Palm’s Mobile Hotspot on the Pre Plus and Pixi Plus not so hot [UPDATED]

I guess I should file this under “good to know” because I had been thinking about replacing my MiFi with a Palm Pre Plus now that it has the Mobile Hotspot app available. But after reading a recent article over on jkOnTheRun I am pretty glad that I have been dragging my feet about making the switch because it seems that the data speeds from the Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus are not nearly as good as that of the MiFi. I guess device convergence is not always a good thing.

According to the testing, the results were said to be “disappointing to say the least.” As far as the testing, it was noted that multiple tests were done with the MiFi, Pre Plus and the Pixi Plus. Additionally, the tests were done only in areas that offered full 3G reception.

As for the results;

• Palm Pixi Plus – Test 1 – 167kbps down and 263kbps up
• Palm Pixi Plus – Test 2 – 127kbps down and 376kbps up

• Palm Pre Plus – Test 1 – 166kbps down and 235kbps up
• Palm Pre Plus – Test 2 – 155kbps down and 158kbps up

• MiFi – Test 1 – 867kbps down and 355kbps up
• MiFi – Test 2 – 931kbps down and 558kbps up

I think the above description of disappointing would be entirely accurate. I guess that also means that I will be keeping the MiFi, at least until I begin to see some additional test results.

[UPDATE] I was able to confirm that I am going to be receiving a Pre Plus and Pixi Plus here in a few days, which means that I will be able to do some testing of my own.

Read [jkOnTheRun]