Having first seen the PocketSurfer2 on the Widget stand at the PocketGPSWorld Expo in Sandown Park earlier this year, it’s nice to see it’s actually shipping. Not just available from Widget and Amazon, it’s even available from Asda Online. Also, it should be available soon in John Lewis stores and Virgin Megastores.

More details in the rest of the article.

The device has it’s own built in SIM card, which then connects to Datawind’s own compression server to serve the web pages as fast as possible. For the £179.99 initial price, you also get 12 months free (UK) Internet access on the device (not unlimited of course, a cap is in place), with a further 12 months being £40 per year. The cap is for 20 hours usage per month, although you can opt to pay a monthly fee of £5.99, which then gives you unlimited access.

As with any mobile phone based solution, roaming abroad is available, although at £14.99/hour (charged in minute intervals) you are going to really need to access those websites before paying out!

Most people are claiming it comes with an Orange SIM card built in, but there are rumours that they are either Orange or T-Mobile SIM cards, and you can only tell the difference by turning the device on (which at least implies it will tell you at that point).