Another must-have application I recommend for the Nokia S60 phones is Psiloc Connect. It creates an access point that connects to your existing wifi connection before it uses the phone network to get on the internet. You save money if you don’t have unlimited data and you don’t have to worry about switching between access points.

The Setup

The application is pretty much self-explanatory after running it. In fact, you only need to run it once, and forget about it. Select the option Connect via 3G/GSM if WLAN is not available, and then select the access point to your phone network. That’s it.

Psiloc Connect application and the S60 Browser settings.

What’s left to do is selecting the Psiloc Connect access point in your browser or other applications that need to go online. From now on, you won’t need to change access points when you are out of range from the wireless router.

Where to Get

You can download and try it out for free for 10 days at the Psiloc shop. If you like it, then buy it for $16 USD or 10 euros.

Thoughts

This application should have been already built in with our Nokia phones. It’s a shame we have to spend extra and rely on a third-party company to do it the right way. Uh oh… I’m going to mention the iPhone again. When I use my girlfriend’s iPhone, I don’t have to bother with another application to handle my connections. If I’m at home, it’ll use the wifi connection. If I’m outside, it’ll use the network. Thankfully Psiloc came out with this application to cover Nokia’s shortcoming.