The deadline for HandyWi release v1.4 is quickly approaching, there are many improvement made in functionally and device support in addition to language translations. The new client will be available in English, German, French, Dutch, Lithuanian and Arabic, if you would like to add your own language the time is NOW! Please post a comment to this article in case you would like to contribute a translation and we will send you our localization files.

New Nokia device added to the supported devices list, now it’s Nokia E71! The E71 includes A-GPS, WiFi, a 3.2 megapixel camera, A2DP Bluetooth, 110MB of built-in memory and a microSD slot. It is also known as the thinest QWERTY smartphone on the market!

On 25th of June CHINACOMM started testing its citywide free wireless in Beijing. This project is also know as “Beijing Wicity” and has a goal of providing wireless access during Beijing Olympics in August this year.
Initially they aim to cover around 1 million square kilometers: much of downtown Beijing including the area along the second and third ring roads, CBD, Financial Street, Zhongguancun district.

To give it a try look for CECT-CHINACOMM name in HandyWi hotspot list, the network has no security enabled and no authentication is required so far. Obviously this is only valid for people living or visiting Beijing, China.

We would love to hear your feedback about how HandyWi is working with CECT-CHINACOMM, feel free to send your feedback to info (eta) handywi (dot) com

In April this year we announced support for Samsung SGH-i550w smartphone, now it is time for Samsung SGH-G810! This fantastic phone sports 5M pixel camera, GPS, USB 2.0, Bluetooth, WiFi and yes HandyWi runs very well on it!
SGH-G810 is available on European and Asia-Pacific markets. For more information check Samsung Mobile website

Several users reported troubles connecting to FON network using HandyWi during last two days. We have been looking into this issue and found out that FON team was doing some changes in their login module. The issue has been resolved today (2008.07.01 13:45) so you can login to FON network again.

We will keep you informed in case we have more information.