3 is to sell its MiFi Wi-Fi mobile hotspot gizmo bundled with an iPod touch, to let you Skype your mates wherever you are. Is this the cheapest “iPhone” ever?
A bunch of new iPhone vendors have popped out into the open recently, including Orange, Vodafone, and even Tesco, so Three’s obviously keen to get in on the action. It’s not selling the iPhone, but the next best thing: an iPod touch bundled with MiFi mobile Wi-Fi so you can get online with it wherever there’s 3G and dial your friends over Skype.
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3 is offering the iPod touch MiFi bundle for £23 a month on a two year contract, with a generous 5GB data thrown in, making it substantially cheaper than an iPhone, particularly if you’re making calls to other people on Skype – and thinner too.
Naturally there are some downsides to this mashup: the MiFi needs to be charged, you get no GPS, and it’s only the 8GB iPod touch, not the 64GB. But hey, if you’re planning on getting MiFi anyway (and you should be), think of it as a free iPod touch instead.
Out Now | £from 23 a month | Three
but the iPod Touch has no microphone… ?
If you grab the newest generation, it comes with Apple’s headphones – including a mic. That’s how voice commands work too.
Oh, if you plan on getting this combo, best of luck ever receiving a call rather than making one. Thanks, iPhone OS multitasking.