Wi-Reach Turns 3G Dongles into Wi-Fi Hotspots
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Don’t tell me. You wanted a Mi-Fi personal wireless hotspot, and all your boss bought you was that lousy 3G USB dongle. Well, quit fretting: with just one more ugly chunk of plastic in your stuffed and dorky nylon laptop bag, you can have what you want.
The Wi-Reach 3G Personal Hotspot doesn’t even require that you pull the SIM card from your existing USB modem. The plastic box, which resembles a battery charger, has a USB port inside into which you slot your stick. From there, it takes the EVDO or HSPA modem’s connection and turns it into an 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi hotspot, powered by a lithium-ion battery for up to five hours (or powered via its mini-USB port). It’ll even work with 4G dongles when they start to show up.
Its a neat solution, marred by one detail: at $100, it costs the same as a Mi-Fi, meaning you could clear some space in your ugly bag by sucking it up and buying one of those instead.
Wi-Reach 3G Personal Hotspot [Connect One]
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