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IT'S THE BEST!
By BRUCE
- June 13, 2009
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By BRUCE
IT'S THE BEST!
- June 13, 2009
IT IS GREAT. IT'S FAST. I HAVE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH IT. YOU CAN'T REALLY ASK FOR MORE.
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Review 2 for Aircard® 597E by Sierra Wireless
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SMOKIN !
By Cliff Bowden
- June 3, 2009
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By Cliff Bowden
SMOKIN !
- June 3, 2009
I am a full time RVer, so I travel all over. I have my card plugged into a Cradlepoint wireless router with a Wilson external antenna and amplifier. We run three computers at the same time with hardly any slowdown. My son plays World of Warcraft and says it runs faster than at his friends house, which has high speed cable. My only complaint is that the software is only for Microsoft or Mac. All my computers run UBUNTU software (Linux), so I am not able to download any updates for my card.
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Review 3 for Aircard® 597E by Sierra Wireless
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Just like Phone
By BillH
- May 9, 2009
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By BillH
Just like Phone
- May 9, 2009
I bought this card to use at work, and the reception is bad. On par with dial-up. I have an outside antenna, and it still blows. Sprint tells me its the area I'm in....well, isn't this the 3G network?? Where is all the reception? Don't expect wonders when you get this card. It's only as good as the phone reception.
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Review 4 for Aircard® 597E by Sierra Wireless
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Love my Sierra AC597E
By livingpowerfully
- July 14, 2008
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By livingpowerfully
Love my Sierra AC597E
- July 14, 2008
I love my Sierra AC597E. I have incredible connection speeds and am not tied to "hot spots." I am on the go all the time with my business and this allows me to connect with my customers whenever I want and nearly where ever I am.
Highly recommend.
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Review 5 for Aircard® 597E by Sierra Wireless
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curve
By RANDY
- June 9, 2008
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By RANDY
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- June 9, 2008
sharp and very userfriendly smartphone.... took a little bit to ger use to comming from the palm treo.. but love the applications and impressed with the on screen display...over all i love the new phone.....
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Review 6 for Aircard® 597E by Sierra Wireless
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Awesome little phone!
By Kelly
- May 20, 2008
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By Kelly
Awesome little phone!
- May 20, 2008
I LOVE this phone. I have had it for about a week now. It has all the features you could possibly want or think about in a phone. I had a Treo before which I was really disappointed in. The sync feature was really sad...it never would sync right and burned the battery down. On the Curve, the battery is great and what can I say...you cannot beat the immediate email notification of a blackberry phone! the keys are great and the camera has great quality. The other huge improvement for me was the quality of the web browser. It's almost like you're viewing a web site on a computer because it's so easy to read and view the content.
The only feature I do miss not having is...having the blackberry phone remember usernames, email addresses and things you enter into websites on a regular basis. I've asked 3 people at Sprint and one person who has had a blackberry for awhile and apparently it's a security feature so you have to type everything in every time. It would also be nice to have a different tone play for each person who text messages you...but that's just my preference! Other than that, it has everything you could want!
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Review 7 for Aircard® 597E by Sierra Wireless
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Great product
By Coach
- May 12, 2008
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By Coach
Great product
- May 12, 2008
This is a great product. I use it all the time. I was able to use while in the car and trying to a couple of offices. I have used it to access the internet when our office internet crashed.
value- i think it is a litte high in monthly price
installation - was extremely easy and had no problem
software - the software controls the data card very smoothly
connectivity - i haven't had a place where i couldn't connect yet.
performance - it is relatively fast but fastest of the different companies.
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Review 8 for Aircard® 597E by Sierra Wireless
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Absolutely the greatest
By Meredith
- May 6, 2008
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By Meredith
Absolutely the greatest
- May 6, 2008
I held off on rating until I'd had the card for about 6 months. I recommend it to anyone who has a laptop and who doesn't want to be shackled to hot spots. I always have great speed; the only reason I gave a 9 on connectivity was that a few times I've had to make more than one attempt to connect. The positive outweighs the negative exponentially.
I got slightly misplaced in another city not long after I got it so I just pulled off the road, started up my laptop, and pulled up a Google map. It was so nice not to have to find the nearest Starbucks or wherever.
I also raced my coworker last month--he has the Verizon card--and I won. This card results in faster browsing than theirs. I won't be without one from now on.
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Review 9 for Aircard® 597E by Sierra Wireless
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Superb!
By I Cox
- May 5, 2008
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By I Cox
Superb!
- May 5, 2008
Installed in a jiffy, with no complications at all. It works *great* -- I get wireless data on Sprint in many places my Verizon phone cannot even get a signal! MUCH better than hunting for wifi signals.
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Great Performance!
By Doug
- April 20, 2008
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By Doug
Great Performance!
- April 20, 2008
I am now cable free and for the most part do not notice signifigant service degradation. This card really works! I've been able to connect virtually anywhere there is a cellular signal in North America.
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That's the good stuff!
By Jose Argueta
- March 27, 2008
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By Jose Argueta
That's the good stuff!
- March 27, 2008
Well I first thought it was just to try it. The, I ralized that it was just like bringing my home based internet everywhere I go. This is where the good stuff starts at because, now, I can work on a parkin lot and when I get home I have time to do other things. All I have to write now to finnish this lines is to thank to the people who created this little brain to do such amazing things.
Great stuff!
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Review 12 for Aircard® 597E by Sierra Wireless
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Great product
By Brian
- March 17, 2008
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By Brian
Great product
- March 17, 2008
Great datacard. Includes a GPS feature and is powerful, picks up signal where others do not.
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Review 13 for Aircard® 597E by Sierra Wireless
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Totally impressed
By Timothy Hall
- October 16, 2007
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By Timothy Hall
Totally impressed
- October 16, 2007
Highly recommended! Bought this card, installed the software a week ago and so far I haven't found a single area that it won't connect and downloaded and upload as rapidly as my cable connection at home.
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