Comments on: Hands on: Novatel Ovation USB760 modem for Verizon Wireless

By: charles

charles — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 07:19:46 +0000

Thing is a piece of junk! It’s going back if I don”t destroy it first. Wont stay on longer than 10 min max, and the VZAcess program sucks as well. Yes, Im going to “Crunch” it alright!

By: jenmi

jenmi — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:20:41 +0000

how can that be connected to the internet?? if that latest Usb modem is wireless and correct me if im wrong that latest USB modem is thin??? please answer my question… thank you….

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:17:01 +0000

Looks like 3Gstore has the USB760 for $69.99, see: USB760 @ 3Gstore

By: Livin

Livin — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:07:37 +0000

Don’t post the title with “Hands-on” if it is not… you have posted no valuable info (everything can be found already elsewhere)

the Tag should include: Waste of time & lame

By: Doug Aamoth

Doug Aamoth — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:24:24 +0000

I live in the middle of Boston and I can’t get the UM150 to stay connected for any reasonable amount of time. It’s pretty slow when connected, too. Weird.

By: Peter Ha

Peter Ha — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:12:18 +0000

Just took it out of the box, drew. I’ll be testing it over the weekend.

By: Peter Ha

Peter Ha — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:11:19 +0000

No clue. But found it in the press release and I don’t think I have personally received a rebate in the form of a debit card, so I figured it was worth sharing.

By: drdrew

drdrew — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:07:10 +0000

PHa, I just sent a UM175 back last week. Not really a major issue with anything, other than keeping a signal for more than 5 minutes at a time. I should probably explain: I live in the boonies. That should do it.

Does this one still require that hideous software?

By: Ankit Gupta

Ankit Gupta — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:02:29 +0000

The rebate will be a debit card? Not sure what I think about that – I forget the percentage, but a debit card is more likely to not be spent than a check because it’s easy to put aside a card, forget about it, maybe spent $95 worth and leave $5 on it, etc. and so that money doesn’t get spent. As far as I know, once the companies get that money, it has to be turned over to the state if it isn’t claimed within a certain time period. If that’s true, why are they bothering with this debit card thing? Maybe they get some kind of kickback from the issue of the debit card? Even if they do, what is that, a dollar? How many of these units will they ship? Is it worth messing around?

I’m sure someone in a suit figured out that it’ll pay for his bonus though, so whatever.