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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  1. Peter on 20 May 2008:

    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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  2. gerrymoth on 20 May 2008:

    i prefer walkinghotspot over joikuspot, I find WHS can access more from my n800 and laptop than JS can, plus WHS can handle wpa.

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  3. tallman on 20 May 2008:

    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.

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  4. Stefan Constantinescu on 20 May 2008:

    I much prefer Walking Hotspot, way more stable.

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  5. Jonathan Mosen on 20 May 2008:

    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.

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  6. Andrew Leung on 26 May 2008:

    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.

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  7. Martin Barclay on 29 May 2008:

    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.

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