iWEBLEAF Comes With Cheapest 3G Data Card At Rs. 1300 While experts are saying there will not be any tariff war on 3G market in coming days, 3G device market is already heated up. Latest and cheapest addition comes from iWEBLEAF, as they are selling 3G data card(USB modem) at an unbelievable price tag of Rs. 1300! Compared to market’s average price of 3G data card Rs. 2500, iWEBLEAF’s 3G data card which comes at half of that certainly will draw attention and lure more users to try highspeed wireless internet services on 3G network. Interestingly, this is not another piece of Made-in-China gadget, rather it is made by two engineer students of Bhubaneswar’s Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Chandrasekhar Panda and Saswat Swain. iWEBLEAF 3G HSDPA Data Card can offer upto 7.2Mbps download speed (HSDPA) and 384kbps upload speed. It also supports 2G network – GPRS/EDGE. It comes with genuine IMEI number and a SIM card slot, to use with any GSM operator. It also has a microSD card slot to double the device as 4GB pen drive. Currently it is supporting data/sms/call function with USB 2.0 interface and can be used on any Windows (200/XP/Vista/7) or Mac system. The device will autoinstall all required drivers and softwares, which includes a mobile TV application which offers 150+ channels, including three Odia channels, including the OTV, ETV and Naxatra TV free of cost without using any TV Tuner or any additional gadgets. Not only that it can be used as WiFi Hotspot which can support upto 300 computer and 30 mobile phones at a time. All these come with warranty of 18 months. Though the young innovator duo think that this cheap data cards with WiFi hotspot facility can bring a broadband revolution in villages, I personally feel without any affordable 3G data plan that can not be achieved. It should be remembered that Reliance, latest 3G operator in town says there will not be any tariff war on 3G market. These students have already wrote letters to the President of India, Prime Minister of India, Chief Minister of Orissa and also to the Department of Science of Technology, Orissa but unable to get any positive response from the state government. Courtesy : Telecom Talk