Mobile internet with a difference.......

[charlie_374349329]

Has anyone got, used or had any experience of Pocketsurfer 2

Just seen an ad for them and they look great....they are a mobile 'gadget' for surfing the web and sending e mails etc....not a replacement for a laptop though Any feed back would be useful....are they cheap to use, is reception good etc

 

[Surfer]

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[PaulShellHull]

Hi

I have been using a THREE Dongle and an O2 Dongle on pay as you go . If i dont get coverage with one i will with the other

The O2 one cost me

 

[StephenAyrshire]

Hi,

Best advice on Dongles is to check coverage and use which ever one covers the area you will be in,

If you have a look at the Network's Websites and enter the Post Code for the sites you will be staying on. It will give a good idea of available coverage.

Then work out how much internet you will want to use and for how long.

Stephen

 

[Surfer]

Some sites have no mobile coverage at all as they are remote, i.e. Forest of Dean.

 

[Brailleman]

My advice is to give the Pocketsurfer a wide berth. I bought one last year and had nothing but trouble with it. It kept losing connection, even out in the open; the connection was routed through a server based in Canada and therefore made accessing British sites quite tricky and the speed was terrible. I used it for about 4 hours and never managed to connect to one site, not even the BBC for the weather forecast.It sounded fantastic in the advert but in practice was a nightmare to use. When the unit arrived it had a printed note included which stated: "Once this box is opened the unit cannot be returned". Fortunately I had bought it through Amazon UK and it was covered by their moneyback guarantee so I sent it back and got a full refund. My advice is to get a dongle or use McDonalds free wi-fi.

 

[Philspadders]

for that kind of money get a netbook. built in wifi , web, email, word, excel , play videos, etc. its really a small laptop.

I use one and also have a vodafone broadband dongle for when there is no wifi. The dongle cost