Huawei 3G Wireless Router

Huawei make a number of 3G dongles primarily found in a USB port on the side of a laptop or netbook computer. They have now created the E5 that can be used as a portable 3G wireless router by converting your 3G mobile phone signal and routing it over wi-fi to a wireless connected laptop.

As it uses wireless to transmit the signal it can be used as a wireless hotspot for a few people when on the move. OhGizmo mention that this is the worlds first 3G dongle to achieve this although wireless tethering is possible on rooted Android phones as well as other devices. But, having a device specifically designed for this purpose could come in handy as wireless tethering on the Android is just computer to phone rather than several computers to phone which the E5 allows.

Huawei 3G Wireless Router Specs

* Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
* WAPI
* HSUPA/HSDPA/UMTS 2100 MHz
* EDGE/GPRS/GSM 1900/1800/900/850 MHz
* MicroSD card: up to 32G

No pricing or availably details are known yet, but hopefully it will make it eventually over this side of the world.