Boingo Wireless Now Available for Android Smartphones.Boingo Mobile Wi-Fi Hotspot Finder (1) A Web site that lists the locations of hotspots. See hotspot. (2) A device that detects the presence of an 802.11 network. Also called a "Wi-Fi finder" or "Wi-Fi signal finder," it lets you know if a hotspot is available without having to turn on your laptop. Expands Its List of Supported Mobile Operating Systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. , Also Including Apple iPhone, Symbian Series 60 and Windows Mobile The Windows platform from Microsoft for handheld devices, including PDAs, cellphones and Portable Media Centers. See Pocket PC, Pocket PC Phone Edition, Smartphone and Portable Media Center. LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. -- Boingo Wireless, the world's largest network of Wi-Fi hotspots, introduces the availability of its first Wi-Fi hotspot finder and connection manager for Android An open platform for cellphones from the Open Handset Alliance (OHA). Based on Linux, Android includes a library of Java classes for building mobile applications. Android and GPhone , the mobile operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance An organization founded in 2007 by Google, T-Mobile, QUALCOMM, Motorola and others that sponsors and promotes the Android open mobile phone platform. Based on Linux, Android was developed to compete with all cellphone platforms including Windows Mobile and Apple's iPhone by offering an . With the addition of Android, Boingo continues to increase the number of supported mobile platforms and phones. With the open platform on Android, Boingo is able to produce a very user-friendly and easy-to-use Wi-Fi experience for the Android platform; Android is one of the world's fastest-growing mobile operating systems (OSs) in terms of available applications and support by wireless carriers, handset vendors and developers. Boingo Mobile currently is available for all Android smartphones, including models running the latest version of the OS, Android 1.5. Android smartphones available today include the G1 from T-Mobile USA, the HTC HTC HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) Component HTC High Tech Computer Corp (Taiwan, China) HTC Hennepin Technical College (Minnesota) HTC High-Throughput Computing Magic from Vodafone and the HTC Dream from Orange France, with additional models from vendors and wireless carriers such as China Mobile, Huawei, Lenovo, Motorola and Samsung scheduled for release later this year. Most Android smartphones include Wi-Fi, which the Boingo application enhances by providing a convenient, automated way to connect. The application automatically notifies users when they are in a Boingo hotspot without needing to open the application, and connects to the Boingo network with one-click. When in a hotspot, the Boingo application will appear in the notification bar, and depending on phone settings, will either vibrate or play a sound. Leveraging the successful Android public beta testing (programming) beta testing - Testing a pre-release (potentially unreliable) version of a piece of software by making it available to selected users. This term derives from early 1960s terminology for product cycle checkpoints, first used at IBM but later standard throughout the from the Boingo Labs site (http://labs.boingo.com) and by incorporating user feedback, Boingo will continue to foster innovation and update its application to provide new features providing users even more benefits from the Boingo network and its locations, such as hotspot location mapping. "For the Android phones - and the entire growing smartphone market - Wi-Fi is a key part of the user experience," said Jonathan Mendelson, general manager of mobile and product management, Boingo Wireless. "With the fast Boingo network, you can now do more on your Android phone with faster uploads to YouTube and Picasa, quicker email downloads and a better Web experience with Wi-Fi speeds, wherever you are in the world." With the addition of the Android platform, Boingo adds to its continuously growing list of supported mobile platforms and devices that also includes Windows Mobile, Nokia/Symbian Series 60 and the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch. The Boingo Android application works on current Android phones and soon to be released Android smartphones. The Boingo application is available in the Android Market, and at http://www.boingo.com/download. About Boingo Wireless Boingo Wireless, Inc., the global market leader in Wi-Fi, makes it simple and easy for people to enjoy Wi-Fi access on their laptop or mobile device at more than 100,000 hotspots worldwide. With a single account, Boingo users can logon to the Boingo Network locations that include the top airports around the world, major hotel chains, cafes and coffee shops, restaurants, and metropolitan hot zones. Boingo, and its Concourse Communications Group subsidiary, operate wired and wireless networks at 55 airports worldwide, including 29 of the top 100 North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. airports, as well as the WSDOT WSDOT Washington State Department of Transportation Ferries Division Wi-Fi network. For more information about Boingo, please visit http://www.boingo.com. Boingo, Boingo Wireless, Boingo Mobile, the Boingo Wireless Logo and Don't Just Go. Boingo! are registered trademarks of Boingo Wireless, Inc. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. |
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