Australia gets a 3G HSDPA ExpressCard (Novatel's Merlin XU870)

The latest iteration of 3's NetConnect mobile broadband package is as much about future-proofing as it is about future itself. It's the first ExpressCard of its kind to be launched in Australia -- news that will bring cheers from most road warriors who've bought a notebook in the past 12 months, especially if it was a MacBook Pro.

The NetConnect card (a rebadged version of Novatel's Merlin XU870) adopts the slim footprint of the ExpressCard/34 format, so named for the card's 34mm width...

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