Saturday, February 14, 2009

Wi-Fi as a threat weapon of iPhone


Honestly, who would have thought that Wi-Fi is the obvious advantages iPhone and iPhone 3G over their competitors? Indeed, with support for smartphones, as they say, a pond a pond, and they are represented in large numbers in the stores. But if you believe in ABI Research, in fact, that is.

The results of a study conducted by ABI Research recently showed that users of iPhone and iPhone 3G to 7.5 times more likely to use Wi-Fi, to access the Internet. The point is that the modules are built Wi-Fi to the "apple" Smartphones are included by default and is automatically configured as soon as the user enters the coverage of such networks. In contrast, communicators from HTC and other vendors such a possibility, and their holders to set up such a connection manually. This explains why users of HTC communicators are not very happy to use the Wi-Fi, although the proportion of smartphones that support Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g in the model number of Taiwanese companies HTC closer to the mark 80%. With regard to Nokia, the share of communicators to support Wi-Fi in its model range of small, though well-known Finnish company produces them more than anyone else. As a result, users are very difficult to navigate, and they simply do not know what to choose.

It should be noted that mobile operators are not very much approve of the use of Wi-Fi, because it leads to reduction in traffic. On the other hand, Wi-Fi very helpful, especially in the so-called "hidden field" (shadow spots), where cellular signals are weak.