Anything related to the word "wireless" is getting crazier as 3G vendors started to develop these embedded 3G modems into laptops. As in current time, users will have to pair up their mobile-phone with the laptop to get 3G Internet access. This is not the most effective way as user have to carry both devices at the same time and they need to pair it up each time they want to use the service with either Bluetooth® or infra-red between the laptop and the mobile-phone.
According to Allen Nogee, a principal analyst with market research firm In-Stat/MDR, he said "Laptop vendors are interested in embedded 3G modems because it offers them the potential to differentiate their products and cellular carriers think it may encourage a few more users to rely on their services".
Whether this will turn into reality or not remains a mystery as embedding a 3G modem into a laptop is not cheap and the modems lock customers into specific operators’ services which is an unappealing option to the users. Furthermore, they still have other alternatives such as Wi-Fi which maybe cheaper and faster to use as well. Going for an unlimited 3G data package tends to be expensive and how often would most users work with a cellular data service? Other problems include 3G carriers have been upgrading their networks so rapidly and so often to support faster transmission speeds. For example, it had evolved from GPRS to Edge then to 3G and now 3G with HSDPA technology.
No one knows whether this idea will work or not in the near future. Only time will tell. Laptop vendors are struggling to keep the cost down as users often only look for cheap and useable laptops. Slapping a device at 1/4 of the total laptop price would not help the vendors in any way at all.
The article was summerized from http://www.technewsworld.com/story/50398.html
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