Datawind PocketSurfer2 Tests (Handys)

The Pocket Surfer 2 is a perfect example of a great idea that is poorly implemented. Operating via GPRS it provides an extremely cheap option to keep yourself connected to the Internet on the road, but suffers from numerous technical and design...

Low cost, some cool features ;

Sluggish at times, horrible navigation, signal strength is not always perfect ;

Despite the company's claims that this unit will work wherever a mobile phone does, we did encounter some connectivity issues. In several instances it simply didn't find any GPRS connection at all when we were sitting in our office, and even when it...

The Internet's a great thing, whether it's searching for stuff via Google, reading gadget reviews from your favourite gadget site Pocket-lint or merely checking your bank balance: you have to admit it has changed our lives, I think for the better. So...

Super fast internet over GPRS, small, thin

Poor battery life, no digital camera, can't play flash or streaming video

Whether you care or not of how the PocketSurfer does what it does, doesn't matter, what you should be interested in is that the results are good, and that's the promising bit