Just got off the phone with a sales rep at TALK. TALK acquired DataJack sometime this year (www.datajack.com), I didn't see a PR on this so my apology if this was already a known or maybe it was recently? The iData personal hotspot (on the italkmobility.com website) is the same device as datajack.com. The service is through Sprint. The DataJack will allow up to 5Gb per month and uses a microUSB charger (same as Samsung phones). That means you can use any USB outlet (car charger, usb jack at home, etc.) to power these devices. Pretty cool.
You can also cancel your subscription at anytime, so this seems ideal for the car on vacations, etc. and then resume subscription only when needed. He mentioned lots of people from Canada buy these and travel to Florida and cancel subscriptions when they return home. You can also change your data plan at anytime. This makes it much better (IMO) than using your cellphone has a hotspot.
Just thought I'd pass along this information. I asked about the datajack acquisition and was concerned that the company won't be around long. He said, it's likely there will be more acquisitions. Very interesting.
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