I had an opportunity to use this for the first time on this trip to India in an area that's a bit of a distance from Delhi,. Getting a SIM was an ordeal and when I did get a SIM, it was nearly impossible to find the APN, let alone other configuration settings. There are SIM vendors at almost every corner, but they no little beyond taking your money and activating/recharging your SIM/ They would even activate 3G service on your SIM, but they cannot answer simple questions such as APN of the provider.

3G is being advertised and pushed on the TV in India. but every vendor I spoke to said, that coverage is very spotty. Many said I would be lucky if I could get 2G service. I found a mobile repair shop where the owner knew quite a bit more than anyone else I had spoken to, who gave me the APN of a couple of wireless providers. They are usually simple words such as internet, web, www. I am now using the FIDO widget on 2G service. It's dirt cheap at under $2 for 3GB. I'll try 3G too when I get to an area where I can count on 3G.

All inclusive widgets, priced at about $50 pre-configured for and sold by a provider are more common here. Even people who are on the go and consider themselves technically knowledgable werre unable to answer my questions about using this widget. A call to customer service, toll free until you get to tech support, was useless too.

Thanks a lot Scott. I am now connected to the world. For the first week, I had cell phones, my net book. the FIDO widget. but no way to use any of them.