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Our cousins in England will be able to enjoy mobile internet surfing through the PocketSurfer2 from Datawind, which is an “ultra-thin, portable internet communications device”.  With an interesting business model, Datawind offers no activation or usage charges for the first 12 months (up to 20 hours per month) even though the devices uses GPRS to connect to the internet.  If you think that is a bit measly, you can opt for an additional GBP 5.99 per month plan for unlimited surfing.

Specification wise, the PocketSurfer2 has a 640 x 240 pixel full colour screen, a backlit QWERTY thumboard and integrated mouse pointer. Battery life is five hours of active usage and five days on standby and supports displaying full HTML layout with graphics and java support.

This sounds like a really good concept - more like a thin client as opposed to the do-it-all PDAs that weigh our pockets down.  With an always-on internet connection that is accessible practically anywhere, everything you need (calendar, email, wikipedia) is literally at your fingertips.

Sometimes a frequent traveller just wants to lounge around in the hotel room, eat fillet mignon via room service and surf wirelessly on the bed, you know what I’m saying? But if you think plugging into a phone jack or LAN port with a cable could seriously cramp your style, then you should check out the WiFlyer Mobile Access Router.

“WiFlyer is an 802.11b wireless device. It is compatible with 802.11b- & 802.11g-enabled PCs, Laptops and PDAs. Range is given at 200 ft, with a network speed of 11 Mbps. WiFlyer supports industry-standard 128-bit WEP encryption and is compatible with Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Unix systems.”

Says Pocketnow: “I used to carry my Apple Airport Base station with my Powerbook to just about any place I went because I love the convenience of wireless. Unfortunately, the airport was roughly the same size as the Powerbook and so was rather cumbersome. Now I get all the functionality of the Airport from a device no larger than my iPAQ.”

Coolness, dude!

Watching TV on mobiles became a reality today for South Koreans - the first in the world - when TU Media Corp launched its Satelite-based mobile TV service to SK Telecom users, the country’s largest mobile phone operator.

“As of Saturday, there were about 28,000 mobile phones and palm-size monitors in cars nationwide which could receive the service. TU Media plans to provide seven video and 20 audio channels for the time being, and later expand the total number of channels to more than 40 when it can relay terrestrial TV programs.”

Unfortunately though, a special handset equipped with the antenna and chips is needed to receive the satellite signals.