Digigear EXP-USB USB to USB Mode ExpressCard Host Adapter with USB extend cable for 3G AirCard AT&T Cingular Sprint Verizon Marlin Novatel EX720 V740 XU870

List Price: $38.50 Discount Price: $12.98

Features:

• Compatible with all USB 2.0-MODE ExpressCards including many WLAN, WiMax, 3G (HSDPA and CDMA) and memory
• Package includes: EXP-USB Adapter & USB Extend Cable(please see picture)
• USB bus powered, no power adapter required. Compact and portable design with low power consumption
• Up to USB High Speed 480Mbps (Megabits) interface access to host systems with USB 2.0
• NOT WORK WITH any ExpressCard using the PCI Express (PCIe) portion of the ExpressCard standard

Customer Reviews:

works great with V640 [Posted on 2007-11-25]
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R3ULTSPYU7BHJN Quick positive review on the Digigear USB adapter for the ExpressCard34 EVDO cards. I used it on the V640 from Verizon and it worked!

Allison
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Works w/Cradlepoint ps300 and Verizon V740 [Posted on 2007-12-28]
This USB adapter works perfectly w/the Novatel V740 for Verizon plugged either into my laptop or into the Cradlepoint PS300 battery-powered EVDO router. It works, its small and its cheap - perfect for me.

Works great [Posted on 2008-03-22]
I own a Novatel ex720 express card that I was using in a laptop that I recently replaced. Unforunately, the new laptop did not have an express card slot.I was considering purchasing a new USB card when I came across this adapter. The price was right with little to lose if it did not work as hoped.

The adapter works great with no reduction in performance of the ex720 that I can detect. This was a very low cost solution to my problem.

Doors will open [Posted on 2008-06-27]
I have a verizon broadband card that works in my laptop PC and my eventual plan is to stop using my laptop as my main computer and return to a desktop. I tried plugging my V740 card into the USB adaptor and found it to work perfectly on my laptop. From this I'm sure it should work on my new refurbished quad-core with Vista desktop, when I finally get around to installing the desktop and becoming familiar with Vista. So at this point I'm real happy because my other plan was to buy a PC expresscard slot adaptor to install to the PCI slots on the mother board. This is simpler. Reason for this is that here in SC, AT&T (current wired phone provider) cannot or will not provide DSL services in my neighborhood so I'm stuck with Verizon broadband services for faster Internet service (dial-up in my neighborhood is slower than 56 kps; 14 to 48 kps, mostly at the lower end). So the Verizon broadband service via this adaptor should get me faster Internet on a desktop, until DSL arrives. However, I believe that Verizon now provides a broadband card that uses USB instead of the expresscard slot, but this was not an option when I started my broadband service so this adaptor is cheap and I believe works for what I intend which for me is easily worth the 5 stars -- I'm easily pleased.

Failed after a week [Posted on 2008-06-28]
I received the usb express card adapter to use with an Asus mini laptop I just bought. Initially it performed very well. The second time I plugged it into the usb port, it shut down the computer. Tried the third time while on the phone with Asus tech support and it worked again. Next time and ever since, it has not worked. Plugged just the adapter into another Dell Inspiron laptop and got the message that an over voltage drain was detected and the port would be shut down. My guess is a short in the short wire that connects the Express card slot to the usb connector. Don't have the original packaging, so I guess it's just trash. Ordered and am now using a SIIG unit that is larger and seems more robust and hopefully will continue working. I wouldn't recommend this product based on my experience, but I see others have had no problems and are very pleased. It is more compact and easier to carry with a laptop. So you decide, but just hang onto all the packaging and stuff for a few weeks and make sure it continues to work.

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