Okay, here's an interesting little tidbit I dug up today, which might get the geeks here salivating like me.
Dovado has launched their latest product - the DOVADO TINY, claimed to be the world's smallest 4G/LTE capable router,
and said to capable of supporting speeds upto 70mbps!!
TINY
It is actually a wifi router into which (as per its makers' claims) any 4G/LTE/3G/HSPA+/EVDO modem can be plugged, thus turning your portable 3G dongle into a wifi hotspot.
What I liked best is that it seems to have a Smart USB, which can even charge your plugged-in USB modem, and it supports VPN-passthru, and some kind of SMS mailbox to check data usage and to even do remote control of the router using SMS!
Here's review from MovingWifi (click the Reviews tab on that page):
Dovado TINY mobile broadband router
The good news is that it's already available in India, as Dovado has a authorized distributor in our country.
dovado tiny | eBay
The distributor company (EK WIRELESS, based in Mumbai) says they have tested the Tiny with all popular 3G broadband modems currently in the Indian market (see the list of tested modems on their eBay page for this product).
The ZTE MF80 (and its older, popular variant MF60) and Huawei E586 (or its newer version E587) are some other options if you are looking for a (hopefully) future-proof MiFi router. The MF60/MF80 have support for upto 8 devices in the wifi hotspot, while the E586/E587 can support upto 5 devices. Prices of such MiFi routers are still high, but if you can afford it, it might prove to be more cost effective in the long run, than splurging on an being-phased-out router model, whose technology limitations may become outdated very soon.
As everyone already knows, Airtel has already started trial launches of 4G network (LTE transmission technology) in select cities.
Most of the other vendors have upgraded their 3G network to what could be called 3.75G (HSPA+), which is an improvement over current HSPA (HSDPA, HSUPA) speeds.
I will do some more research, and I might just take the plunge and buy it by next month, if nothing better catches my fancy.
If anyone has been able to get their hands on a Dovado Tiny, we all would be very eager to know how it fares, and I am especially concerned whether it has any heating issues, as many wireless devices tend to do.
Dovado has launched their latest product - the DOVADO TINY, claimed to be the world's smallest 4G/LTE capable router,
and said to capable of supporting speeds upto 70mbps!!
TINY
It is actually a wifi router into which (as per its makers' claims) any 4G/LTE/3G/HSPA+/EVDO modem can be plugged, thus turning your portable 3G dongle into a wifi hotspot.
What I liked best is that it seems to have a Smart USB, which can even charge your plugged-in USB modem, and it supports VPN-passthru, and some kind of SMS mailbox to check data usage and to even do remote control of the router using SMS!
Here's review from MovingWifi (click the Reviews tab on that page):
Dovado TINY mobile broadband router
The good news is that it's already available in India, as Dovado has a authorized distributor in our country.
dovado tiny | eBay
The distributor company (EK WIRELESS, based in Mumbai) says they have tested the Tiny with all popular 3G broadband modems currently in the Indian market (see the list of tested modems on their eBay page for this product).
The ZTE MF80 (and its older, popular variant MF60) and Huawei E586 (or its newer version E587) are some other options if you are looking for a (hopefully) future-proof MiFi router. The MF60/MF80 have support for upto 8 devices in the wifi hotspot, while the E586/E587 can support upto 5 devices. Prices of such MiFi routers are still high, but if you can afford it, it might prove to be more cost effective in the long run, than splurging on an being-phased-out router model, whose technology limitations may become outdated very soon.
As everyone already knows, Airtel has already started trial launches of 4G network (LTE transmission technology) in select cities.
Most of the other vendors have upgraded their 3G network to what could be called 3.75G (HSPA+), which is an improvement over current HSPA (HSDPA, HSUPA) speeds.
I will do some more research, and I might just take the plunge and buy it by next month, if nothing better catches my fancy.
If anyone has been able to get their hands on a Dovado Tiny, we all would be very eager to know how it fares, and I am especially concerned whether it has any heating issues, as many wireless devices tend to do.
