PHOTOS: Datawind Ubisurfer hands on

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• You can knock £10 off that price from Maplin (I used the saving to have mine delivered by FedEx).
  
  My initial impressions are very good. There was an initial 4+ hours delay for datawind to complete a registration process so I could browse with GPRS (the same time I should have been charging the battery before its initial use!)
  
  I've connected to my local wifi, it allows WEP, WPA and WPA2, and there is firefox for wifi browsing and their own browser for GPRS browsing. It's slow but that's what I expected. I haven't used all the applications yet but everything so far works (except perhaps a little red shift button for 'Zzz' and page movements). I've been on bbc news and used logmein to control my desktop without a problem.
  
  I'm excited too that there is python 2.5 on board; this isn't a closed system! I've already loaded up a SD card with pdf books to read too.
  Posted by Colin, UK