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Friday July 10, 2009
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 Datawind hasn't had much luck here with the PocketSurfer and PocketSurfer2, but that's not stopping the company from trying again--and this time with two devices.
Datawind has confirmed to Gearlog that the UbiSurfer will be available in the U.S. this coming October, for a list price of $199. The unit includes an embedded CDMA module, along with a year of free usage anywhere in the U.S. at 30 hours per month. Essentially, the UbiSurfer (short for "Ubiquitous Surfer") is a netbook-sized, always-on device with a proprietary UI for accessing the Web and tapping out documents.
In addition, the company will also sell the smaller PocketSurfer3 (pictured) here around the same time for $249--again with the same usage plan. That's a big drop from the PocketSurfer2, which cost $299 but also required a $20 or $30 monthly data plan. The PocketSurfer3 is a flip device with a membrane keyboard and touchpad, an updated UI, and a new TFT active matrix screen that should address the old model's washed-out colors and dithered graphics.
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