[ILUG] Any experience with Joikuspot

[Michael Watterson]

Niall O Broin wrote:
> I use my Nokia E51 as an internet access device with an Asus EEE 
> running stock, and with a Macbook Pro, in both cases connecting via 
> Bluetooth. It generally works OK, but now and then it causes me grief. 
> On the EEE such grief leads to having to setup the connection again, 
> while with the Macbook, I often have to reboot after the connection 
> dies, as the Mac can no longer find the phone (though sometimes 
> rebooting the phone helps).
>
> Then I heard of Joikuspot, which turns your compatible S60 device into 
> a WLAN HotSpot that shares your phone's 3G internet connection to 
> external devices.  If this works as advertised, it'd save me all the 
> grief associated with the Bluetooth connection, though I suppose it'd 
> have a negative impact on battery life.
>
> So, have any of you used Joikuspot? Does it work as advertised?
>
>
> Niall
>
No encryption at all the last time I looked.

An EDGE / 3G connection drops easily and then the Bluetooth may drop.

An HSDPA USB modem and even swapping existing SIM better? Does the E51 
do any better than 384k? I thought it EDGE and 3G only not HSDPA.


-- 
Mike