Option unveiled its smallest HSDPA USB device so far at the Mobile Asia Congress in Macau, China. Option’s new iCON 225 is an HSDPA device, specifically aimed at mass market business.

Measuring only 63 x 26 x 13 mm and just weighing 40 g, the iCON 225 is Option’s most compact HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access) USB wireless modem to date. Offering data rates of up to 7.2 Mbps, the device can download an MP3 music file in five seconds or a YouTube video in a minute.

Incorporating quad-band EDGE, GPRS and GSM data connectivity as well as 2100 MHz HSDPA/UMTS, the iCON 225’s Zero-CD technology allows applications, manuals and drivers to be downloaded and installed automatically when the device is connected to a computer for the first time: CD installation and bulky printed instruction manuals have been eliminated.

Product Highlights

• Compact USB stick form-factor measuring 63x26x13 mm
• Multimode HSDPA/UMTS/EDGE/GPRS/GSM
• Worldwide coverage with quad-band EDGE/GPRS/GSM
• HSDPA connectivity at up to 7.2 Mbps
• EDGE/GPRS/GSM connectivity at up to 247 kbps
• Zero-CD Plug ‘n’ Play technology
• Transparent support for IPSec and VPN technology
• Comprehensively tested on infrastructure and networks wordwide
• Future proof through upgradeable firmware in Flash Memory