Battle of the MiFis… Round 1
I took a quick look at the Novatel MiFi 2352 ‘mobile hotspot’ last week, which is avaiable SIM-free now or expected on Vodafone soon. 3UK Huawei E5830 Today, 3UK have announced their offering –...
View Article3 add contract rates to MiFi offering
In addition to the 1-month contract and ‘ready to go’ option (pre-pay with a bundled top-up) announced with the launch of 3′s MiFi they have now added some more ‘traditional’-looking contract options...
View ArticleBroadband in your car [MiFi]
Today UK mobile network Three have announced they’re now selling their MiFi ‘personal hotspot’ devices with a bundle of accessories to make them suitable for in-car use, including mains and in-car...
View Article3UK announce a new MiFi with a screen
3UK have announced a new MiFi unit to be available from the 2nd July at the same price and on the same tariffs as before. The new device (a Huawei E585) adds a number of refinements intended to address...
View ArticleVodafone UK launch ‘Mobile WiFi’ in UK but don’t call it ‘MiFi’
Today Vodafone UK have announced their ‘Mobile WiFi’ product. It’s a roughly credit-card sized (and a centimetre thick) gizmo that shares a mobile broadband connection between up to 5 devices over...
View ArticleVodafone Mobile WiFi in the house. Any questions?
Hot on the heals of yesterday’s announcement we have an actual Vodafone Mobile WiFi device (an R201 to its friends) device in from Vodafone to test. We’ll be putting it through its paces so let us...
View ArticleThe ‘Mobile WiFi Challenge’
Is it possible to live by mobile broadband alone…? No broadband, no WiFi hotspots and (thank goodness) no dial-up? What about giving up dongles too…? Is a MiFi enough? Well, un-clench your thinking...
View ArticleT-Mobile Launch the ‘Wireless Pointer’ [Oddest. Named. MiFi. Ever]
The news is 2 days old now, but we missed all the fun then so… T-Mobile have got their act together and launched a Mobile WiFi device (MiFi) akin to the Three and Vodafone ones already on the market. I...
View ArticleNovember is MiFi month: Orange launch theirs
It seems like only yesterday I was blogging T-Mobile’s new mobile WiFi device the ‘Wireless Pointer’ (actually, it was yesterday). Now Orange have launched their own one as well… As before I’ve covered...
View ArticleCan you switch from a dongle to a MiFi? [Reader question]
Reader Sami has written-in with a question… My company kindly provides me with a (limitless?) Vodafone dongle for my laptop so I can work on the go. I recently got a WiFi iPad and I’m finding it easier...
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