The iPhone’s ability to switch seamlessly between Wi-Fi networks and AT&T’s EDGE network with minimal mucking around by the user still remains unmatched. If you’re using one of Nokia’s increasing number of Wi-Fi enabled phones, the experience is the opposite: painful. Unless you permanently set a preference in each individual application, you’re annoyingly prompted to select a network whenever a program tries to access the Internet.
Nokia is still grappling with this problem. The good news is that there’s a fix: Psiloc Connect. Psiloc Connect works by creating a new Access Point on your S60 device. By pointing any application to the Psiloc AP, you can set your preferences so Psiloc will attempt to connect through Wi-Fi, then will try your cellular data connection next, whether it be 3G, EDGE or GPRS. In other words, with Psiloc, you can let the phone choose the fastest data network available. It will set you back about $16, which isn’t cheap — but I think it’s worth owning.
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8:14 PM PT
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10:35 AM PT
It makes more sense after reading the story, but that title was incredibly confusing. Mostly because “Nokia Select a Network Nag” doesn’t make sense without some context or quotes. Maybe “New App Fixes Nokia’s Network Selection Problem?”
12:59 PM PT
“The iPhone’s ability to switch seamlessly between Wi-Fi networks and AT&T’s EDGE network with minimal mucking around by the user still remains unmatched”
I haven’t noticed it to be very good at this, nor very good at recovering from bad EDGE coverage at large events where a lot of people are stressing the netwrok.
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