Saturday, May 2, 2009

Porduct Revew - Pocketsurfer 2




Hi
I recently had an opportunity to lay my hands on the new pocketsurfer2 for a short duration, the so claimed fastest mobile web browsing device. This quad band device did some wonderful time calculated browsing, enough to make me happy.
In India, where broadband seems restricted only to desktops(though 3g is here, its penetration is too less), pocketsurfer did amaze me to provide great web browsing at an amazing speed.

I tried opening the blog from this handheld device,and it took around 11 seconds to completely open the page(and they claim it opens pages within 7 seconds). Disappointingly, it wasn't able to open the flash based widgets on the page(like the clock). The graphic functionality was quite full, except the scripts were not being executed properly(not surprising, looking at the fact that the scripts function well only in a few highly upgraded systems..... a rarity in this nation). Infact, it wasn't able to open any Youtube video. Well, thats quite shocking for such a device, as even devices like the Blackberry Storm opn such petty things.

Here are the technical specifications for the device

Quad Band GPRS - 850/900/1800/1900
GPS location information
Internal High performance antenna(yeah, 11 secs for my blog, N82 takes more than 15secs)
Transreflective 640x420 Backlit display(whatever, didnt find anything that diverting)
Full querty backlit keyboard
Weight 174 Grams(uh-oh, actually seems more when held)
4 hours active usage, 4 days standby
6.00"x3.98"x0.6"
Doesn't reformat web pages(didn't browse anything that needed reformatting, the youtube site didnt pop the video)

At Rs12000(roughly 250US$, looking they still want Rs99/month fore unlimited surfing), it isn;t a preferable buy if its less than a necessity for you. But if it is, try opting for a smarter device like the Blackberry Curve, which costs somewhere nearby, but works a bit slower , or go for a second hand Nokia communicator, which costs roughly the same, and an unlimited data plan, which'll do the same.

What your say on this, is teh Pocketsurfer2 that good??

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