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FreedomPop is a “freemium” Internet service provider; a relatively new company (publicly launched in 2012) but one with fantastic products and backed by some major league players like the people from Skype. FreedomPop offers wireless hotspot devices with free mobile data in addition to free home broadband and has recently launched America’s first free cellular smart phone service. We had the opportunity to review two of FreedomPop‘s mobile devices; the Freedom Spot Overdrive Pro (a 4G and 3G hotspot for multiple devices), and the Freedom Stick Bolt (instant internet connection from any USB port).

Freedom Stick BoltFreedom Stick Bolt

The Bolt requires no wires or charging cables. You simply plug it into any device with a USB port and instant broadband Internet access is delivered. It only takes a few seconds to connect and no WiFi hotspot is created, it’s simply plug-and-play. Typical online tasks can painlessly be done — stream HD 1080p videos from YouTube, play high quality online browser-based games with little to no lag on the highest graphics settings, and of course it works perfectly doing some simple browsing or online shopping. Speed test results were not too bad, about 4 ½ Mbps down and 1 Mbps up, however, this was only with a reception of 3 out of 5 bars. With perfect reception you can expect up to about 12Mbps down.

Overall this little USB stick is a great device. The build quality is fairly decent and it’s great that it supports virtually any device with a USB port. The LEDs are a nice touch to see your signal strength.

The only drawback is that it is a bit wide so it may be difficult to use a computer’s second USB port while using the device. Nonetheless, it is relatively the same size as other products on the market and it is extremely portable; you can easily slip it into your pocket or book bag.

Freedom Spot Overdrive Pro

Overdrive Pro

The Overdrive Pro basically creates a WiFi hotspot that allows up to 8 devices to be connected (computers, smartphones, tablets, etc.) simultaneously. One of the best features is that you can set a password to secure your network and be sure that only the people who have the password can connect and use your data. The battery lasts for about 6 or more hours and you charge it through the provided micro-USB cable and a wall charger. It is also small, about the size of a pad of sticky notes, making it incredibly easy to be on the go with. Reception was hit and miss while testing the Overdrive Pro but for the most part it worked rather well and the build quality is great.

FreedomPop Service

An important thing to keep in mind is when going through the sign up process that you pay attention to what you are signing up for so you’re not spendThe most enticing part of FreedomPop‘s service is that it is contract-free, meaning you can cancel at any time as well as renew it whenever you would like. This is what gives FreedomPop a leg up on the bigger competition such as Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint. Additionally, there are no data caps or speed-throttling and you get 500 free MB each month with any 4G-only plan. You can also get another free 500MB monthly when you refer your friends and you can get additional unlimited free data by completing offers and surveys.

Finally, the last thing to notice is that they will show that your first month’s service is free, which it is, but after that first month your credit card will be charged for the 2GB plan. The first month is a free trial of the 2GB plan so you can get a feel for the service and gauge how much data you may need, but you can always downgrade to the free 500MB 4G plan and add friends for extra data that will renew each month. In summation, you are only charged if you choose to continue on the 2GB plan and you can downgrade to the free plan at any time. Nonetheless, it is still extreing any money on extras that you do not actually need. A lot of FreedomPop‘s extras like Online Security and Data Rollover are free for the first month but will cost you a couple of dollars afterword. However, Data Rollover is an excellent and extremely affordable option to save up to 20GBs of data for when you might be traveling or away for an extended period of time.

mely cheap and contract-free compared to the big companies like Verizon and AT&T and they do tell you the price that you pay after the first month in smaller print; like anything you just have to make sure you that read the details and do not rush through the sign up.

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Verizon iPhone Shipping in December

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Pegatron Technology has been identified as manufacturer of the new model CDMA iPhone, and a report in Digitimes tells us that company expects to ship 10 million of these things next year.

More than this, Pegatron is ramping up its manufacturing base for these things, installing new machinery and hiring a several legions of new employees (10,000, in fact) to make the Apple mobiles.

Pegatron boss Jason Chang wouldn’t say anything about Apple, but was seen to say that the staff increase was mainly “to handle growing smartphone business”, and to predict strong revenues in 2011.

Pegatron is also reportedly attempting to secure manufacturing orders for MacBooks and iPads.

The big news? Pegatron will start shipping the CDMA iPhone 4 in December…

Apple Planning to Produce CDMA iPhones in December

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According to Jeffery Fidacaro, an analysts with Susquehanna Financial Group, several people within Apple’s overseas factories and supply chain report that the company will begin assembling CDMA iPhones in December. We’ve previously heard rumors that a CDMA iPhone will be released in January of 2011. If Apple truly does plan on assembling it’s first batch of CDMA phones in December, it is said that they’ll have produced at least 3 million units by January 1.

Even though this may be exiting news for many people, it should be taken lightly. Earlier this year, before the iPad was announced, Fidacaro projected the device would include a 4200RPM spinning hard drive (which it doesn’t) as well as an Intel Atom mobile processor (again, which it doesn’t).

Verizon iPhone Likely to Come in January 2011

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Recently there have been numerous rumors about the new iPhone that’s supposed to be announced in 2011. The reason why TechGeec hasn’t reported any of these rumors are because they’re still just rumors and we’ve been hearing rumors about a Verizon iPhone for the past three years since the original iPhone came out. But now it seems as if our hopes for this new iPhone might be coming true.

To start off, Verizon Wireless (United States) uses CMDA technology to store information for their phones unlike AT&T’s and T-Mobile’s SIM cards. CDMA technology requires absolutely no cards of any sort. All the information is stored by the cellular company (in this case Verizon Wireless).

John Gruber, a reliable source for Apple “rumors”, announced recently that the CDMA iPhone (again, it doesn’t have to be for Verizon, it can also be released for Sprint who also uses CDMA) is codenamed N92. The current iPhone 4 was codenamed N89 before it was released. Gruber also reported that this CDMA iPhone is in the EVT (Engineering Verification Testing) phase. This phase limits Apple to testing one device inside their labs (or wherever Apple tests the phones before they go out into the wild). The next testing phase would be DVT (Design Verification Test) where Apple employees are allowed to take the phones out into the world to test them (this is the phase in which the iPhone 4 was in when it was “lost”).

Enhancing the rumor of the CDMA iPhone, TechCrunch’s Steve Cheney reported that Apple is ordering millions of CDMA chips from Qualcomm. Assuming Gruber was correct in his claim that Apple is in the EVT phase, then this would be the ideal time for Apple to purchase this many CDMA chips if the phone will be released/announced in January 2011.

Also this week, AT&T revealed in a filing to the SEC (U.S. Security and Exchange Commission) that it is warning it’s investors about possible negative effects when “exclusivity arrangements end” for popular smartphones and the only exclusive and popular smartphone for AT&T is the iPhone. This report does seem to help these rumors develop even more because huge companies would not risk upsetting their investors for no good reason unless they feel absolutely necessary.

The last strong addition to the 2011 CDMA iPhone is that Verizon Wireless’s CEO, Ivan Seidenberg, was selected to give the high-profile keynote address at the 2011 International CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas this coming January. The head of next years CES reportedly said that he’s “looking forward to hear about Verizon’s next generation of products”.

Now again, none of these facts point directly at a CDMA iPhone in 2011. I, myself, have doubts about this because Apple’s and AT&T’s exclusivity contract ends in 2012, not 2011. For a Verizon (or Sprint) iPhone to be released prior to the contract expiring would mean that either both companies would have to agree on breaking the contract (I don’t see why AT&T would do this) or that Apple would have to buy AT&T out of the contract. And what I find interesting is that no one has said anything about their exculisivity contract and how it ends in 2012. On the other hand, these rumors are pretty convincing and so I’m holding out on replacing my LG Voyager (Verizon) this year until a CDMA iPhone is released (or not released) this coming January.

Be sure to leave a comment on this post telling what you think about these rumors and the January 2011 “CDMA iPhone”.