Novatel Wireless, who makes a broad range of 3G PC cards and embedded modules has partnered with Autonet Mobile to integrate the Novatel Expedite E725 PCI Express mini card into the Autonet Mobile solution.

If you’ve rented a Car from Avis in the San Francisco area then you’re already familiar with Autonet Mobile, they’re the folks that delivered Avis Connect which enabled your rental car to become a wi-fi hot spot for $10.95 a day.

The solution is going to allow multiple users/devices to connect to the Internet from inside the car at 3G speeds. The E725 (datasheet) is capable of operating in the following spaces:

• EV-DO Rev A
• CDMA2000 1X 800
• 1900 Mhz networks

So what’s this all gonna cost? Well, Autonet Mobile hasn’t gone out of their way to demonstrate what their Products and Services cost, I’d challenge you to go find it on their site. You’ll need to dig deep; real deep… in fact, all the way down to this very first Press Release dated Jan 02, 2007. It indicates that the Autonet Mobile device retails for $399 and has a monthly service charge of $49. Whoa, $49 for 3G speeds? That’s 3.1Mbps if you get it. Compare that to your DSL Price/Speed or Cable Price/Speed. I’m getting Verizon FiOS into my house, 20Mb up and 20Mb down for $44.95 per month. $49 just doesn’t seem reasonable to me.

What do you think; would you pay $49 for this? You could be seeing it as an option in the near future on your next new Car purchase, Autonet is targeting the new car automobile industry in addition to OEM after market add-ons.

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I just read this on RCRWirelessNews and one bit struck me as odd.

“Brown’s announcement also reflected that Motorola’s troubles are deeper than generally acknowledged by the company or analysts. The company has not revealed a follow-on platform to its Razr handset, it missed the global ramp in 3G devices, its smartphone offerings are minimal in a profitable growth area, it made a failed attempt to chase Nokia Corp. in global market share, and has been slow to reveal the depth of its woes.” Read the rest

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I was just about to call it a day when I noticed that I had an unopened cyberguys email. Cyberguys is a kickbutt computer products supplier who I happen to love so I just had to open the email. Anyhow, it catches my attention not because of the email subject but in the main graphic I see this bit about Mobile Wireless Connection Sharing using a 3G Router!

If you’re a mobile geek then you probably just said “sweet”! This hugger is compatible with all 3G Networks including EV-DO, EDGE and UMTS. It also doubles as a 802.11G(no N though).

Here’s the full feature list:

And here are the compatible 3G network cards:

For $269, I think I’m going to buy one if my wife doesn’t catch me doing it I just gotta try this thing out and see how well it operates.

Ok, now I’m closing out for the day but before I do just a reminder that on my About Page I have a full disclosure statement regarding the companies that I choose to blog about. I do not get paid to blog about these companies. I do however run AdSense Ads on my blog. That covers my hosting expenses basically. I do expect to be introducing my own “Sponsors Ad Program” very shortly but that’s another post.

I am a huge fan of Cyberguys and this won’t be the last time I mention them but they’re not paying me to talk their stuff up! If you have mobile related stuff and want it covered, just drop me an email or give me a call. My number is on the About Page.

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