The Pocketsurefer2 is probably one of the most mobile and most Internet focused devices there is. In fact, its the only thing it does and I’ve heard it said before that Pocketsurfer can download almost any web page in under 10 seconds which is pretty impressive seeing as most smartphones take, on average, double that time. Even some of the UMPCs can take longer than that.
Note that this is a visual-only Internet experience. There’s no sound or video support and all traffic is routed through proxy servers which may cause problems with session management but for many people, that’s not going to be of concern, especially at the UKP170 price which includes data for a year! Pocketables have written up a lot of detail on the device so it’s worth going over there to read more about it but there’s also a video too which demos the device in use.
I think I’ll add this to the ‘consumer Internet category in the database and try and get hold of a demo somehow. I’m sure it will be at CeBIT in March so I’ll add it to my ‘hit’ list.
Source: Pocketables.
the big interesting thing that i read about it (most likely over on pocketables, but could be elsewhere) was that they where working with mobile operators to get unlimited use access for users of this device.
now if they do, and it has the right ease of use and all that, its a consumer web device for on the go use like no other!
it will be cheap, it will be unlimited use, and you can use it as long as you have a signal.
only question is, can it do facebook “apps”?
try http://www.mydataworld.co.uk for all answers on Pocket Surfer
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