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Owners of Acer’s Aspire One mini laptop will soon get the USB 3G modem support so many of them have been crying out for without having to replace Linux with Windows XP.
Robert Perenz, Acer Europe’s product manager for the AA1, confirmed that the machine has the ability to support HSDPA dongles, but admitted the missing link is a utility to initiate and managed connections to carriers.
However, that will be rectified in the coming weeks, he promised here at IFA, Berlin today.
Right now, the Linux version of the AA1 won’t support a USB HSDPA modem out of the box – though there’s a flyer in the package that invites owners to download code that will allow the Small, Cheap Computer to do so.
So far, though, Acer has yet to release the code.
The Connection Manager utility works, Perenz told Register Hardware, and is now undergoing final testing ahead of its release.
In the meantime, some AA1 owners have turned to a Linux version of Vodafone’s Mobile Connect in a bid to get their SCCs connecting at mobile broadband speeds. However, the utility doesn’t support all the available HSPDA modems, only those resold by the carrier.
The arrival of Acer’s own utility is also a step toward the release of an internal HSDPA module for the AA1, space for which – and for a SIM card – already exists within the laptop.
Thanks to RegHardware.co.uk for the info.
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[...] Original post by KiNG [...]
Well, live update just installed a ton of patches for me this morning but HSDPA support was not among them!
3G HSDPA mmm. Not supported out of the box. I configured mine to work with Ubuntu 8.0.4.1. See my blog http://www.tuxvaio.blogspot.com for a howto or even better the Ubuntu Forum. Cna be done. When up and running it works a treat. Linpus Linux could have had a simple utility for USB GPRS/UMTS like the inspired writers of the custom Xandros OS on the EEEPC. THEY CHOSE NOT TO. Linpus Lite sucks and doesn’t advertise Linux very well at all for newcomers. I am yet to run a dmesg amd dmidecode to see if the kernel actually sees this device on another AA0. I’ve wiped Linpus Lite clean off my AA0. If any user out there hates the command line ( Linux newbies should at least try to learn it because it is highly useful. I loathed at first and remained a newbie even after seven years of using Linux) wait for Mandriva 2009 to be released. The Huawei E220 definitely worked in Mandriva One (2008.0). I tried it myself. Nice graphical wizard holds your hand and walks you through.Modem worked a treat.
Actually, with the help of a veteran, I did get the modem running and working; but the latest updates broke it for some reason. Worse for me, the new audio driver causes mayhem with the One’s sound output. Huge increase in noise, particularly from one of the channels!
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