Truecall Catawind shows off MIDs with free 3G connection

Its no secret that we’e going to see a number of netbooks and even MIDs at CES this week. A large portion of them are likely to have 3G or even 4G connectivity. Those would all require contracts and monthly fee, however. That doesn’t appear to be the case with Truecall Datawind’s MIDs.

In the second quarter of this year, Truecall looks to introduce its UbiSurfer and PocketSurfer 3. Both devices are essentially small form factors to use for the Internet. The devices boot straight into a web browser that appears to be Firefox based. They will come in both GSM and CDMA, each with 30 hours of free Internet access a month for the first year.

The biggest differences between the two is price, the Ubisurfer will cost $199, while the PocketSurfer 3 will cost $249. The extra $50 will lose the Wi-Fi in the Ubisurfer, but gain GPS. The PocketSurfer sacrifices a lot to be so small, a normal-feeling keyboard (instead featuring a flat surface), a well placed trackpad (the trackpad is located at the top right, and only has tap-to-click), though its incredibly small size could help ease those pains.