Conclusion

In our tests, we charged up the battery and later placed the device near to the window. This is to ensure best connection. As we have tested the Huawei E960 at the same location, the M1 mobile broadband network is pretty fast at 2Mbps. It would be interesting to see if the MiFi 2352 which comes with this SIM card which we are unsure if it is 4mbps or 7.2mbps plan

We used a notebook and it immediately connects the the MiFi 2352 using the default SSID and WEP key supplied at the backplate of the device. We did speed test at speedtest.net for various Asia countries and USA. The results are promising as it is able to attain a good speed at 8am in the morning. It was able to achieve close to 4.5Mbps for the downlink and 1.9Mbps for the uplink to Singapore server. Below are some screen shots.

We did some ping tests to local servers and we were surprised that the ping time has been slashed down to 35ms on the average. HSPA is really getting closer to cable speeds as the latency is now improved compared to 100ms on the average in the past. [More tests results]

Singapore	Tokyo
New York USA	London UK

Youtube streaming is pretty good in the day and afternoon without pause. The heavy traffic jam seems to start at 11pm or so.

In conclusion, the MiFi 2352 HotSpot is an innovative product. The only regret is the short 4 hours battery life. If we were to compare it with the Huawei E960, the E960 has a limitation as it is a HSDPA device, therefore it's uplink speed is capped at 384kbps. The MiFi 2352 by Novatel Wireless can reach as 7.2Mbps (downlink) /5.7Mbps (uplink). It is also more portable than the E960. As it is battery powered, this device can be used anywhere so long there is mobile coverage. It has a shorter transmission range and does not come with RJ11 for voice calls. As the device is SIM card powered, you can also use the SIM card in your 3G mobile phone to surf the net and make voip calls as there is no cap on the bandwidth.

Currently, the device is not sold separately but comes bundled with the M1's mobile broadband plan.

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