My first foray on to the 3G MacBook Air via the BlackBerry Storm satisfactory results. Here, on the Blackberry as a 3G modem via Bluetooth. In Bluetooth obstacle, however, can be frustrating (it is close to 2G, as 3G), where there is a need for speed. So, I turned to physically tethered connection via USB. 

Let me preface this by explaining why I am opposed to the tethered (wired) USB connection first. Simply put, the idea to connect and disconnect in the clunky USB cable, with VZAccess Manager (Verizon) software, and then find a place to put the Storm (if I’m not sitting next to a flat surface), it seems like too much overhead.

And not only that. Verizon does not do so easily. To date, there is no documentation or support software for BlackBerry 3G USB on the MacBook. In short, you have to use the version of VZAccess Manager, which is listed for smartphones Motorola. (More here.)

(Apple could fix all this, of course, by creating an elegant internal 3G option MacBooks.)

Nevertheless, it was relatively painless to install and connect (it may be, it took 15 minutes). And better news is that this is indeed 3G connection: even the al-Laden, multimedia-intensive Web pages loaded relatively quickly - which is not the case with Bluetooth.

and, as I mentioned in a previous post, external 3G phone / modem, 3G is a movable feast. Can I use BlackBerry with any notebook, yet it is Bluetooth or USB-port (which is almost every laptop on the market).

Internal modems, 3G, on the other hand, married on the same computer and only one computer. Each computer requires a separate subscription and $ 60 (more or less) per month.

There is a USB “stick” version of the modem, of course. I can not decide that because I’ve never tried. On the way I see it: use existing 3G on your mobile phone. It is cheaper on the USB modem: from Verizon, about $ 30 a month for tethering to $ 60 for a special modem.

Or, if this option does not appeal to you, choose a notebook with an internal modem version of 3G.

Which brings me to Apple’s lack of (at zero), the victim in this department. Even with the presumed benefits of an external modem, as described above, I still prefer the 3G modem built-in option on the MacBook Air.

Apple takes note: there is a modem technology called Qualcomm Gobi, which does not bind the user to one service provider. Users can choose between Verizon and AT & T or another provider. This would at least be offered as an option for high-end version of a future MacBook.

Apple, are you interested in? Why do I get the feeling you do not.