Sprint 4G on OSX…NOT!

After scouring the web and being on the phone for ~25 minutes with Sprint technical support, I was unable to get anyone to give me an ETA on when drivers for OSX 10.6 would be available for their U300 3G/WiMax(4G) USB card.

To me, it seems really strange that even though ‘Clear’, a company that is 51% owned by Sprint, can release a driver for their U300 3G/WiMax(4G) card for Mac OSX 10.6, but Sprint cannot. Don’t they share their Intellectual property? It just seems odd.

Personally, the only reason I haven’t just gone and opened a Clear account, is that Clear would charge me for the hardware. Currently, Sprint offers this as a (essentially) free upgrade (with 2 year commitment, which is fine with me). However, it does no good to upgrade, if it won’t work with my primary computer and Operating System.

As an open request to Sprint, “Please get your act together and release drivers for Mac OSX 10.6”. This isn’t rocket science.

Update:

As it turns out, the latest ‘Clear’ software update does NOT support the U300, as of yet. So, I guess I owe an apology to Sprint.

However,  on Sprints website for this item, it shows ‘Incompatible with Mac OS systems.‘. The Clear.com website shows ‘Mac OS X coming soon’.

So, what’s the deal? I guess we just have to wait.