Extending simple Wi-Fi network access to a new range of devices, Boingo Wireless this week announced new Palm OS and Windows Mobile 2003 versions of Pocket Boingo, its Wi-Fi network access client, for PDAs. Pocket Boingo for Windows Mobile 2003 is available today; a version supporting the Palm Tungsten C will be available later this summer. The company says versions of Pocket Boingo for other Palm OS-based devices are currently in development.
Pocket Boingo provides connections to private Wi-Fi networks at home and at the office, and lets users tap into the Boingo Roaming System -- a worldwide network of more than 8,500 hotspots under contract -- for what is says is ultra-high-speed wireless Internet access. The system also includes advanced profile and security management for easy connections to preferred networks. Windows Mobile 2003 users can export network profiles from the Windows-based version of Boingo into their devices. As with the existing Windows version of Boingo software (compatible with Windows XP, 2000, 98SE and ME), Pocket Boingo is a free download from the Boingo Web site: http://www.boingo.com/download.html.
