The IT and communications market is absolutely notorious for awful puns when it cones to product names and the Novatel MiFi 2200, delivering what is effectively a personal Wi-Fi zone seems absolutely now exception.
And it may well be the case that the company slightly regrets using a name that many will dismiss as a clever pun when what the product is and what it does could be very popular within the mobile business community.
Essentially the product is designed to solve this perennial problem for mobile business users: easily finding a reliable and fast wireless broadband network wherever you are and whenever you want it.
Set for launch on 17 May over the Verizon Wireless 3G Mobile Broadband network-using a number of tariffs beginning at $39.99 for monthly access with a 250 Mbyte monthly allowance and 10 cents per megabyte overage-, the $99.99 MiFi 2200 is designed to let users customers create a personal Wi-Fi cloud capable of supporting up to five Wi-Fi-enabled devices such as notebooks, netbooks, cameras, gaming devices or portable media/MP3 players.
And the device's form factor is truly notable, measuring only 3.5" x 2.3" x 0.4" and weighing only 2.05 ounces. It combines a variety of features into its streamlined form factor, including integrated internal CDMA and Wi-Fi antennas, security and authentication technologies. When one device is connected through Wi-Fi, the MiFi 2200's rechargeable battery provides up to four hours of active use and 40 hours of standby time on a single charge.
But essentially what you have is a Wi-Fi hub that works ion a 3G network. This will work wonderfully in cities and towns where there is reliable and consistent coverage but, in the UK at least , will mean that up to five Wi-Fi devices would go blank in terms of Internet connectivity once your train heaves on to Euston (even though it would work well going west).
Ultimately this device will have a lot of uses whilst you had connectivity. Can't help but feel though that a WiMAX enabled laptop would probably give you more or less the same. Now THAT would be interesting...
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