Comments on: Gigabyte M528 loses some ‘Mobile Internet’ kudos: 3G not included http://www.slashgear.com/gigabyte-m528-loses-some-mobile-internet-kudos-3g-not-included-1814183/ Feeding Your Gadget and Tech Obsessions Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Chris Davies http://www.slashgear.com/gigabyte-m528-loses-some-mobile-internet-kudos-3g-not-included-1814183/#comment-47083 Chris Davies Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:11:52 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=14183#comment-47083 Sharon, I hear what you’re saying but I do disagree. A “Mobile Internet Device” by its very nature needs to have some sort of persistent connection, that’s the whole idea of the concept. Yes, a MID without 3G would be cheaper (just as it would be cheaper without WiFi, or Bluetooth, or a touchscreen) but then it wouldn’t be a MID. This is one of the first devices that the public will have contact with, and for better or for worse they’ll base their future MID opinions on their experience with the M528.

As for the headline, if you can find the Gigabyte 3G module anywhere then please let us know!

At the end of the day, though, it’s all academic: Expansys have confirmed that they made a mistake, and that the M528 they have listed does in fact have HSDPA. See here for more details: http://www.slashgear.com/gigabyte-m528-mid-3g-hsdpa-is-standard-backtracks-expansys-2114431.php

]]> By: Sharon http://www.slashgear.com/gigabyte-m528-loses-some-mobile-internet-kudos-3g-not-included-1814183/#comment-46811 Sharon Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:07:20 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=14183#comment-46811 Presumably the device would be more expensive if it were preconfigured with the 3G module, so I prefer it to be optional. And your headline is misleading; it suggests that there’s no 3G available, which isn’t the case.

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