Are there freewares for making a hotspot out of a windows mobile phone?
Last week we posted about an app called WMWifi that turns a Windows Mobile 6 device into a portable wifi hotspot. As if in response to the wailing and gnashing of teeth from jealous Symbian users, freeware developer Joikusoft has released JoikuSpot – a 3rd Edition S60 app that performs much the same trick with Nokia smartphones. Your phone will need built-in wifi (the app has been tested with the Nokia N95, N82, N90 and E61 among others) and ideally some kind of unlimited data plan with your operator. If you currently use your phone with your laptop via Bluetooth this is defintely one to check out as you will get much better connection speeds via wifi. Although intended for use with a single laptop, there is nothing to stop you connecting multiple devices at once. One caveat is that web access is enabled via a proxy server so you may need to reconfigure your browser to autodetect proxy settings if you have problems with HTTPS sites. Joikusoft also recommend updating your phone to the l
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