Originally Posted by
Flahusky
I maybe over simplifying things but, Seems its nothing more then a 'hot spot' with apps for IOS and Android.
I can understand the convenience of being able to have 2 'lines' active on a device and in the case of the iTouch/tablet devices another avenue to make/receive calls. However, you are still essentially carrying 2 phones/devices around.
It is probably the size of a MiFi. It really isn't a hotspot device. While it can provide data, it only is 2g (not 3g). I'm mostly concerned with people's experience with it and how well it works.
Whether you carry two phones or one is an exceptionally personal decision. For me, I have a jailbroken iPhone 4 grandfathered on ATT's international data. Because of this, I really don't want to pop the SIM out and put a foreign one in and repurchase data. I have a couple of foreign SIMs which I travel with and call forward my phone to them when I am outside the US. When I can make a call over 3g I do so, when I can't I trigger a callback from my iPhone to the other phone. Doing all this from one phone seems simpler. Additionally, I have a Tom-Tom GPS clip that I attach my phone to in rentals. It gives me Bluetooth handsfree, GPS, and I stream from it via a patch cord to the car's sound system (or occassionally pretend it is a 1970s transistor radio and just play it from the Tom-Tom speaker). Doing everything from one place sounds nice.
Additionally, if I owned a CDMA iPhone or Android this would turn the phone into a World Phone.
Stu