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Novatel’s MiFi Router Gets Smarter, with Apps

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“The first MiFi apps will let the device act as a shared network
drive, negotiate VPNs and upload photos. Currently available in
bothVerizon Wireless and Sprint versions, the MiFi is a
credit-card-sized router which translates cellular 3G signal into a
Wi-Fi bubble, so Wi-Fi computers and gadgets can get online
anywhere.

“The apps come as part of the MiFi Developer Program, a very
selective partner program where Novatel is picking around 10
developers to produce official apps which will then be approved by
the MiFi’s wireless carriers, Novatel chief marketing officer Rob
Hadley said.”

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