The New Sign of Cool: The Mobile Broadband Mark Everyone Will Want on Their Laptop

Great news in the laptop world. And no, it's not about the MacBook.

Big names like T-Mobile, Dell, Ericsson, Toshiba, Vodafone and more are banding together to provide more internet pleasure on your laptop.

These big name companies have recently announced that they will be putting a mark on your laptop. A brand spankin' new mark on your laptop to help you, the laptop consumer, understand more about your laptop and its capabilities.



This mark will let you know if your laptop is ready to use mobile internet services. The mobile broadband market is growing quickly, and expected to keep growing. So these big-name companies want to integrate laptops into the market by having them come with built-in support for mobile broadband.
The new mark looks like a stylized cloud or bird. Not sure what that has to do with mobile broadband, but hey, whatever floats your boat ... or laptop.

We could call it the mark of freedom. Maybe that's where the bird comes into play. Still not sure about the cloud.

The new mobile broadband technology brings so much into the realm of possibilities for internet access on your laptop. The boat, train, plane will not be safe from your internet surfing. Actually, you won't be able to use it on the plane, so that will still be safe.

It also brings up a cool factor. You no longer have to pay to use internet cafes ... or be tethered to the wireless hotspots found at various coffee shops or bookstores around the country. Forget the chains and shackles there, your laptop has the "mark" of freedom on it, you can go where you need to go.

On top of that, you won't have people staring at you as you move 15 feet from one spot to another to try to catch an unsecure wireless signal for your laptop. You'll be able to sit in one place and get all the access you need. It brings a new meaning to the word "cool."

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