Indeed, when laptops used to have PCMCIA slots, and it was relatively cheap and simple to buy these in the uk, about £199. Now a dongle plus 3 months of service is £40 (which is actually cheaper than buying another 3months service, which is £45) so you have to be able to beat that almost give away price. In the I'm able to pick these up all over the place.
That to me is the challenge. I'm shocked there aren't recessed USB slots that would hide or cover the dongle. The archos and arnova brand android tablets have this and it looks good and works well, and can be used to whack in extra storage if you don't need the connectivity.
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Indeed, when laptops used to have PCMCIA slots, and it was relatively cheap and simple to buy these in the uk, about £199. Now a dongle plus 3 months of service is £40 (which is actually cheaper than buying another 3months service, which is £45) so you have to be able to beat that almost give away price. In the I'm able to pick these up all over the place.
That to me is the challenge. I'm shocked there aren't recessed USB slots that would hide or cover the dongle. The archos and arnova brand android tablets have this and it looks good and works well, and can be used to whack in extra storage if you don't need the connectivity.