I was at our local Verizon Wireless store with my husband on Friday. Our intended missions (possible early upgrade for his phone, holster to fit over a Seidio Innocase for me) both failed miserably. But I did get to check out the new-ish BlackBerry Tour (nice enough, but definitely not worth the early upgrade cost for me) and the MiFi 2200 Intelligent Mobile Hotspot.
The MiFi 2200 is something I’d like to have just because it is cool. But since Verizon Wireless doesn’t have a true unlimited mobile broadband plan any longer, it’s too pricey. The 5GB mobile broadband plan is about $60 per month, and with a low cap like that, I can’t justify it solely for the cool factor. The discounted cost of the device itself with a two-year contract would be $99, and that part is fine with me.
I’m scrambling to think of a way to cost-justify it, and I just can’t. Even if I were still attending and doing the show secretary thing for sieger shows, most discount hotels have free or inexpensive broadband available so I wouldn’t truly need my own wireless hotspot.
I still want one, though!
(NaBloPoMo | August ’09: 9 of 31 | 75% Challenge: 197 of 274)