First Look: WeFi hot-spot-finder

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Not every social networking concept strikes gold, even when the coalescing factor is the common interest of finding a good Internet cafe. In the case of WeFi, a hot-spot-finding application with a social community tacked on, various CNET editors have raised a collective eyebrow at some of the more intense methods of attaining human connection, but largely agree that being able to chat with verified friends or nearby Internet surfers adds a useful dimension to the search for reliable Wi-Fi access in comfortable coffee shops.

This First Look at WeFi for Windows laptops and WeFi for Pocket PC tours WeFi's easy-to-use interface and automated hot-spot-sniffers from two Internet-thirsty devices.

Topics:: Mobile Software,; Windows Software

Tags:: First Look,; WeFi,; hot spot,; WiFi,; Pocket PC,; Windows Mobile

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by ahmedfathyzaki May 5, 2008 3:20 PM PDT: thank you; Reply to this comment


by mayssam8 May 5, 2008 6:05 PM PDT: Reply to this comment


by soul_thief May 5, 2008 9:34 PM PDT: I actually got kind of excited when I saw this program and then I tried it. It was completely useless to me on my Windows Mobile 6 device because of one very tiny thing. My personal wlan at home has the SSID broadcast disabled. It literally didn't know what to do with it even though I hand fed it the information. For once the operating system did something better. Sorry folks but this one is not a winner in my book.; Reply to this comment


by tchetch May 6, 2008 4:00 AM PDT: Dear soul_thief,
My name is Amir, and I am a product manager here at WeFi.
Thanks for pointing it out. It is indeed true we do not support hidden SSID?s, as it is a very uncommon practice. Furthermore, I would also like to point out that this practice is not recommended by Microsoft (see, for example, http://blogs.technet.com/networking/archive/2008/02/08/non-broadcast-wireless-ssids-why-hidden-wireless-networks-are-a-bad-idea.aspx).
However, if we see that a lot of users indeed raise this as an issue, we will introduce a solution for that in future version.
If you have any more queries or feedback, don?t hesitate to contact us at support@wefi.com.
Thanks,
Amir; Reply to this comment


by sticks35 May 6, 2008 9:52 AM PDT: Hello Amir. I recently installed this application on my WM6 device (an SCH-i760) & it worked for a while & then began to constantly crash my device. I'm not sure why that happened but I liked the software while it worked. I had to remove it from hope from my device but I will try it again in a future version; Reply to this comment


by soul_thief May 6, 2008 11:42 AM PDT: Wow, I really wasn't expecting a response but thank you for taking the time to do so. I do agree with you completely concerning what you have posted but, it is not the only security measure I have in place by far. Unfortunately, because of the hybrid nature of my wlan I do use WEP, would prefer WPA and a radius server but again not all operating systems play nice with that right now and it's extremely time consuming to setup.

But again, nice product, it just did not suit my needs. Good luck.; Reply to this comment


by msghalayini May 7, 2008 6:29 AM PDT: Hi, Thank you very much always your astonishing me by the nice programes; Reply to this comment


by baddog63 May 9, 2008 8:28 PM PDT: It would have been nice to know it's not supported by Vista before I downloaded it.; Reply to this comment


by sufyanU May 23, 2008 12:07 AM PDT: it works.; Reply to this comment


by aegis729 September 9, 2008 11:35 PM PDT: Hello, glad to be a member. From what I see I like. As I get further into my endeavors, hope I give as much as I will recieve.; Reply to this comment