Wireless was sold to me as a great addition. My iPhone pals raved about it - CNET said it should be mandatory. The impression was that the phone would automatically connect to Wifi whenever it ...
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Wireless was sold to me as a great addition. My iPhone pals raved about it - CNET said it should be mandatory. The impression was that the phone would automatically connect to Wifi whenever it was available. My very simple question was always "what about security?" Since 99% of wireless networks require a log in. This was never really answered. Here is the answer - it is far from simple to use Wifi on the 9650 and it certainly isn't seamless. Even connecting to my home network took quite a while. If you are anything like me, you set up your wireless router a year or two ago and completely forgot everything about it. I am not a total technology idiot - but I found the directions for wireless to be confusing. I needed to go to my Belkin (router) website (an IP address/URL) and find the PKN - which was a phrase that I chose whenever the router was set up. Luckily there was an "obscure PKN" button that I unchecked and it showed the phrase. Typed that into the phone and connected. So now I have access to my home wireless. How this is supposed to work in airports, coffee shops, etc., I do not understand. It seems that even if the network is available, the phone will not connect on its own. You will need to prompt it. The value of spending all this time to get faster internet on a handset escapes me.