3 Mi-Fi Wins Gadget Of The Year Award

3 Mobile’s popular MiFi device has been crowned the ‘best gadget of the year’ at the T3 Gadget Awards.

The mobile device creates a personal Wi-Fi hotspot by utilizing 3′s mobile broadband coverage, and then allows for up to 5 wireless devices to connect to the MiFi device and access the internet.

3′s Mobile Broadband  Product Manager Matt Halfin commented: “We were extremely pleased to be nominated among high profile names, let alone win the T3 Award.

“The Mi-Fi is a very successful and essential every day gadget, allowing our customers to make the most out of their Wi-Fi enabled devices.”

The 3 Mi-Fi device beat off competition from Apple’s Macbook Pro and iPhone 4, as well as the BlackBerry Bold 9700, to win through in the category.

The Mi-Fi (Huawei E585 wireless modem) is available from 3 priced at £69.99 on a Pay As You Go mobile broadband tariff.