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    Thinkvantage with Sierra Wireless Aircard 503?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by eanaddare, Jul 25, 2010.

  1. eanaddare

    eanaddare Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello guys,

    Disheartened by the sold out of CTO X201 with the great 3 yr warranty and various goodies (in bloody TWO days!), I turned my head to the X201s and an optional WWAN adapter. The Sierra Wireless Aircard 503 seems a wise choice on paper due to its 21Mbps download speed. I never own a WWAN express card so I have a few questions:
    1. Does it have a smaller footprint than the USB version, that is, lesser bit to stick out from the PC?
    2. How secure does the express card 34 sit in the X201s express card 54 socket?
    3. How does its HSPA performance compare to the internal Gobi2000 option of X201?
    4. Could this WWAN card be integrated with the Thinkvantage software? Since in the Thinkvantage Access Connection page it only vaguely stated support of "Sierra Wireless HSDPA Network Adapter"

    Thank you very much.
     
    eanaddare, Jul 25, 2010
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