Auto WeFi is available from Nokia’s Ovi store and stands out from the rest of the apps available with its aesthetically simple logo. The application is quite a bit larger than many other utilities and is 796 kb to download and requires one megabyte when fully installed. In todays age of large hard-drives on most s60 devices however, the size of Auto WeFi shouldn’t pose a problem. Stored in the applications folder Auto WeFi, when opened, asks the user if they would like the app to start-up automatically when the handset is switched on.
Once the relevant option is chosen by the user, they are greeted by a ‘status’ screen which shows the connection status. Next to the connection status there is a small picture of the earth that is grey when not connected and green and blue whilst a connection exists. Below this lies a list of four possible wi-fi connections;
Internet Verified Spots
Open Spots
Spots require login
Locked Spots
Auto WeFi picks up available wi-fi connections automatically upon booting up and catalogues them intuitively into the list described above, whilst also providing you with the password for any other wi-fi connections that you had previously connected to on your s60 device.
The user can also switch to a more detailed screen by scrolling right to the ‘spots’ page. This page contains the actual list of all wi-fi connections available to the user, with small icons highlighting whether the connection is locked and/or requires a password.
You can even manually refresh the list from this page or manually connect to a specific wi-fi service also. The other option of connecting to the Internet is to open the embedded browser on your s60 device, and select the ‘Automatic-WeFi’ whereby Auto WeFi connects to the internet via a previously used wifi connection or the one manually selected in the application.
Auto We-Fi is a mass usage s60 application that everyone can use without being befuddled with various menus, sub-menus and even more options. Simplicity and straight-to-the-point handling is the direction in which the application was surely created. Automatic connections and two indicative picture help menu’s means there isn’t much that can go wrong. The text is also of a perfect size and the design is very good.
The only small negative is that a user cannot manually input the details of an available wi-fi connection, should Auto WeFi not pick it up. However, that shouldn’t detract from what is essentially an excellent and useful wi-fi application, one that is certainly far easier to use than ones included in most s60 devices.