The humble mobile broadband dongle has been something of an unsung hero for some time. With its plug and play set up, high speed connectivity and light weight size, the mobile broadband modem was the quickest and easiest way to get online when you were out and about. The only drawback was that mobile broadband dongles were strictly a one player affair as they connected via a single USB port. No sharing the online love with your friends or setting up your own wireless network and no support for non-USB devices. Until now that is as UK mobile operator 3 has officially launched Mobile Wi-Fi. Want to know what it’s all about? Then read on…

Mobile Wi-Fi on the 3 network works in the same way as traditional mobile broadband modems. The included sim sits inside the Mobile Wi-Fi device and gives you a connection of up to 3.6 Mbps. The difference is that rather than connecting via a USB cable, you connect wirelessly via a Wi-Fi connection. The Mobile Wi-Fi device can support multiple connections at once so is perfect when shared between students or for a start up business. Best of all, as all you need s a Wi-Fi enabled device to connect and get online, you don’t have to just use a Laptop, you can use anything from an iPod Touch to your mobile phone and even a Sony PSP.

The Mobile Wi-Fi device from three is available on a 1 month rolling contract so you don’t have to worry about signing your life away. £69.99 gets you the device, 5GB of data a month and you’re good to go. The Mobile Wi-Fi modem is not only great when you’re out and about but also doubles as a wireless router when you’re at home. Let’s say you’re upstairs and your friend is downstairs and you want to watch a movie he’s got stored on his laptop. Simply connect to his laptop using the Mobile Wi-Fi device as a router and share pictures, music, movies – whatever you want! In stock now at Mobiles.co.uk, click here to check it out!