3 announces MiFi mobile Wi-Fi service

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• Hey.. babe.. is that a WiFi hotspot in my pocket or do I fancy you? Posted by philbridges, United Kingdom
• This is great, I may hold off getting an Ipod touch until this comes out so I can use skype and email anywhere I get 3g. I am on an excellent deal with 3 - £15 for 15gig and with a skype account for calls it gives me all but a few Iphone features for alot less money and no contract. Just slip this into your bag and your a walking hifi spot.
  
  Downsides? Battery life will be appalling but it can stay plugged in at home and like you said when your static plug it in via a USB to both charge and use. It will also cost a bit more than £19.99 (RRP of the ZTE USB modem you get with all contracts now - actually a very usable device, not in the same mould as the 1st gen stuff they brought out. Dongles that dangled, those where the days) but I can see so many benifits to this device I will find the money.
  
  I hope it is available to existing cutomers (although I am not waiting until upgrade time, I am on a 2 year deal)
  
  Time will tell on this one me thinks Posted by Jim, United Kingdom
• An obvious evolutionary step from the Huawei D100 WiFi/3g Router - which combined with the Huawei E156 modem on 3's 15gig tarrif, is small enough to fit into the laptop bag and hence I've been using it for out-office ad-hoc small team working.
  
  This product (the Huawei E583X) however resolves a gripe with the D100, namely the lack of battery and being even smaller makes it even more portable.
  
  Interestingly, the D100 is now only available from 3 Stores. However, suspect the pricing of this at £68.51 (full price)/£34.25 with SIM et al, gives an indication of the likely pricing of the E583X.
  
  Personally, at this price point, I would still go for the D100 for home and temporary office use.
  
  Note: For secure WiFi connection, configure the use of WPA2-PSK and AES. Posted by Roland, United Kingdom