{"id":2239,"date":"2009-01-21T22:49:48","date_gmt":"2009-01-21T21:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/?p=2239"},"modified":"2009-01-21T22:49:48","modified_gmt":"2009-01-21T21:49:48","slug":"mifi-the-smallest-mobile-3g-wifi-router","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/?p=2239","title":{"rendered":"MiFi, the smallest mobile 3G-WiFi router"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.novatelwireless.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Novatel Wireless<\/a> has recently launched MiFi, a mini router that will let you create a Wi-Fi hotspot using a mobile broadband network like 3G or EVDO. <a href=\"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/155166-mifi-for-web_original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2240\" title=\"155166-mifi-for-web_original\" src=\"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/155166-mifi-for-web_original-300x192.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/files\/2008\/12\/155166-mifi-for-web_original-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/files\/2008\/12\/155166-mifi-for-web_original.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>These mobile routers are the size of a couple of stacked credit cards and let you turn a 3G connection into WiFi so you can use it with your WiFi gadgets, laptop or simply share with your family or colleagues. Operators will sell these routers for about $200.<\/p>\n<p>Of course with the upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/general\/fonera-20-preview.html\">Fonera 2.0<\/a> you&#8217;ll be able to build your own mobile WiFi hotspot just plugging a 3G USB modem (like the ones Vodafone or AT&amp;T give you when you sign up for mobile broadband) into the Fonera&#8217;s USB port, like\u00a0 John Crispin from Fon shows in <a href=\"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/fon\/fonera-3g-modem-wifi-everywhere.html\">this video<\/a>. A much cheaper an powerful solution, although not as portable.<\/p>\n<p>Another great alternative is using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joikushop.com\/fonspot\/\">FonJoikuSpot<\/a> that we developed with our friends at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joikusoft.com\/\">JoikuSoft<\/a>, offering an easy solution to turn your Nokia 3G mobile phone into a WiFi hotspot, to get rid of bluetooth or USB cables to connect with your PC and share your mobile connection with your friends.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mainphotoarea\"><\/div><div class=\"theme-buttons\"><div class=\"fb-like\" data-href=\"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/?p=2239\" data-send=\"false\" data-layout=\"box_count\" data-width=\"71\" data-show-faces=\"false\" data-font=\"arial\" data-locale=\"en_US\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Novatel Wireless has recently launched MiFi, a mini router that will let you create a Wi-Fi hotspot using a mobile broadband network like 3G or EVDO. These mobile routers are the size of a couple of stacked credit cards and let you turn a 3G connection into WiFi so you can use it with your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2239"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2239\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}