Walking Hotspot

Thu May 1 14:30:02 CDT 2008

Hi Isaac, Walking Hotspot is the software I described in detail on the list
a couple of weeks ago. Here is a repeat of that message for those who missed
it.

	One of the things I love about working with technology, is that
every so often you are fortunate enough to have a "hey wow" moment. The
software I am writing about is just so useful, and so incredibly easy to set
up, that it certainly was the cause of such a moment.

Over the last few days, I have been playing with a piece of software that
allows me to take advantage of the data connection on my phone to the
benefit of my PAC mate Omni and Lenovo Thinkpad.

The software is called Walking Hotspot, and is available for free from
http://www.walkinghotspot.com.

This software is for Symbian and Windows Mobile phones. To use it, the phone
must support both WiFi, and some sort of data over cellular option. It
allows you to set up your phone so that it is your very own walking hotspot.
The idea here is that you can use your laptop, PAC Mate, or any other WiFi
capable device to connect to the phone running the hotspot software, so that
you can use your phone's Internet connection from another device. The
connection can be encrypted using WEP for additional security.

Now it's true that many phones can use Bluetooth to do a similar thing, but
there are a few points to note. Firstly, certainly on GSM networks, when you
do this you are only connecting with GPRS, and not the faster forms of
Internet connectivity such as 3G or HSDPA. Secondly, not all phones offer
the modem service. And thirdly, it can be complex for a user to set up.

With Walking Hotspot, you just set up your access point complete with WEP
security if you want, bring up the wireless manager on the device from which
you want to connect, and establish an ad hoc connection.

Here in new Zealand, I have an HSDPA connection which in good coverage areas
can give me 2 or 3 MBPS down. So as long as I am in coverage, I have really
good broad band on my PAC mate or laptop now.

The free version is limited in that you can only establish one concurrent
connection. The paid version, being distributed through carriers, permits
five concurrent connections. But for personal use, the free version is fine.

The Symbian version is 100% accessible with both Mobile Speak and Talks.
Obviously, because you will be using the WiFi and data over cellular
capabilities of your phone, you're going to use a lot of battery power, and
this may be an issue on units that offer poor battery performance.

This software is pure genius.

Jonathan

-----Original Message-----
From: blindphones-bounces at mosenexplosion.com
[mailto:blindphones-bounces at mosenexplosion.com] On Behalf Of isaac obie
Sent: Friday, 2 May 2008 4:56 a.m.
To: The Accessible Phones Discussion List
Subject: Re: Walking Hotspot

Sabaruddin,
Is that your first name? :) :) Hotspots would be a place where computer 
connections to the internet are located such as airports, Starbucks, hotels,

libraries. So a walking hotspot would be just walking past those places. I 
can't wait to get my N82. :) :)
Isaac
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sabaruddin Isa" <golden789 at gmail.com>
To: "The Accessible Phones Discussion List" <blindphones at mosenexplosion.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 12:35 PM
Subject: Re: Walking Hotspot

Hi

walking hotspot? Sounds interesting!
But i know nothing about
the concept.
would you be kind enough to explain more about it?

sorry for my ignorance.

On 5/1/08, Jonathan Mosen <jmosen at mosen.org> wrote:
> Hi Anders, you can certainly connect the phone to your router in
> infrastructure mode. Can you explain a bit about what it is you want to
> achieve here by when you say you want to use the PC as a server?
>
> Jonathan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindphones-bounces at mosenexplosion.com
> [mailto:blindphones-bounces at mosenexplosion.com] On Behalf Of Anders 
> Holmberg
> Sent: Thursday, 1 May 2008 9:37 p.m.
> To: 'The Accessible Phones Discussion List'
> Subject: SV: Walking Hotspot
>
> Hello!
> One question though.
> Can you do the same thing but the opposit way?
> Actually  i want my phone to be able to connect through the internet via 
> my
> router and have my pc as aserver and my phone as a client?
> /Anders.
>
> -----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
> Från: blindphones-bounces at mosenexplosion.com
> [mailto:blindphones-bounces at mosenexplosion.com] För Jonathan Mosen
> Skickat: den 23 april 2008 19:06
> Till: 'The Accessible Phones Discussion List'
> Ämne: Walking Hotspot
>
>
> One of the things I love about working with technology, is that every so
> often you are fortunate enough to have a "hey wow" moment. The software I 
> am
> writing about is just so useful, and so incredibly easy to set up, that it
> certainly was the cause of such a moment.
>
> Over the last few days, I have been playing with a piece of software that
> allows me to take advantage of the data connection on my phone to the
> benefit of my PAC mate Omni and Lenovo Thinkpad.
>
> The software is called Walking Hotspot, and is available for free from
> http://www.walkinghotspot.com <blocked::http://www.walkinghotspot.com/> .
>
> This software is for Symbian and Windows Mobile phones. To use it, the 
> phone
> must support both WiFi, and some sort of data over cellular option. It
> allows you to set up your phone so that it is your very own walking 
> hotspot.
> The idea here is that you can use your laptop, PAC Mate, or any other WiFi
> capable device to connect to the phone running the hotspot software, so 
> that
> you can use your phone's Internet connection from another device. The
> connection can be encrypted using WEP for additional security.
>
> Now it's true that many phones can use Bluetooth to do a similar thing, 
> but
> there are a few points to note. Firstly, certainly on GSM networks, when 
> you
> do this you are only connecting with GPRS, and not the faster forms of
> Internet connectivity such as 3G or HSDPA. Secondly, not all phones offer
> the modem service. And thirdly, it can be complex for a user to set up.
>
> With Walking Hotspot, you just set up your access point complete with WEP
> security if you want, bring up the wireless manager on the device from 
> which
> you want to connect, and establish an ad hoc connection.
>
> Here in new Zealand, I have an HSDPA connection which in good coverage 
> areas
> can give me 2 or 3 MBPS down. So as long as I am in coverage, I have 
> really
> good broad band on my PAC mate or laptop now.
>
> The free version is limited in that you can only establish one concurrent
> connection. The paid version, being distributed through carriers, permits
> five concurrent connections. But for personal use, the free version is 
> fine.
>
> The Symbian version is 100% accessible with both Mobile Speak and Talks.
> Obviously, because you will be using the WiFi and data over cellular
> capabilities of your phone, you're going to use a lot of battery power, 
> and
> this may be an issue on units that offer poor battery performance.
>
> This software is pure genius.
>
> Jonathan
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