Tech Review: Novatel MiFi 2200 Mobile Hotspot
June 22nd, 2009
In an age where your cell phone is quickly becoming your link to the Internet, Chris Hardwick gives us the Novatel MiFi 2200 Mobile Hotspot hub that can take a mobile broadband connection and turn it into a WiFi network, anywhere you want.
Check out below the cut for the full review from Attack of the Show.
What You Need To Know
- The hub is incredibly portable, weighs about 2 ounces and measure 0.4 inches thick.
- Set up requires you to plug it into your computer and install the software directyl from the device.
- It’ll activate over the air, you can check how much you’ve downloaded and use it as a modem (tethering) or download apps.
- Then you can use it anytime, with our without the computer.
- Speeds range from 600 kps to 1.4 megabits, which is about 76K to 179K a second in actual download speeds. Not enough to split between 5 people.
- Our tests could only get 2 or 3 bars, which means slow speeds for just one person.
- Mi-Fi barely beats the iPhone, in terms of speed.
Price
- Free from Amazon with a cell phone contract, but it’s $40.00 a month with a 250 megabyte limit per month.
- This isn’t a good deal and it’s slower than it should be.
Rating
2 Seals of Approval out of 5.
Source:g4tv.com
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