Free WiFi Cafe Spots App for Blackberry
Blackberry users will acknowledge that accessing internet in your Blackberry over WiFi in your office or home is far more quick and efficient than 3G. But things can be tricky if you are on the move. True there could be many WiFi spots in your city. But many want the user to pay for using their WiFi network. This is where Free WiFi Cafe Spots could step in for the user. This Blackberry Free WiFi Cafe Spots app lets you find out the nearest WiFi hotspot with respect to your current location, in 115 countries worldwide. It comes in-built with a database of free WiFi spots in various cities/countries.
The Application
Free WiFi Cafe Spots app for Blackberry finds the WiFi hotspots near your location using the phone’s GPS. The interface looks a tad primitive when compared with other applications. But the app is fast, and its international database of WiFi hotspots would mean that you are never too far away from a free WiFi hotspot.
In Free WiFi Cafe Spots application, you can find the hotspot in specific locations across the world by choosing a country from the drop down menu, followed by picking the city of your choice from the list of cities in that country. Alternatively, it is also possible to zero-in on a city using the pincode of the said city.
Once picked up a suitable WiFi hotspot, you’ll be presented with an address and link to a map. The app makes use of Blackberry’s map application to provide directions to the selected WiFi hotspot. This however won’t work if you are roaming and not connected to a data network since maps need to be downloaded. The hotspot data presented to the user by the Free WiFi Cafe Spots app will also include the quality of WiFi connection, restrictions of use if any, and if power sockets are available.
From user experience, if you happen to find out that the details provided on a particular WiFi hotspot in not correct, you can send feedback to the application’s authors so that the database can be updated. Similarly, if you find a hotspot that is not catalogued yet, you can let the authors know about the same.
Conclusion
Free WiFi Cafe Spots app for Blackberry is a very simple, but handy application for Blackberry that lets you find the elusive free WiFi hotspots near you without much fuss. It lets you plan ahead, especially while on the move, to find a WiFi hotspot on the way. Some of its features do look primitive. But in terms of effectiveness, the Blackberry Free WiFi Cafe Spots application is as good as most of the modern apps available in the market today.
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