If she were in Seattle she could have flipped open a MBP and used her Novatel XU870 and used HSDPA to enter…

My Samsung ZX-20 recently gave up the ghost and I got a XU870 as I figure I’d just kill another ZX20 (the poor thing gets hot enough to cook eggs when i tether it).

I must say, I was incredibly impressed with how well the XU870 was integrated right out of the box by Mac OS X. Slide in SIM, slide card into Mac, menu pops up in upper right menu bar, click on it, select connect: a few seconds later you’re online. That’s out of the box, no CD to install. My Mom could handle it. :)