It looks like Verizon is *finally* (finally!) giving
in to its customer's demands and will officially allow you to use your new and shiny EV-DO handset as a wireless modem
for your laptop computer or PDA. The strange this is that Verizon's stance is that this is only available is you use a
USB cable to your phone (no mention of Bluetooth). Of course, Verizon's stance on Bluetooth has been sketchy and sticky
in the past (remember the Motorola
V710 fiasco and class-action lawsuit?).This bodes well for those road warriors who want to be able and use broadband-type speeds anywhere they have Verizon coverage (with EV-DO support, of course). This has to be a rather large market of business professionals and it is good to see Verizon wising up to demand. So, if you have a dead spot in the airport you're at - with WiFi - you can plop out your Verizon phone and keep on truckin'. Or surfin'.
1. Thanks to Verizon's new 3G EV-DO network, you can now view on-demand streaming video clips on select handsets over the carrier's V Cast service.
Posted at 3:19AM on Feb 6th 2006 by Proc