3.5G Mobile Broadband… The Way to Go! Liberation is Here!

Aha, my liberation from the shackles of wired broadband is finally here. Last weekend, I spent 3 hours in the line at StarHub Plaza Singapura to buy the MaxMobile 3.5G Broadband modem and access plan.

It’s the most wonderful piece of gadetry I’ve bought this year. It’s the ultimate mobility solution. Liberation has arrived!

The modem is called the Huawei HSUSPA USB Modem E270 with a download speed of 7.2Mbps and an upload speed of 2Mbps. It’s the latest and fastest 3.5G mobile broadband solution.

I no longer have to be thetered to to home or office line. Mobility is here. I can now go ANYWHERE in Singapore and be able to get work done.

With so many libraries, cafes and McDonalds all around this 24 hour town, the possibilities are nearly endless. It has given me the opportunity to work all around town. And get stuff done even at apparently weird places like:

• In a club, I can reply to emails by slotting the SIM card into my smart phone.
• When waiting for a carpark space, I can whip out my laptop and reply to a few mails or get some work done.
• I can meet friends at McDonalds or some Library and use Windows Internet Connection sharing to share the MaxMobile connection with them.

It’s really exciting! So much so that I’ve literally been telling everyone I know about this.

Only problem now is power supply: laptop battery just doesn’t last long enough. However, with so many places that ‘could’ have sockets, it’s not a show stopper.

Eventually, i hope to be able to buy an ultra-mobile laptop that is RAM-Drive only and has a built in 3.5G modem so all I need to do is slot in my SIM card. It will have the OS of a workstation and the portability of a mobile phone! How nice!

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