Vodacom Web Box: fast facts
Here are a few fast facts about the Vodacom Web Box:
Activating your Prepaid SIM
Place the SIM card into a handset and activate it by dialling 100. Once activation is complete, put the SIM into the Web Box SIM card slot.
Also read
http://www.vtime.co.za/vodafone-web-box
Benefits
- The Vodafone Web Box offers an affordable and convenient at-home internet experience.
- It offers a simple plug-and-play experience as easy as connecting the keyboard to your TV.
- The Opera Mini browser and usage of the Vodacom EDGE network provides great performance – even if you live in an outlying area.
- This product will provide you with a Multimedia experience: video player, FM radio, music, memory card and picture viewer.
Connection
The Vodacom Web Box connects to an LCD, Plasma or CRT screen via RCA outputs.
Cost
This plug-and-play device will cost you R749 (including VAT). (NOTE: the WebBox price has been dropped to only R599 since 1 August 2011.)
Exclusivity
The Vodafone Web Box is exclusive to Vodacom.
More information
For more information regarding this product, please dial 08219326.
Network preference
The Web Box supports EDGE and GPRS. It does not support 3G/HSDPA.
Prepaid or Contract
This product is launching with a Prepaid SIM, but a 24 month contract will be available soon.
Promotional offer:
The promotional offer includes the Web Box, a Prepaid SIM, 2 GB micro SD Card and a once-off 100 MB data bundle. The Vodafone Web Box is available in stores from 21 February 2011 and the promotional offer will be available for the next 3 months.
Recharging your Web Box
Buy your Web Box data bundles direct and pinless from Vtime. It will save you the hassle of buying airtime and then converting the airtime into a data bundle. Read more about Data Direct at: http://www.vtime.co.za/index.php/data-direct
Stores
Visit your nearest Game, Dion, Jet, Edgars or Vodashop to buy your Vodacom Web Box.
Supported Media
Media that is supported by the Vodafone Web Box is: Music Player, Video Player, FM Radio and Picture Viewer.
Web browsing via a dedicated APN
The accompanying SIM will be APN pre-activated.
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5 CommentsInternet on your TV
The next time channel hopping does not bring you joy, why don’t you just switch to browsing the internet or catch up on some e-mails? Or maybe you would rather listen to FM Radio, play games, view the pictures and videos you took of last weekend’s trip or send and receive SMSs? Now you can do all of this without leaving your favourite couch…thanks to the Vodafone Web Box!
It is as simple as connecting the plug-n-play keyboard with built-in EDGE modem (Connectivity) and Memory Card (Storage) to your TV (CRT, Plasma and LCD) and switching on an affordable at-home internet experience. Even if your TV does not support RCA cables (yellow, red, white) it can still become a device screen with the Vodafone Web Box when you simply purchase a suitable adapter at any ELLIES Television outlet.
This Vodafone device is built by ZTE and it runs the Android Operating System. It uses Opera Mini 5.0 as a web browser, which reduces browsing costs by up to 90% and increases download speed. The device comes with a 2 GB micro SD Memory card that allows you to store media such as images, videos and music. Besides additional applications like games, weather and news, the Vodafone Web Box furthermore boasts connectivity to the country-wide Vodacom EDGE network.
Look out for the Vodafone Web Box at your closest Vodashop, Edgars, Jet stores, Dion and Game stores from the 21st of February 2011. The launching deal is R749 and it will include a Prepaid SIM card (a 24 month contract will be available soon), a 2 GB micro SD Card and a once-off 100 MB data bundle.
This promotional offer is valid for 3 months until the 15th of May 2011. (NOTE: the WebBox price has been dropped to only R599 since 1 August 2011.)
Remember to recharge your Vodacom Web Box’s data direct and pinless with Vtime (http://www.vtime.co.za/index.php/data-direct)!
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