC Card is required, but they can also be separated to support newer, smaller notebooks and netbooks requiring an ExpressCard. Very clever. The AirCard 402 supports EV-DO Rev. A of course, giving users access to “typical upload speeds of 350-500 Kbps with peak speeds of 1.8 Mbps and typical download speeds of 600 Kbps – 1.4 Mbps with peak speeds of 3.1 Mbps where EV-DO Revision A is available.”

This little guy is definitely a nice solution for users with both a notebook and a netbook where one type of card might not fit in both. It’s also great for those of you sporting an older notebook with a PC Card slot, but who will likely be upgrading to a newer laptop in the future. The Sierra Wireless AirCard 402 is available right now and will set you back a pretty reasonable $99.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate.

[Via Press Release]

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44 Comments
  • Don Louie

    I will go as far to call you a liar, with me this started some months back when insisted on bitch and bitchboy to address me, when I requested a civil disagreement name ensued. Louie Cantone born to post w/o insults to no avail, showed you a rendition of yourself early on the renditions I wish I could take credit for. B, I was saying that could incite a flame war because any information or person proclaiming anything remotely good about Sprint/Palm posted is immediately attacked.

  • http://davidthande.blogspot.com David Thande

    I’m gonna miss him like a genital wart Joe..which his mom gave me….that she got from one of her daily clients…..

  • joecurve

    Bdizzah Said:
    “VZW has been raping me recently and I’ve thought of swithching just to save a few bucks”

    your absolutely right.
    when your the only good product in the market you can get away with rape.

  • http://davidthande.blogspot.com David Thande

    Sprint is coming into its own….I’m looking forward to other things they might put out this year!!

  • Don Louie

    That’s why I want to see this WiMax/DOrA aircard

  • http://davidthande.blogspot.com David Thande

    If I didn’t have A “Grandfather” on Pink….unlimited minutes, text, data, uma, for $65 bucks a month I would move over to sprint…there are started to be a real contender!

  • T0F3R

    @Bdizzah I was in the same boat two yrs ago, decided to take a chance on Sprint and have never looked back. The few times(4 so far) that I had to contact customer service went well. Coverage is identical to VZN and faster in my opinion. I’m currently on a family plan with five numbers(all insured), nights starting at 6pm, unlimited everything (except minutes, about 350 unused every month anyway) and pay $260 or less with taxes. I would have to give Big Red $400 for the same package.

  • backbeat

    Keep up the berating attacks. BGR has much more to lose by not addressing your abuse than I have to gain.

  • joecurve

    “Grandfather” on Pink
    ???????????????????????
    anybody???????????????

  • http://davidthande.blogspot.com David Thande

    Meant plan* I’ve had them since they were called Voicestream….remember that? Jamie Lee Curtis? Huh? Ya….Blue and Yellew font? Ya….

  • T0F3R

    ^^^^^nope don’t remember that, but i remember Primeco does that count?

  • joecurve

    Me neither, no clue what you talking about. Don’t give me refferences to the stone age…

  • celz

    dam why dont you fags exchange myspace or aim accounts all fucking ready.. you can argue all dam day without bugging the shit out of us all.. i guess bg will have to start losing readers to take notice..

  • celz

    and the best carrier is relative to your situation.. im in so cal sprint kills any gsm in any category and is even with vzw.. the billing situation is way better now that enesemble is standard.. i have a better plan than prolly 99 percent of the country and my cs and coverage couldnt really get much better.. but thats so cal an sero.. sprint might genuinly suck for you, ask people who have sprint pull up a coverage map and go to sprintusers.com.. they got me into this phone stuff lol

  • celz

    @ joe how is sprint not a gd product.. please explain how verizon smartphones somewhat crippled and dumbphones which are terribly cripple are the the only gd products out.. vzw doesnt have better coverage than sprint in south west and from what i hear most major cities is tha same.. if sprint is so bad why do they have more busines customers than anyone.. do you know a secret noone else does

  • Bdizzah

    @joecurve,
    First off, wasn’t talking to you. But, since you decided to say something I will respond. I was not bitching about blogger behavior because last time i checked none of the people i was referencing are bloggers for this site. I was merely pointing out the fact that the name calling BS is uncalled for. I like this site, I find it informative and entertaining. I see no need for anyone to be berated. Also, I wanted my question answered, which after checking this morning i saw that it was. Thanks to all for the info, will be checking my local sprint retailer out today.

  • joecurve

    @ bdizzah
    You have to understand that the VZ ppl are desperate for some news, haven’t had some since the 9630 walkthrogh. Since then it was ATT TMO Sprint. So they resort to this to vent a bit.

  • backbeat

    ^Being married to a single carrier must -really- suck. Shame that.

  • Valiantineus

    Wow, I’m gonna try to avoid the crossfire here and just make a general comment. Please don’t flame me…

    This IS a cool card, and I just wanted to point out that U.S. Cellular has had a similar EV-DO Rev. A data card out for at least a year now that supports PC(PCMCIA), Express, AND USB ports.

    The PC and Express aspects are much the same as this card (with the actual card being in the Express card form factor but including a slide-in PC adapter) while the USB requires a USB cable to be plugged into the side of the card. Some people might consider the need to a cable for USB connectivity a bit cumbersome, but it is still nice to have that option in a pinch or if moving to a computer with only USB available.

    Just thought that little tidbit might be of interest to someone reading this blog.

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