Datawind Ubisurfer

Does the job it claims to, but there's really no point to it

We're not technology snobs – there is a market for a low-end netbook that provides access to the web and little else for £160, and the Ubisurfer could suit an inexperienced user. But the Ubisurfer makes too many sacrifices at this stage for us to...

The problem is not with the idea, however, but the hardware and software it’s running on - it simply isn’t powerful enough to deliver the modern web in a convincing way.

Poorly made hardware and sluggish performance get in the way of what could have been a great value internet device

Nice compact unit

One word "Linux

can get emails where-ever mobile phone works

Lovely theory: but very user UN-friendly. It doesn't use "standard" programs, so it's a bit like reading Dutch, thinking it's German and wondering why you can't understand ; It gets "stuck" frequently ; The resolution is very poor, so if you try to...

it looks really cute. I bought it for my 9 year old as a birthday present and he loved how small and stylish it was

It's painfully slow. I'd read reviews that said speed wasn't it's strong point but I didn't expect it to be anything like as tedious as it is. Put it this way, my son only uses it to play games on. For anything else he uses my netbook or the pc because...

i thing the ubi-surfer netbook is a good net book ; its not to big its a good buy.it has a good screen for a ; ubi -surfer

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easy to use,does what it says on the tin

cant get some programmes to run,sometimes poor signal strength