PocketSurfer2R Adds Unlimited Web Access
The little Mobile Internet Device (MID), the PocketSurfer2 from DataWind, has just been revamped with the PocketSurfer2R, boasting free UK Internet access for the lifetime of the device for a £60 one-off payment. If you don’t want to fork out the £60, then you still get a year’s free Net access in the UK, up to 20 hours per month. Datawind are also promising much reduced roaming rates for outside the UK, at 5p per minute, down from 25p per minute. PocketSurfer2R retains many of the key features of the predecessor, with its quirky thumb-friendly QWERTY keypad and the 640 pixel full-colour wide screen display, for viewing Web pages as they were intended. The 2R is a quad-band device - no 3G though - and comes with in-built GPS receiver. There’s also a new trackpad like those on laptops in place of the direction keys on the 2, to allow for easier Web navigation. These are the key specs:Touchpad Mouse Navigation • Backlit QWERTY keyboard • Sub 7 Second Page Load • Web Browsing in Original Layout • Embedded GPS satellite receiver • 174 grams. 152 x 75 x 15 mm • Lithium Polymer Battery • 4 Hours Battery Life • In-built High Performance Antenna • Transreflective Backlit Display • 640 x 240 VGA Colour • Mini USB Charger The downside to this is that the PocketSurfer2R is just that - for surfing and emails only. There’s no support for “audio, video or fast moving gaming applications”. On sale now, it costs £199 at John Lewis Partners, PC World, Maplin, Amazon and Ideal World, among others.-Martin Lynch mobile internet
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