John Hasson

I have been using Sprint EVDO for almost a year now and I am very, very happy with the speed and coverage.  I would love an iPhone.  Infact I waited for the iPhone 3G to come out.  Sadly it *still* does not do as much as my Sanyo M1 does.  (but it is close)…  then I read about battery life and other issues.. blah blah.. more or less the consensus is that the iPhone 3G is close but not there yet.

My solution?  Get an iPod Touch and a battery powered personal evdo hotspot. Yep.  If things go right I’ll be walking around with a nearly permanent hotspot in my pocket.  I wonder if they have an affiliate program.  If so I need to change my link .

So.. iPod Touch for $400 ish + $180ish for the evdo hotspot device.  $500-$600 range.  The biggest win is that I DONT HAVE TO SWITCH TO AT&T.  I will have faster internet speeds then any 3G iPhone and it may save on battery life.  (Not sure about that yet… off to do some research…)  Turns out the router lasts about 2 hours but there are tricks (not very sophisticated) to extend it.  The iPod Touch’s wifi usage battery life is only 3 hours anyways.  So… hmmm… $550ish for a good 2 hours a day of highspeed on an iPod touch.  The claim for the iphone 3g is 6 hours on wifi.  I am not sure I believe that.  Looks like I am still in a holding pattern on the whole iphone/internet tablet thing…. More to come I am sure.

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