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Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 | Author: Erik Slade

Having access to your files anywhere, and being able to send and edit them in that same anywhere place would be handy (cloud computing on the go). Not that I’m a super important high flyer. But hey, we’re all important in our own special way.

As geektastic as it sounds, having a wee little computer that starts up quickly and has a 3G network connection at its disposal would allow me to crank out the bloggish thoughts (before I forget them as I always do) or look up what an AVM is when a patient tells me they have a big one, err.

On the ‘puter side of things there are a multitude of options. Take this site for example. Liliputing. This site goes to great lengths, gathering information about “netbooks” or cheap ultra-portables. They collate reviews and images as well as list the upcoming models. Nice.

But then the deal breaker arrives in the form of the all important web connection.

At home we’ve got a nice ADSL2+ connection that has all of the bandwidth and data limits we’ll be needing for now. So at home I’m set. But out and about I’d be needing a 3G style connection (I’m not prepared to creep into peoples backyards to leech off their unsecured wi-fi connections) or fatten myself up at the golden arches with their free wi-fi.

So 3G it is. But there’s the rub. I can’t find anything (pre or post-paid) that has a lifespan of more than a month or so. For something that I’d use sporadically I’m not going to fork out to recharge every 30 days or pay $4 per Mb for incidental access. Vodafone have their 365 day mobile phone plan but no one has a 365 broadband plan. Why? I’m sure there is a huge market for it.

I suppose that may cut into the carriers bottom line of incidental data use but a product like this could really take off. I’ll even let them call it the “azureblues.com 365 mobile broadband plan”.

I emailed Savvytel (several times) who’ve apparently won awards based on their phone plans whose credits don’t expire. I thought they may have something in the pipeline. But they never replied. Perhaps they were blinded by the colours on their website and couldn’t read the emails.

So there’s the conundrum.

I’d love a netbook. I’d love broadband on the go. But at this point, never the twain shall meet.

Let us know out there if you hear of one of those “azureblues.com 365 mobile broadband plans”.

I wait with breath held.

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