Katherine Boehret in The Digital Solution on March 20 at 5:09 pm PT
NetZero, known for offering free dial-up access in exchange for watching ads, is back and is applying its budget-conscious approach to mobile broadband.
Ina Fried in Mobile on March 16 at 11:26 am PT
AT&T says it is still working on the capability, which lets the iPad serve as an Internet connection for a laptop or other Wi-Fi device.
Ina Fried in Mobile on March 7 at 2:12 pm PT
AT&T and Verizon will each sell LTE-capable versions of the new iPad, but buyers will have to decide between the two at purchase.
Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on May 4, 2011 at 6:00 pm PT
Walt answers a reader’s question on using a smartphone’s hot spot to replace an Internet service.
Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on March 23, 2011 at 6:19 pm PT
Verizon’s ThunderBolt 4G cellphone is a speed demon, zipping past rival 4G phones’ cellular-data speeds and even past many home land-line Internet connections.
Ina Fried in Mobile on March 23, 2011 at 4:00 am PT
In the past, Boingo’s software pointed people only to its paid Wi-Fi hotspots. A new release, though, will show free locations as well.
Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on March 16, 2011 at 6:23 pm PT
Walt answers readers’ questions on the iPad 2, the iPhone’s hot spot and virtual keyboards.
Ina Fried in Mobile on March 10, 2011 at 6:50 am PT
As expected, one will be able to find the iPad 2 in AT&T stores starting on Friday.
AT&T will also start offering iPhone 4 customers a personal hotspot option for $20 extra per month, including 2 GB of additional data.
Ina Fried in Mobile on March 9, 2011 at 10:17 am PT
Cupertino issues the OS update ahead of its original plan, which would have had it out on Friday.
The update brings faster Web browsing and improved media streaming to the iPad and recent iPhone and iPod Touch models. For iPhone 4 users, it will also add the ability to act as a portable hotspot–a feature already present on Verizon models.
