Native Access Point Prioritization In S60v3 FP2
Neil over at iGadget Life has his hands on a Nokia N78 and is looking through all the different updates available in the new S60v3 Feature Pack 2 update. One of the most sought after features is Access Point Prioritization. This has been present on some of the Eseries handsets for some time now, and is available in certain areas of the Nseries, such as in the Video Center. Basically, the feature will allow you to rank your access points in the order that you would like the phone to try them. For instance, you could say to try WiFi first, and then fall back to cellular data, if not found.
It would seem as though this new feature will make Psiloc Connect unnecessary, though users of non-FP2 devices such as the N95, N82, and others will still gladly pay the $12 for the application. Head on over to iGadget Life to check it out, and if you have any questions, you can leave a comment.
You dont seem happy about it.
I am, it’s just that the feature itself is so far overdue, and Psiloc Connect has already solved the problem for non-FP2 handsets, so it’s really a wash, imo.
If I was the creator of Psiloc Connect I’d be pretty pissed. Talk about a limited product lifespan! Hopefully they had insight into the fact that this was coming and decided to write the app knowing there could still a lot of sales for existing S60V3 and S60V3FP1 devices.
-Pete
@Pete - I don’t think so. There are how many million N95s in the marketplace right now that will need Psiloc Connect? If anything, this will help Psiloc Connect sell more copies.
The creator of Psiloc Connect shouldn’t be complaining. If your business revolves around a feature that should have been a native part of the operating system to begin with, the possibility of an OS update that makes your product obsolete is a normal risk of the trade.
Why would I want to gladly pay $12 for Psiloc Connect with its resource hogging DRM client that slows down your phone bootup and can cause other applications to crash.
Psiloc’s DRM really sucks, which is a shame because they do make some good apps, but the good doesn’t outweigh the bad bad DRM sadly.
And what is Nokia playing at with this renaming ‘Connections’ to ‘Destinations’ crap!!
At least connections made sense.
Destinations sounds like something to do with Nokia Maps, forums everywhere are going to to be full of ‘How do I add a connection’ threads.
Nokia are you going INSANE (or am I !!)
I meant access points not, connections oops