{"id":4381,"date":"2010-01-07T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-07T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/sprint-overdrive-mobile-wimax-hub-lets-five-people-share-one-fat-connection-wimax\/"},"modified":"2010-01-07T04:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-07T04:00:00","slug":"sprint-overdrive-mobile-wimax-hub-lets-five-people-share-one-fat-connection-wimax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/futurist\/sprint-overdrive-mobile-wimax-hub-lets-five-people-share-one-fat-connection-wimax.php","title":{"rendered":"Sprint Overdrive Mobile WiMax Hub Lets Five People Share One Fat Connection [WiMax]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/5947b_500x_overdrive.jpg\" class=\"left image500\" width=\"500\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\">Sprint's Overdrive hub is a lot more than a cellular modem: It's got dual 4G\/3G connectivity, shared connections with up to five devices over Wi-Fi, <em>and<\/em> can serve as a sort of mini NAS, with shared microSD storage.<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5437432\/sprint-to-get-4g-mobile-hotspot-from-sierra-wireless-soon\">Early leaks<\/a> of the device were mostly right, but given that the Wi-Fi range is even further than expected&mdash;150ft, Sprint and Sierra claim&mdash;actually undersold it a bit. (WiMax is fast enough, and that Wi-Fi range is long enough, that you could conceivably use one of these as your primary source of internet at home. Nuts, basically.) A 1.4-inch LCD screen lets you know who's connected to what and how, and gives you a precise battery reading&mdash;fixing one of the dumbest problems with Verizon's Mifi. Actually, all around this device feels like the MiFi on steroids&mdash;it's even a bit bigger, at about 3 x 3 x .6 inches, though that's still pretty compact for what you're getting here.<\/p><p>The Overdrive goes on sale January 10th for $100.<\/p><p>With a two-year service agreement, ha! Thought you were getting out of that one, didn't you! Never. [<a href=\"http:\/\/newsreleases.sprint.com\/phoenix.zhtml?c=127149&amp;p=irol-newsArticle_newsroom&amp;ID=1372203\">Sprint<\/a>]<\/p><p><strong>UPDATE<\/strong>: For scale: <a rel=\"lytebox\" href=\"http:\/\/cache.gawker.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/01\/dsc_1071wtmk.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/5947b_500x_dsc_1071wtmk.jpg\" class=\"left image500\" width=\"500\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=b9784222757cc1437df57f18ebd096dd&amp;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/a0921_img.phdo?s=b9784222757cc1437df57f18ebd096dd&amp;p=1\"><\/a><br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/a0921_eus.gif?eui=2226\" style=\"padding-left:10px; 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