FreedomPop has announced that its “social broadband” features are being expanded, making it possible for users to share and to request to use any unused bandwidth through popular social networks like Facebook and Twitter. If you have data that you’re not going to use, you can share that with your friends. If you need additional bandwidth, you can ask your friends if they have any to spare. You might already be familiar with the Freedom Friends referral program too, which was previously giving you an extra 10MB of data when you connect with a friend who is also on FreedomPop. That has now increased to 50MB per referral.

We have also known for some time that the company is expanding beyond the current WiMAX service to start providing Sprint LTE later this year. Now, we’re hearing that they’ll have a new LTE clip that works with the Apple iPad and this will be launching toward the second half of this year. More importantly, this iPad clip can fall back onto Sprint’s 3G network as needed, providing the much needed coverage and reliable service that the WiMAX hasn’t really been able to deliver. The new LTE device will work with the iPad, iPad mini and Samsung Galaxy devices.

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In case you’ve been living under a rock for the last couple of years, the MiFi is a credit card-sized device that will translate the mobile broadband connection into a WiFi hotspot. Other devices like the Novatel USB modem work. This way, any WiFi-enabled device can connect to the Internet, including notebooks, netbooks, tablets, and smartphones.

The new $40 unlimited MiFi plan from Virgin Mobile (Piggy backed off Sprint) is the best (current) deal in the country by about $20 a month. That’s unlimited data folks. This new 30-day plan kills off the old $20/$40/$60 tiered data of old. If you want to save a few bucks, you can still opt to pay $10 for 10 days of access, but that caps off at just 100MB.

Update: PC Mag reports that this is delayed due to “technical difficulties” however, Virgin Mobile’s spokeswoman Corinne Nosal said its only for a few days.

Virgin Mobile shifts up their MiFi plan: $40. Unlimited. Contract-free. Glorious [MobileCrunch]

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