Any Knowledge Of This Piece Of Kit?

quandam · May 24, 2009, 12:28:05

Anyone have knowledge or views on this piece of technology?

http://www.datawind.com/html/Coverage.htm (£108.00 with Amazon)

All comments and thoughts welcomed.

Rik · May 24, 2009, 12:35:55

I haven't come across it, or the firm, Q, but I have a 'too good to be true' tingle in response to their website. Apart from the lack of spell checking, it has a lot of 'Americanism' about it. Their system seems to be based on supplying cached data, so I'd want to know more about how efficient their servers are and how frequently they are updated. Their free usage is not that great either, ~40 minutes/day.

zappaDPJ · May 24, 2009, 13:14:50

I don't know that much other than what I've read from reviews. The general consensus seems to be the hardware quality is reflected in the low price and that the interface is somewhat clunky. Web pages seem to be delivered very swiftly due to high compression techniques which focus on textual content. The downside of that is very poor quality graphical content.

In general it seems to be a case of you get what you pay for. I had a vague interest in one but the reviews convinced me that there are better options around for a little more money.

Sebby · May 24, 2009, 14:51:36

I've seen it advertised a few times. Personally, I don't see the point of it. It seems like the kind of gadget that we'd have seen about 5 years ago.

cavillas · May 24, 2009, 18:38:42

I'd like to know where they have there transmitters and who runs them? Or is it just from wi-fi hotspots. There doesn't seem to be much information regarding that hardware side of things.

Rik · May 24, 2009, 18:40:54

It was all a bit vague,wasn't it, Alf.

talos · May 25, 2009, 08:02:35

I must say I'm a sceptic

Rik · May 25, 2009, 09:37:10

I hope you get better soon, Bob.

talos · May 25, 2009, 10:05:50

No cure Rick. Caught it in my youth, suffered from it ever since, severe attack last week from all the MP news

Rik · May 25, 2009, 10:06:41

Oh how I know what you mean.

quandam · May 25, 2009, 11:07:50

Thanks for the comments chaps. It appears that most don't think much of it

Lance · May 25, 2009, 23:29:11

It makes a change for us to actually be saving someone money! We must be slipping!

Sebby · May 25, 2009, 23:42:31

I think Rik was having an off day.

Simon · May 26, 2009, 00:03:58

He was concentrating on making his 100000th post! That, and tonight's meal, of course.

Rik · May 26, 2009, 09:54:09

Moi? I never concentrate on food...