Community-maintained free WiFi service comes to Android

 

WeFi is a community-based service that maintains a global archive of Wi-Fi connections. Today, WeFi announced that the service has become available for Android devices. Whenever a user finds a connection, it is logged on the WeFi system. Then any WeFi user can automatically connect through that hotspot whenever they are near. WeFi detects and connects through the hotspots, so that users will automatically gain free Internet access whenever there are spots available.  

 

The service currently claims over 20 million hotspots, and allows smartphones users to skip the process of manually searching for free, password-less hotspots that might be nearby. It also automatically reconnects to other Wi-Fi spots if the current connection breaks. Before now, WeFi operated only on Symbian and Windows phones, as well desktop PCs and Macs.

What we think?

WeFi was on GoMo recently for the new service it’s providing in conjunction with ROK entertainment: WeROK. WeROK allows WeFi users to access basic mobile services through their free WeFi connection, like low-cost SMS, mobile email, free mobile TV and mobile social networks. Currently that service is only available on PCs and Wi-Fi enabled Symbian S60 devices. I can only imagine we’ll see it spread to Android pretty soon - after all, with Android pipped to see a huge increase in sales in the near future, now is the right time to get your services in line with the open OS.