In today’s world, as we are getting more and more dependent upon the internet for our work, entertainment, social and other needs, fast and uninterrupted internet connectivity has become an imperative requirement of urban life. Not only in homes and offices, a reliable and uninterrupted data connectivity is needed even on the go. That is where dongles and data card come in handy to provide the professionals, students and other users the uninterrupted internet connectivity that they need.
Recently, a new Datacard was launched by Huawei, the world’s third largest smart-phone maker (accoding to IDC, 4Q’12 report) and the number one provider of datacards in India. This latest Datacard is called E3121 and offers the speed of 14.4 Mbps and Wi-Fi Hotspot feature.
Along with the E3121 datacard, Huawei also introduced several other user friendly features and services. Announcing these features, Huawei Device India President, Mr Victor Shan said: “We have been a leader in Indian datacard market with our datacard range available via our operator partners. Given our commitment to Indian market and feedback received locally, we are today announcing the availability of faster E3121 14.4 Mbps datacard and a series of differentiating and useful features specially created for our Indian consumers. Consumers will now be able to choose the best data plans in their cities via the Data Plan reccommender launched in partnership with Connect India, share internet via Hotspot feature, work seamlessly with the new Windows 8 OS and all this via our new intuitive user interface called Mobile partner.”
Let’s take a quick look at these latest features and services on offer by Huawei:
1. E3121 Datacard: The recently launched datacard promises to deliver the download speed of 14.4 Mbps and Wi-Fi Hotspot feature. The datacard is compatible with all operators allowing the users the freedom to choose their service provider and data plans with ease. The datacards also comes with other benefits like AVG PC Antivirus free for one year (worth Rs 3000), online TV Channels subscription free from Mundu TV for three months (worth Rs 1500) and other interesting offers. The Huawei E3121 can be bought at a best buy price of Rs 1699.
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2. Soft WiFi Feature: Soft WiFi feature of E3121 has the ability of connecting upto 5 WiFi-enabled devices to internet. This is an easy and convenient feature for Windows computers that can be used to share the internet connection with other Wi-Fi enabled devices. The software uses the laptop or PC’s built-in Wi-Fi card to establish Wi-Fi Hotspot and sharing the internet with other devices wirelessly.
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3. Data Plan Recommendation Engine: Huawei has also launched a Data Plan Recommendation Engine in association with Connect India. This Recommendation Engine can be accessed at connectindia.in. Using this engine, users can easily and conveniently determine the Data Plan that’s most suitable for them, based upon their common data usage pattern and needs.
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4. Windows 8 Support: The datacards of Huawei can be used with the latest versions of Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems without any compatibility issues. With the launch of E3121, Huawei also proclaimed itself the first manufacturer to release in Indian market the dongles that are fully compatible with Windows 8, Microsoft’s latest OS. The dongles are compatible with Windows 7/Vista/XP too, of course.
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5. Mobile Partner: Mobile Partner is a software that provides a simple user interface for an easy and convenient operation of the datacard. It offers several convenient features like Auto APN detection for connecting to different Indian operators, Soft Wi-Fi, Skins, Call & Messaging, Data Tracker and Cloud+ offering online storage. All latest Huawei dongles will come pre-installed with Mobile Partner. Users with older dongles can also download the software from Huawei India website at : http://www.huaweidevice.co.in/Support/Downloads/
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Availability: Huawei E3121 datacard, MiFi and dongles are available at websites like Flipkart, Infibeam, Snapdeal, Shopclues.com and various offline stores across India.
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