Socket Communications today announced the Socket Wi-Fi® Companion. Designed for Pocket PCs with integrated 802.11 WLAN, the Socket Wi-Fi Companion is an intuitive, graphical software application that greatly improves the user’s experience detecting hotspots, setting up and monitoring a connection, performing basic site management functions, viewing access points and determining the strength of a wireless connection.
“The growing presence of WLAN access points and hotspots is creating demand for smart mobile devices with built-in Wi-Fi connectivity,” said Shail Talati, product marketing manager, WLAN and Ethernet Products at Socket Communications. “With an intuitive graphical user interface and the ability to quickly determine a Wi-Fi network’s parameters, the Socket Wi-Fi Companion empowers the mobile user to easily go immediately from detecting available networks to configuring a connection.”
Socket’s Wi-Fi Companion software improves the built-in Pocket PC WLAN by providing an intuitive graphical user interface, along with tools to improve the user’s experience with WLAN connectivity. Integrated Profile Configuration Capability enables users to quickly identify available networks and configure for connection. Socket’s Wi-Fi Companion determines the presence and level of wireless coverage, whether security is enabled and the type of security used. With ping and trace route diagnostic tools, troubleshooting to determine where network issues exist becomes effortless. In addition, connection persistence capability continuously manages and maintains the user’s connection. The Wi-Fi Companion also automatically manages the WLAN power save setting to maximize the Pocket PC’s battery life.
Socket’s Wi-Fi Companion is compatible with HP, ASUS and Dell Pocket PCs with built-in WLAN capability. It also efficiently integrates with all of the WLAN security protocols supported by Windows Mobile (WPA, WPA-PSK, 802.1x, 40/128-bit WEP, Open).
“The growing presence of WLAN access points and hotspots is creating demand for smart mobile devices with built-in Wi-Fi connectivity,” said Shail Talati, product marketing manager, WLAN and Ethernet Products at Socket Communications. “With an intuitive graphical user interface and the ability to quickly determine a Wi-Fi network’s parameters, the Socket Wi-Fi Companion empowers the mobile user to easily go immediately from detecting available networks to configuring a connection.”
Socket’s Wi-Fi Companion software improves the built-in Pocket PC WLAN by providing an intuitive graphical user interface, along with tools to improve the user’s experience with WLAN connectivity. Integrated Profile Configuration Capability enables users to quickly identify available networks and configure for connection. Socket’s Wi-Fi Companion determines the presence and level of wireless coverage, whether security is enabled and the type of security used. With ping and trace route diagnostic tools, troubleshooting to determine where network issues exist becomes effortless. In addition, connection persistence capability continuously manages and maintains the user’s connection. The Wi-Fi Companion also automatically manages the WLAN power save setting to maximize the Pocket PC’s battery life.
Socket’s Wi-Fi Companion is compatible with HP, ASUS and Dell Pocket PCs with built-in WLAN capability. It also efficiently integrates with all of the WLAN security protocols supported by Windows Mobile (WPA, WPA-PSK, 802.1x, 40/128-bit WEP, Open).
