Eating Albion

With January almost over, and only two months left before my ‘grand tour’ kicks off, it’s time to talk kit. And the first of the areas I need your help on is technology. Most of the places I’ll be staying at have an internet connection and a PC, but what about when I’m out and about? Also, I don’t want to be writing, video editing, and Photoshopping on my Mac, then have to transfer it over to my host’s PC to upload it.

So with that in mind I’ve been looking at mobile broadband options. Things to consider are upload limits, download limits, cost and coverage. Oh, and it has to work on a Mac.

Here are my options:

Option 1. Use my current Sony Ericsson K800i as a Bluetooth modem and do it that way.

Option 2. T-Mobile mobile broadband dongle

Option 3. 3’s mobile broadband dongle

Option 4. Vodafone’s mobile dongle

Hardware-wise, my Powerbook has the old-school large PCMCIA slot. So taking one of those plug-in cards is OK.

So, I’ve rooted around the internet and found a few reviews, including this from the Guardian. If anyone has any experiences they’d like to share, please do.

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