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Wilson Electronics announces Sleek 4G signal booster with multi-carrier support (update: hands-on!)

Sunday, January 6, 2013 19:11
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If you’ve ever found yourself on a lone road in the middle of nowhere with zero bars of reception on your phone, it’s quite likely that you’ve entertained the idea of grabbing a signal booster. Wilson Electronics, one of the best known manufacturers of such devices, is introducing its latest Sleek 4G booster at CES. What makes this version different from the models launched just a few months ago? Instead of needing separate boosters for AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile, it’s now capable of supporting phones, tablets and hotspots on all three, as well as legacy signals for all other US carriers. Head to the press release for more details. Update: We actually had a chance to catch up with Wilson Electronics here at CES Unveiled 2013 and spend some brief time with the Sleek 4G signal booster. For a piece of kit that can take virtually any U.S. wireless frequency (with Nextel and WiMAX as the only exceptions) and amplify it, the Sleek 4G signal booster is a quite unassuming black, plastic accessory. The add-on, which is set to retail for $199, works by plugging into any smartphone via USB — yes, your phone will have to be on to power it — and features a switch alongside that port to toggle between AT&T and Verizon’s LTE. Considering the ever-growing sizes of smartphones these days, Wilson’s seen fit to include three sets of extenders in the box to accommodate whatever handset you happen to sporting. It begins shipping next week, so if you typically have issues with cell reception, this could very well be one (pricey) solution. Gallery: Wilson Electronics Sleek 4G signal booster hands-on at CES Unveiled 2013 Joseph Volpe and Sarah Silbert contributed to this report.Continue reading Wilson Electronics announces Sleek 4G signal booster with multi-carrier support (update: hands-on!)Filed under: Cellphones, Peripherals, Wireless, MobileComments

source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/06/wilson-electronics-sleek-4g/



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