WeFi Brings Free WiFi To Symbian
I got an email earlier today, letting me know that WeFi is now available for S60-powered smartphones. What is it? Basically, WeFi is a freeware application that you install on your phone, and it creates an ‘Automatic-WeFi’ access point. The WeFi service tracks free WiFi hotspots throughout the world, and is also available for Windows and Mac (sorry, Linux-lovers, you guys always get the shaft), with a few social networking features.
The WeFi application on your S60 phone displays a list of nearby hotspots, and lets you know how strong the signal is. The system will automatically connect you to the best free hotspot in the area, or you can choose to manually connect to secure networks if you have a password. The WeFi website also allows you to view an interactive map showing your current location (estimated, as it put me in Dallas, 40 miles East) and the local hotspots. If you know of one that’s not listed, you can also add that, so others can use it, too.
At first glance, the application seems to be pretty simple, and we like the ‘free’ cost involved. Fort Worth, TX isn’t exactly the ‘hotspot…hotspot’ that you may imagine, but we’ll try to give this a testing anyways. In the meantime, if you live in an area with lots of free hotspots, and have a chance to check this out, please let us know in the comments. You can check out their website here, or download the S60 client here.
Email? OK, I believe you!
Seems a lot like the FON project which let you connect to other FON users.
From what I’ve seen there’s not many places near my town where there are WeFi accesspoints.
Whereas FON depends on users sharing their wifi network WeFi seems to be using public hotspots in addition.
(Correct me if I’m wrong).
Haven’t been testing it so I don’t know if it works.
However looking interesting.
it seems pretty interesting so far. Its shown me networks that my n82s wi-fi scan didn’t show. Only thing so das is that on the main status screen all the txt is just blocks. Pretty cool program so far
I downloaded it a few times. I finally decided to give it a chance. Im currently using Psiloc connect and I thought the wifi scanner on my n95 does the same thing. You scan and connect to the wifi. But the more i read it automatically connects you. Hopefully it works good with psilok.
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