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Tablet lovers, add a Huawei E586 mobile hotspot as your tablet’s best friend. There is a question to be asked as to whether one is necessary for you, though; many phones, including lots of Android handsets and the iPhone 4 now have the ability to share their 3G connections with a Wi-Fi hotspot — just like the MiFi is intended to do.

There are lots of reasons not to do this — you may not want to drain your phone’s battery this way, or the MiFi may get a faster or stronger connection than your phone — but it may be worth exploring before you splash out, or sign up for another contract.

Huawei E586 HSPA+ router is a 21 Mbps MiFi which supports supports HSPA+ 5.76Mbps uploads and 21.1Mbps downloads. It offers secure WiFi connectivity for up to five devices at once, there is an OLED screen which lets you see how fast your connection is, the length of browsing time and the amount of data used– this will help ensure that you do not go over your data allowance. In terms of software we are told that there will be a new-look dashboard that allows you to view SMS and further configure settings. One other thing to mention is that the MiFi features a microSD memory card slot which supports cards of up to 32GB.

The MiFi e586 is the very definition of convenience. Simple to set up, completely painless to use, and light and small enough to forget about when carrying it. The connection quality was generally very strong, and this translated into good practical browsing speeds. You may not get 21Mbps, but you can load websites, check Facebook and even watch videos with ease.