Datawind Ubisurfer

18% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

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.

size

Very light and portable. Easy to use, simple interface. Fast initial load. Good basic word processing and spreadsheet apps. Includes games. Strong, durable.

Painfully slow internet speed (takes about a minute to load a webpage on GPRS) Loses WiFi connection easily. Freezes very frequently. Struggles to cope with the simple things eg: drop down menus, typing a web address. Goes very pixelated even when...

Very light and portable ; Easy to use, simple interface ; Fast initial load ; Good basic word processing and spreadsheet apps ; Includes games ; Strong, durable

Painfully slow internet speed (takes about a minute to load a webpage on GPRS) ; Loses WiFi connection easily ; Freezes very frequently ; Struggles to cope with the simple things eg: drop down menus, typing a web address ; Goes very pixelated even when...

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 zoom...

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...

Nice compact unit!!

One word "Linux"