{"id":39315,"date":"2013-11-11T02:05:06","date_gmt":"2013-11-11T02:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?p=39315"},"modified":"2013-11-11T05:06:10","modified_gmt":"2013-11-11T05:06:10","slug":"kingstons-mobilelite-wireless-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/kingstons-mobilelite-wireless-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Kingston’s MobileLite Wireless – Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kingston\u2019s MobileLite Wireless is the newest wireless storage solution for smartphones and tablets following the release of their successful Wi-Drive device. In contrast to the Wi-Drive, MobileLite does not include any internal storage and instead allows users to use multiple memory card types (SD\/SDHC\/SDXC and microSD) and\/or any USB flash drive. MobileLite also serves an emergency battery pack for all of your USB devices. Kingston has added features to the MobileLite that help it surpass similar devices currently on the market.<\/p>\n

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Kingston\u2019s MobileLite Wireless is a device made to supplement your mobile devices in a lot of ways. MobileLite has the ability to stream to up to three different devices and act as a battery pack when those devices run low. First, let\u2019s check out the packaging.<\/p>\n

MobileLite<\/strong><\/p>\n

Included in the package for MobileLite is a charging cable, a manual, a MicroSD card adapter, and MobileLite Wireless. MobileLite weighs a mere 98g and is about the size of our iPhone 4s. MobileLite has a nice quality to it, but it doesn’t feel as elegant, or as complimentary to a nice smartphone, as the Wi-Drive did.<\/p>\n

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MobileLite features three ports: A microUSB charging port, a USB 2.0 port, and a SD card slot.
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Featured on MobileLite\u2019s side is a standard power button and three LED lights indicating: battery status, Wi-Fi status, and whether or not you have internet access.<\/p>\n

Build Quality<\/strong><\/p>\n

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MobileLite is functional and the simple gray and black build just works. The device itself has a plastic casing that feels durable. MobileLite should survive some fall damage if an accident were to occur, as it often does with mobile devices.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, MobileLite does not come with any internal storage – something that was very nice on our 128GB Wi-Drive.<\/p>\n

Mobile device users might have to fork over some extra cash in order to get an SD card to use with the included adapter. An SD card\u2019s \u201cclass\u201d matters if you want to have the best writing performance. Kingston was nice enough to include a Class 10 32GB MicroSD card, included in their great Mobility Kit<\/a>, with our review unit.<\/p>\n

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We tried a couple of USB drives and a Portable HDD without issue. The extra storage is a huge plus for anybody stuck with a non-expandable memory solution on their device.<\/p>\n

So how was the streaming experience?<\/p>\n

MobileLite Apps<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Kingston\u2019s MobileLite Wireless allows you to stream movies, music, and photos to up to three different devices virtually lag free over its self-created network or over any Wi-Fi. For us, streaming was flawless and simple to control.<\/p>\n

MobileLite\u2019s complimentary app automatically attempts to sort different types of content from each connected storage device in app. The UI of the apps across platforms was easy to use and navigate.<\/p>\n

In the past, Kingston\u2019s Wi-Drive and subsequent apps suffered from minute long device resets with every network change. It’s something that might happen often as you move from one wireless access point to another. MobileLite\u2019s app and networking is a much improved and solid effort from Kingston. Streaming, changing networks, having regular internet access at the same time, and moving files was dead simple.<\/p>\n

The device requires three steps to stream and surf: connect to MobileLite\u2019s customizable SSID, go into the MobileLite app settings and enter your network credentials, and reconnect to MobileLite.<\/p>\n

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Transferring files to and from the device in-app was fast enough to be tolerable. File transfers weren\u2019t the speediest but they were acceptable at about 7\/mbs on average. <\/p>\n

In-app file transfers were a different story.<\/p>\n

On our Android tablet and iPhone, we couldn\u2019t select more than one file at a time to change\/move, and other times we could select multiple files. This is an unfortunate app issue that can hopefully get worked out. <\/p>\n

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MobileLite as a Power Bank<\/strong><\/p>\n

MobileLite features a 1800mAh battery that on average lasted us about 6 hours with normal usage. MobileLite streaming to three devices while charging one of them shreds that time.<\/p>\n

To put 1800mAh in perspective: an Asus TF300T has a 5950mAh battery, a Nexus 7 has a 4,325mAh battery, and an iPhone 4s has a 1,420mAh battery. You can barely squeeze by a full charge of an iPhone 4s and still have a little bit of juice left for streaming. However, for emergency use, the Power Bank feature is a nice extra.<\/p>\n

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Final Thoughts<\/strong>
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