Novatel Wireless Mifi 2352 vs Huawei e5830
The
Mifi is a great solution for bringing a
WiFi hotspot with you everywhere in the city and even in the country (depending on
HSDPA/
UMTS/
GPRS coverage in your country).
It's perfect to add 3G connectivity to your Archos, iPad, iPod
Touch, Laptops and any other WiFi-only devices that you may have.
In this video, I demonstrate a
VOIP call taken using
Google Voice and Gizmo5 on my $249 Archos 5
Internet Tablet using SIPdroid or any other
SIP VOIP applications on the
Android OS. This is the vision where you just need a pre-paid 1GB or 10GB of bandwidth per month on a
SIM card, just enter it in your unlocked Mifi device, make sure the right profile informations are entered using the control panel and that's it. You've just about got a full mobile phone replacement, but where you don't need to pay for voice minutes and
SMS subscriptions any more.
Although eventually all devices will have built-in unlocked SIM card slots and modems, the Mifi solution is a really great temporary alternative, that connects on 3G all WiFi-only devices. When your city gets
White Spaces,
LTE or WiMax, you don't need to buy new devices, just buy a new Mifi.
If you travel a lot in
Europe, this is a must have. Then find
SIM cards for cheap pre-paid plans, for 5€ to 10€ and get Mifi internet access all over that city and country.
The Novatel
Wireless Mifi
2352 that I got was unlocked beforehand, I don't know if there are online programs to unlock one if you happen to have a locked one.
I bought the Huawei e5830 at the Three store in
London for £49 with a compulsory £10 1GB/month first month pre-paid credit. I then unlocked it using
http://www.dc-unlocker.com/ and I installed the latest firmware with full
Control Panel, built-in
Profile and other Router management features at: http://www.davidicke.com/forum/showthread
.php?t=98318&page;=2