Tuesday, April 22, 2008
My new office is... anywhere I fancy
It's great when you review a product that is genuinely very good and reaches, or exceeds, every expectation you have of it. I've been trialling 3's latest mobile broadband offering, using the Huawei E169G USB modem stick, and it really is excellent. I've already been using my HSDPA mobile phone to be able to enjoy mobile working, but I was still keen to check out this cool little modem stick and see how easy it is to setup.
They've really done a great job of making the setup process very simple. No CD is required because the drivers and installation program are on the modem itself - I guess using some kind of Flash memory like a USB storage device. After putting a SIM card into a discreet little holder on the modem, you simply plug it in, and then, using Vista, just click next a few times and before you know it, you are online. It's breathtakingly straightfoward to complete. Put simply: if you can turn a computer on, you can manage now to install mobile broadband.
I haven't tried it yet with my Eee PC although I read on the the EeePC User forum that some kind of software update might be required before this particular model works on there.
Web browsing occurs at very nice speeds, FTP works a treat (so I can manage my websites from anywhere) and also I was really pleased that I could connect up to remote servers using the Remote Desktop Protocol without any problems whatsoever. Remote Desktop is great - I can use it when I'm out to connect back to my desktop at home, or connect up to client servers that I work with or to a Virtual Private Server.
So what does mobile broadband mean to me? It means that I can blog, create websites and generally run my business from almost anywhere. When I started my website about wifi hotspots, they were like some perfect solution for being able to access the web out and about. But the truth is, often they have been expensive to use and the fixed locations do limit you. Mobile broadband solutions such as this one really trump wifi hotspots in almost everyway.
Find out more about the tariffs available from 3
I made this little video to go on myHotspots.co.uk to demonstrate how easy it is to set this up.
They've really done a great job of making the setup process very simple. No CD is required because the drivers and installation program are on the modem itself - I guess using some kind of Flash memory like a USB storage device. After putting a SIM card into a discreet little holder on the modem, you simply plug it in, and then, using Vista, just click next a few times and before you know it, you are online. It's breathtakingly straightfoward to complete. Put simply: if you can turn a computer on, you can manage now to install mobile broadband.
I haven't tried it yet with my Eee PC although I read on the the EeePC User forum that some kind of software update might be required before this particular model works on there.
Web browsing occurs at very nice speeds, FTP works a treat (so I can manage my websites from anywhere) and also I was really pleased that I could connect up to remote servers using the Remote Desktop Protocol without any problems whatsoever. Remote Desktop is great - I can use it when I'm out to connect back to my desktop at home, or connect up to client servers that I work with or to a Virtual Private Server.
So what does mobile broadband mean to me? It means that I can blog, create websites and generally run my business from almost anywhere. When I started my website about wifi hotspots, they were like some perfect solution for being able to access the web out and about. But the truth is, often they have been expensive to use and the fixed locations do limit you. Mobile broadband solutions such as this one really trump wifi hotspots in almost everyway.
Find out more about the tariffs available from 3
I made this little video to go on myHotspots.co.uk to demonstrate how easy it is to set this up.
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