To participate on our forum, please sign in. If you do not have an account, please register.
Boingo (charge) has usurped Jiwire (free) as most comprehensive global wi-fi hotspot database. If calling or surfing, these free Wi-Fi hot spots can save a fortune.
Star Alliance have just come out with an App for the iPhone which also works on the iPad. Just downloaded it and it’s pretty good.
Skype announces pay-per-minute Wi-Fi for iPhone and iPad.
If unable to find a free hot spot, this service could save you a packet on normal provider charges for data transfers when travelling.
Also on android, the app currently being trialled for Starwood hotels removes the need for checking in with your smartphone being the room key.
…Starwood’s CEO Frits Van Paasschen told the Wall Street Journal: ‘It may be a novelty at first, but we think it will become table stakes for managing a hotel.
‘We believe this will become the new standard for how people will want to enter a hotel.’……
What a great idea but I guess battery management will become the “key” thing here 😉