Huawei's E583X wireless modem turns 3G to WiFi, beautiful lights

The smallest USB 3G modems look like grossly over-sized thumb drives, while the biggest ones sport hinges or fold-out antennas that serve as tripwires for absent-minded businessmen with venti frappuccinos walking by your tiny little coffee shop table. Huawei's E583X detaches all that bother, acquiring a 3G wireless signal and then beaming it out again as WiFi, meaning you can leave it in your pocket and get a double-dose of microwaves. It sports a 1,500mAh battery, giving it five hours of independent living, and in emergencies it can act as a tethered modem as well. Sadly this first version will only accept a single WiFi connection, but future ones will allow four others to mooch your data plan. That it also blinks randomly like a prop out of Star Trek's utopian future is just an added bonus. It's set to light up Europe next month -- likely with some hideous contracts attached.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 19th 2009 3:18PM]

Is it going to have an AT&T/Rogers GSM/UMTS version?

What about T-Mobile-USA?

The problem with the Novatel Mifi is: no sign of US GSM/UMTS versions, for AT&T or T-Mo. Not even a Rogers one I can import and sneak onto AT&T.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 30th 2009 4:46AM]

The E583X is powered with a 1,500mAh battery which can provide five hours of signal beaming wirelessly. Users can charge the modem by pluging via USB. Of course users can still connect the tiny gadget to the computer like other regular HSDPA modems.I have done a Detailed review on http://somewifi.com