So you’ve got a wi-fi only iPad, or any other wi-fi device, and you want to connect to the Internet while away from home or your nearest wi-fi hotspot. You can actually do it now, and you don’t need to upgrade to the soon to be released iPad with 3G.
The solution is simple… you become your own Wi-Fi hotspot. Yup, all you need is a MiFi from Verizon and you can instantly become your own mobile wi-fi hotspot. The MiFi is a tiny portable battery-powered wi-fi hotspot that allows you to connect multiple wi-fi devices at a time and provides Internet access over Verizon’s Wireless Network. Charge it up, throw it in your pocket and you could be walking down the street surfing the net or answering emails on your iPad, and you can even share your hot-spot with your friends.
The good news is that this will allow you to connect all your wi-fi enabled devices, not just an iPad, and that since it’s on the Verizon network coverage is good (IMHO, a lot better than AT&T*). The bad news is that it is a more expensive than AT&T’s all-you-can-eat data service which will be offer to iPad 3G owners, but again it allows you to connect multiple devices not just the iPad. This might be a great solution for those who travel for work and tire of paying $15 a day or more for connectivity at a hotel.
I do not own an iPad and I do not have a MiFi from Verizon, so I can’t tell you first hand that it works. All I can say is that I have heard that the combination is working great for some people. As usual, your milage may vary.
* For personal use I have an iPhone (AT&T), but I also have Blackberry (on Verizon) for work. I say that Verizon’s coverage is better simply because I go a lot of places where I have weak or no coverage on my iPhone, but a strong signal on my Blackberry… enuf said!
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