Review Date March 20, 2009  Sprint 3G/4G USB Modem U300    •
Pros      Only combo 3G/WiMAX modem currently on the market.
WiMAX is incredibly fast.    • Cons Driver disc is problematic
in some optical drives. EV-DO modem isn't the fastest.
Currently, WiMAX has a very limited availability.   • Bottom
Line      When Sprint gets its act together, the U300 cellular
modem will be a good way to roam between WiMAX and 3G networks
on a laptop, but it's not quite there yet.  By Sascha Segan  The
Sprint 3G/4G USB Modem U300 is the first combination device
capable of roaming between 3G and superfast WiMAX networks.
Great! The big hiccups, though: WiMAX is currently available in
only two U.S. cities, and the U300 is available in only one of
those two. What's more, Sprint and Clearwire's WiMAX strategies
are still a bit incoherent.  Compare Similar Products  Compare
Selected  The U300 isn't Sprint's best EV-DO modem (that would
be the Sierra Wireless 598U), but the U300 does get points for
being the first hybrid modem. It