Vlog: Joikuspot is a Must Have S60 App

May 20th, 2008 • Mark Guim • Filed Under •

Joikuspot is a must-have application for our S60-powered Nokia phones. This free download turns the phone into a wireless access point for other devices like laptop, internet tablet, iPod touch, or iPhone. In this vlog, I’ll show you how simple it is to use.

Video formats: Web High Quality, Mobile, Youtube, Share Ovi

I just open the application and click yes to share my internet connection from my Nokia N95 8GB with my computer. Since I have the Nokia N95-4 variation, I get fast 3G internet speed on the AT&T network.

For added security, you also have the option of turning on WEP encryption so nobody else can leech off your connection.

Thoughts

I have more must-have applications to demo in upcoming videologs. I’m also interested in some of my readers’ must-have apps. Let me know in the comments below. If you are a developer and would like me to demo your software, don’t be afraid to contact me.

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  • Norman
    The other interesting software that I may suggest for your review is SymSMB 4.00 from www.telexy.com At this point there are a few video about SymSMB on YouTube but all of them about earliest version and nothing about latest v.4.00 that allowing wireless audio streaming from computer to phone and much more! I have around 30 programs on my phone and I would consider this is definitely the best application on my N95. The must have one.
  • Mark
    SymSMB is quite old and is not designed for the latest phones.
    Nowadays must have one is Telexy Network Commander or SymNC.
    From the same www.telexy.com
  • You should check out a couple of two cool video apps for S60:

    Qik (http://www.visivocommunications.com/). The website doesn't have much info yet, but you can sign up for the beta there. It allows you to stream live video from an S60 3rd edition device to a website for viewing in real-time or anytime.

    Hava player (see http://www.symbianone.com/content/view/5510/108/) - watch your TV and DVR content on your S60 3rd edition device via WiFi or 3G or HSDPA. Control your TV and DVR. Similiar to Sling but has built in WiFi and Nokia slider phone support for portrait/landscape toggling.
  • I like both apps, joikuspot has been pretty stable for me, but i don't have very high prolonged usage. My my ipod touch has no problems connecting and its pretty speedy. Its not really worth it to try it on my bb curve, since the processor is on the slow side so even with the high speeds it still needs to load it up. Both are also quite easy to use. I have no idea how either one of them affects your data usage though, I'd assume you probably ARE doing something bad on your TOS but i'm pretty sure unless you are dling gigs and gigs of stuff, and your data usage is limited to web surfing, you won't see any silly high charges on your bill (I have yet to). Both apps need to be able to support psps and DS's, that will generate a pretty big following since you have mobile online gaming on two huge platforms. From what I gathered, this is the biggest gripe people are having. Truth be told, I'm just glad to have big screen internet while on my ipod while my phone is in my pocket.
  • Jonathan Mosen
    I find walking Hotspot to be a more stable, fully featured app that just works. I've used this in airports and it has saved me plenty of money. It's worked fine over an HSDPA connection for the Web, mail, and streaming.

    I wish they would sell me the full version though, as I have more than one device I want to use with it. However they say that are only going to sell it through carriers. I think this is a mistake.
  • I much prefer Walking Hotspot, way more stable.
  • tallman
    I also have a Nokia N95 8GB US Version, and im using it on the at&t network. I have the unlimited data plan. What is the difference between the "at&t internet" option and the "at&t media net" setting when you use a internet connection on your phone.
  • i prefer walkinghotspot over joikuspot, I find WHS can access more from my n800 and laptop than JS can, plus WHS can handle wpa.
  • Peter
    You should check out WalkingHotSpot.

    http://www.walkinghotspot.com/

    They have a trial version available that is free, as far as I can see the only limitation is you can only use it with one WiFi device (the first one you connect), but compared to JoikuSpot it already supports ALL protocols, which means I can use with my iPod Touch and get full 3G access to mail, weather, Google Maps, YouTube etc.

    It seems they will not be selling the unlimited version directly to customers, but until JoikuSpot supports all protocols (and not just http & https) it's a great alternative, especially for iPod Touch owners like me.
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