Mobile internet access with EVDO and HSDPA - overview

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Mobile internet access with EVDO and HSDPA

Overview

Imagine being able to check and send email from the back of a taxi, order business supplies while you wait for your lunch to arrive, and print important memos to your office printer while standing in line for your morning latte. With Mobile Broadband service and a notebook computer, you get relatively high-speed, secure internet access anywhere you get cell phone coverage.
There are two competing Mobile Broadband standards: EVDO (Evolution Data Optimized) and HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access). This guide explores the basic differences between the two standards, focuses on the benefits to your business, and examines the security of mobile internet access. You'll also find out how to select a Mobile Broadband carrier and determine if mobile internet access services are available in your area.
The sections of this guide include:
» What is EVDO and HSDPA: learn about the EVDO networking standard and how it differs from HSDPA and Wi-Fi
» Benefits of Mobile Broadband: identify ways that EVDO can improve your business practices and create efficiency
» Explore components: identify the components of an integrated wireless WAN (WWAN) system
» Identify types of products with mobile internet access: determine which types of products come equipped with EVDO or HSDPA wireless technology and those you can modify for the technologies
» Product information: browse HP's products with integrated wireless WAN technology
» Next: What is EVDO and HSDPA

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