Butt Ugly Novatell Ovation U720 EV-DO Modem

The Sprint Novatel Wireless Ovation U720 is the new gangly black USB dongle that is supposed to bring blessed broadband speeds to geeky types using the device in Sprints Rev A EV-DO network. I used this very device in Vegas for this years CES and was more than a bit disappointed with the speeds which were more like circa 1995 dial up that my home broad band connection. Maybe we were just in a bad spot at my hotel but I wasn’t impressed. Nonetheless, I hear others had better user experiences than I and the device was even fast for some of them. You do get a USB cable with the beast that has two USB heads, which they say you need to guarantee the dongle has enough power at all times, though it will work with one but your speeds could be affected.

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