Everybody hates roaming and the absurd charges that come with it, but what are you going to do? Disconnect for a few days? Of course not. Pick up a crazy portable hotspot that has 10 SIM cards? Doesn’t sound like such a bad idea.
The Uros Goodspeed hotspot is exactly that. By using the appropriate SIM cards in the appropriate areas, the Godspeed can offer a pretty good deal: 1GB of no-strings-attached data for $8 per day, after you buy the $350 unit anyway. There’s also a monthly plan (the details of which are unclear) that’s $13. Price aside, the straight-forward deal is what seems the most attractive, even if 10 SIMs seem overkill.
Right now, the Goodspeed works in Finland, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and the UK, but there are plans in place to add even more locations, presumably by adding even more SIM cards. You can take your “micro” SIM, iPhone; the Uros Goodspeed is going to just keep gobbling up the big ones until it can do anything. [Uros via Engadget]
