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New Device from 3 Allows Users to Connect to Internet While Driving

April 28th, 2010 at 4:51 am (Buyers Guides, House Of Telecommunication, Technology Portal)

The latest device that was released by 3 in the Gadget Show Live, which was recently held in Birmingham, would allow users to connect to internet even when they are travelling in their cars.

UK’s mobile broadband provider, 3 has released a device that would allow creation of personal hotspot throughout the vehicle. It can be used to connect various devices such as iPads, netbooks, gaming devices and iPods to internet simultaneously.

This gadget is based on MiFi, another gadget from 3 that allowed creation of a personal Wi-Fi hotspot. The users could connect many different gadgets to internet through one mobile broadband connection by using this device.

The Head of Internet Services of 3, David Kerrigan announced that the recent surveys by them had found that one-fourth of the people would prefer having internet in their cars, especially families and those who travel to work with others. These results are not conclusive, as many surveys have produced exactly opposite results.

A research undertaken by Infonetics showed that the purchase of mobile broadband devices (see dongles for laptops) has increased by more than 50% last year as compared to the year before that. However, the purchase of personal hotspots such as MiFi has actually decreased by 28%.

The price of the latest in-car hotspot package from 3 is £59.99. The items that are included are the in-car version of the MiFi modem, mains as well as car charger and 1GB space for data. Whether the device is value for money or not depends on how much you like internet over on-road games with family and friends.