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I haven't used similar hotspot devices so I can't speak to how the NetZero Hotspot stands up to competitors, but for the price of $49.98 (down from $99.95) this is an affordable and thoughtful gift for your favorite road warrior.
If you suddenly find yourself using a new ultrabook or very thin notebook, you may be surprised to see a lack of USB ports, or the elimination of an Ethernet port altogether. In order to create a notebook that is thinner and thinner, things like these larger ports (or at least providing many of them) seem to go away.
So you may want to pick up this device from Targus, which provides you with three additional USB ports for adding things like a mouse, storage device or other USB-based peripheral. This Ultralife USB Hub also features an Ethernet jack, which can provide you with wired Internet access on the off chance you can't find a Wi-Fi connection (or in a hotel room, where wired is likely going to be better than wireless anyway).
Like other accessories in the Ultralife with battery like Acer ADT-W61 Ac Adapter, Acer PA1700 Ac Adapter, Acer SADP-65KB Ac Adapter, Acer ACC13 Ac Adapter, Acer LC.ADT01.003 Ac Adapter, Acer Aspire 1200 Ac Adapter, Acer Aspire 2000 Ac Adapter, Acer Aspire 3600 Ac Adapter, Acer Aspire 3680 Ac Adapter, Acer Aspire 5720 Ac Adapter, Acer Aspire 9400 Ac Adapter, Acer Ferrari 3000 Ac Adapter line, this device is very stylish, colored with a brushed bronze look, and a hole that serves no particularly useful function (other than matching the holes found on other Ultralife-branded products). I suppose you could grab a carabiner clip and connect it to your laptop bag, but in reality it's probably just easier to put this inside the bag alongside other gadgets.
Netgear's R6300 was the first 802.11ac (I hesitate to say that here, as the standard isn't finished yet, but you know what I mean) router to ship, and initial testing in our labs showed barn-burning throughput - roughly double the speeds of three-stream 802.11n. This isn't that surprising considering that we're using 80-MHz channels here instead of the 40-MHz channels of 802.11n, but, still, higher performance is always a good thing.
True, nobody really needs 400+ (Layer 7) performance in the home, but it's pretty clear that we're all going to be moving to 802.11ac over the next few years, so why not make sure that everyone on your gift list is ready for what might be the last big Wi-Fi upgrade for many years?
Netgear's contemporary routers are always very easy to use, and the R6300 is no exception. A full array of features, including push-button security (Wi-Fi Alliance WPS), parental filtering, guest access and QoS are all standard, and if you want to dig into low-level configuration options they're all there. It's dual-radio and dual-band, but remember that 802.11ac operates only in the 5-GHz spectrum, so at 2.4 you'll be able to use up to three-stream (450 Mbps) 802.11n.
It's DLNA-compliant for video streaming, and USB sharing of printers and storage is also included. I've been using my two R6300s as a wireless bridge, as there are a very limited number of 802.11ac clients on the market today. But, again, we're really talking about the future here, and I've been very pleased so far.
The industrial design is reminiscent of the monolith in the classic film "2001: A Space Odyssey", and it is a little bit big. But there's a very complete features set and excellent peak performance. And what says the holidays more than high throughput?