Raspberry Pi, everyone’s favorite ugly-but-cheap mini-computer, may be about to get a lot more mobile. Ars Technica reports that a company called SparqEE is developing a yet-to-be-launched Kickstarter project that’s looking to raise $70,000 to produce an add-on for the Raspberry Pi that will let users install a SIM card that will give it access to 3G networks around the world. Even more impressively, SparqEE says that it can sell users low-cost SIM cards they can use in their Raspberry Pis since the company has “contracted with a worldwide SIM provider” that can deliver global SIM cards cheaply. In the United States, 3G-enabled Raspberry Pis will be able to hook up to AT&T’s 3G network, the company says.
Startup working to hook Raspberry Pi up to 3G networks
Published Aug 2nd, 2013 10:00PM EDT
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Brad Reed has written about technology for over eight years at BGR.com and Network World. Prior to that, he wrote freelance stories for political publications such as AlterNet and the American Prospect. He has a Master's Degree in Business and Economics Journalism from Boston University.
