What 3G/4G USB devices does Windows RT support.

After scribbling down the patchy facts from random sources, here are my findings about the dongle matter:

Windows RT requires the mobile network interface to pass certain criteria and, most importantly, to comply with:

Network Driver Specification (NDIS) version 6.3

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/jj123811.aspx

Unfortunately, there is currently no*** dongle available which complies with NDIS v 6.3.

Hopefully Microsoft wouldn't make us wait till the "Windows Blue" milestone and push vendors to deliver capable 3g/4g dongles very soon.

Sources:

http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/pc/your-pc-in-a-year-how-windows-8-will-change-hardware-1041437

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/jj128256.aspx\

http://microsoft-news.com/the-desperate-microsoft-surface-3g-dongle-situation/

http://www.business.vodafone.com/site/bus/public/enuk/support/10_productsupport/os_support/windows8/faq/p_faq01.jsp?leftNav=/site/bus/public/enuk/support/10_productsupport/os_support/windows8/faq/p_faqresults.jsp

http://www.business.vodafone.com/site/bus/public/enuk/support/10_productsupport/os_support/windows8/p_windows8.jsp

http://www.vodafone.qa/go/device/vodafone-usb-stick-k3806

***I am not sure if Vodafone has actually released K4305 and it actually works with Windows 8.

If anyone has further updates about 3g/4g dongle for Surface RT, please share.

47 devices, 47 not compatible :(

The only option I have found is the Huawei MiFi which is actually a wireless-3G router so the surface sees it as a WiFi hotspot not a USB dongle.

The real constraint is of course the fact that most if not all need some form of application installed which is a non-starter for RT