Huawei E355 Wireless Hotspot hands-on review
Are you looking for hands-on reviews of Huawei E355 Wireless Hotspot device? We spent quite some time with a Huawei E355 WiFi Hotspot unit and have shared our experience here. Read this review to find more about one of the best wifi hotspot devices available in India.
Today we are going to have a detailed look at Huawei E355 Wireless Hotspot device. Before we look at the product, let us take a quick look at the company profile. Huawei is one of the most reputed Information and Communication Company in the world. The company offers several communications and networking devices, which include WiFi devices, data cards, modem, routers, tablet computers etc.
Huawei datacards are used by several telecom companies. Most of the telecom companies in India offer their own internet dongle, which are manufactured by Huawei but sold under the brand name of the respective providers.
Huawei E355 mobile hotspot
Huawei launched their wireless hotspot device last year, which is claimed to be the world's first datacard with WiFi hot spot, allowing up to 5 simultaneous connections.
How it works: This data card allows you to insert a regular SIM (2G or 3G) in to it. Once the SIM is inserted, it will establish internet connection with the provider by automatically dialing through the SIM.
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Huawei E355 supports a wide range of internet service providers and a broad range of technologies like GSM, CDMA etc. For the supported providers, there is no additional configuration is required. It is pretty much a plug and play device. Insert the SIM, connect the device to a USB power source and you are ready to use your WiFi hotspot within few seconds.
I tried using Airtel 2G SIM in the Huawei E355 device and I was able to connect to the Pocket 3G wireless within few seconds. In fact, I was surprised to see that the WiFi hotspot was activated as soon as I plugged it in and without any configuration. I have tried many other hotspot devices and they all required some basic configuration or restarting the computer and so on.Advantages of Huawei E355 datacard
The best advantages of Huawei E355 datacard are:
1. You can connect it to any USB power source and a computer is not necessary. This offers true mobility. You can even connect it to the USB port of your car, which will make your entire family in the car connect to WiFi using their favorite devices.
2. Absolutely no configuration required. It is a great plug and connect device, which require no manual configuration.
3. Supports a wide range of technologies, allowing you to use virtually any SIM card, giving you the flexibility to choose the most reliable internet service for you.
4. Supports micro-SD card, allowing you to extend it as an expandable data storage.
5. Sleek design: The Huawei E355 is almost the size of a standard internet dongle. It will fit into a small shirt pocket or you can conveniently keep it in your laptop bag.
Huawei E355 WiFi Hotspot is slightly bigger than a regular datacardUsage scenarios
There are couple of different ways you can use E355, thanks to the flexibility built in to the device.
1. Connect the device directly to the USB port of your computer, or, using the provided USB cable and use the device as an internet dongle (without WiFi)
2. Connect the device to one computer and up to 5 other computers/tablets/phones/devices can use it as a WiFi hotspot.
3. Connect the device to any USB power source and up to 5 devices can use it as WiFi hotspot.
4. Connect the Huawei E355 in to the USB port in your car and use it as a WiFi hotspot while driving.
Huawei E355 is designed primarily for home users, small offices and professionals who need travel WiFi when they travel with colleagues. In my case, the primary use is WiFi access for my kids and wife while going on long drives.
Read full specifications of Huawei E355 WiFi hotspot device.Deals for Huawei E355
You can buy Huawei E355 (Wifi Dongle) Data Card from Flipkart at a discounted price of Rs 2990. Get free shipping and Cash On Delivery options as well.
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