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Macbook Air Internal EVDO Broadband Card Mod

Posted by timothy on from the evdo-wants-to-be-free dept.

Sastira writes "Jordan Bunnell has successfully modded his Macbook Air to use an internal EVDO Broadband card. In order to make everything fit, he had to sacrifice the WiFi and bluetooth cards, but considering the portable nature of the laptop, it is a small price to pay for being truly wireless." (You'll need to scroll down past the sketchy-looking top section of that page.) Sastira also links to this InsanelyMac forum thread on the mod.

8 of 68 comments (clear)

  1. My external EVD0 card is portable, too. by mbone · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Uh, my EVD0 USB dongle from Sprint is about 2.5 inches long, and weighs 2.01 ounces. I carry my MacBook around all of the time with it attached and in use. I sure wouldn't give up WiFi and Bluetooth to put it inside.

    1. Re:My external EVD0 card is portable, too. by dave024 · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Yeah but you can use wifi to setup a network between your iPhone and computer, and get on the internet on your computer using EDGE.

    2. Re:My external EVD0 card is portable, too. by dave024 · · Score: 2, Informative

      Step by step directions: http://turanchox.com/?p=5

  2. Drop WiFi? by alanmeyer · · Score: 3, Insightful

    In order to make everything fit, he had to sacrifice the WiFi and bluetooth cards, but considering the portable nature of the laptop, it is a small price to pay for being truly wireless Losing bluetooth is OK perhaps, but losing Wireless is far too big of a price to pay. Even the best connection via Verizon is slow, relative to wireless. Too bad
  3. Re:Truly wireless? by Uncle+Focker · · Score: 2, Funny

    Lets call it truly wireless when no cords, including power cords, come in the box, or are required, ever. I also look forward to the day that batteries charge themselves through magic.
  4. Bluetooth tethered phone? by zerofoo · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I have a Macbook Air and I solved this problem by tethering my Palm 700wx via bluetooth to my MBA. No hacking, no sacrifices (WiFi and Bluetooth still intact).

    Apart from the fun of moding - why would anyone else do this?

    -ted

  5. You're not worthy by klubar · · Score: 2, Funny

    If apple wanted you to have verizon access... they would have built it in. If it's not there, you don't need it.

    Besides, if you want a computer that you can modify then you don't deserve to own a Macintosh.

    Nothing to see here. Go back to your boring gray PC please.

  6. Nice. by widderslainte · · Score: 2, Informative

    Sacrifice wi-fi? Isn't it already missing an ethernet port? Nice way to make it worthless in an office, or even a home LAN for that matter.