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Acer Aspire 5650 3G Review

Acer Aspire 5650 3GIt's a sign of the times that we increasingly take connectivity for granted. A few years ago, we wouldn't have expected for our PDAs or laptop to be able to get online unless it was plugged in - now we balk at a product that doesn't have wireless data capabilities. I can clearly remember reviewing one of the earliest notebooks with integrated Wi-Fi and now the age of integrated mobile phone SIM cards has arrived. Back in April, Riyad reviewed the first notebook we'd seen with an integrated HSDPA data card, from Fujitsu Siemens but supporting networks weren't up and running at the time. Now they are, and with a Vodafone data SIM inside this Acer Aspire 5650 notebook we were keen to see what it was like to use.

HSDPA is essentially an improved variant of 3G, dubbed by Vodafone as ‘3G broadband’. It offers connection speeds of up to 1.8Mbit/sec compared to only 384Kbit/sec from standard 3G. The advantage of having integrated data card in a notebook is that it brings true mobile connectivity as you can connect to the Internet anywhere you can get a reasonable mobile phone signal. You no longer have to go find a Wi-Fi hotspot in a cafe; you can just go to the park and open up. It's a truly liberating experience. Riyad will be reviewing the Vodafone HSDPA data card soon so I won't steal his thunder but suffice to say that it does make a huge difference.

Verdict

Thanks to an embedded HSDPA SIM the Acer is the best notebook we’ve tested for mobile connectivity. The spec of the rest of the notebook is good but on the downside its fairly large and heavy, sports a disappointing screen resolution and graphics performance is under par. TrustedReviews - Acer Aspire 5650 3G Linked by LT Hacker








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