When is a free laptop not actually free? When it comes with a dongle!
By Chris Green in Editorial
Posted in Mobile Data, 3G, Broadband, Laptops, Mobile Phones on
The UK mobile phone-buying public have become used to getting their handsets for
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Comment by Phil - July 21, 2008 on 6:37 pm
I’ve played with a couple of these services and I think they’re great as a back up or mobile option, but not up to broadband replacement (yet).
The next development, I reckon, will be cheapy laptops like the much vaunted Eee PC, with built in 3G, rather than having a dongle. Then watch them disappear like the proverbial hot cakes…
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