If you’ve always wished you could carry a wireless hot spot with you and have access to the World Wide Web wherever you had mobile coverage, TapRoot Systems is ready to assemble your wish a reality. The company, which constructs software for smartphones, announced that it is letting Wi-Fi-enabled smartphone users try its WalkingHotSpot solution for free.

Before you get too excited, note some caveats. First, BlackBerry users can sit down; the free trial version is for a few selected smartphones that use the Symbian S60 and Windows Mobile 6 Professional platforms. Support for other platforms is under exploration, though there’s no word on when that might be available.

The trial version allows one device to connect to a loner WalkingHotSpot through a secure connection, but the full version will allow multiple devices to connect via the hot spot.

Fast Connections

WalkingHotSpot “enables 3G/Wi-Fi smartphones to become mobile hot spots with no additional client software called for

on the laptop or Wi-Fi-enabled device to connect. The solution provides seamless connectivity to client devices while enforcing the shield methods mandatory by mobile network operators,” said Bob Bicksler, TapRoot’s CEO.

The product was created by “a group of seasoned, embedded Wi-Fi software professionals,” Bicksler said, and is fully supported and maintained by TapRoot Systems, “a trusted partner in the mobile-device industry for by seven years, [with] solutions shipped in millions of mobile handsets worldwide.”

Connecting to the Net through your phone may give you visions of sluggish page loads and a frustrating experience, but that won’t be the case with WalkingHotSpot, Bicksler said. Connection speeds will vary depending “on the carrier network, but we are able to perform dependable video streaming with multiple laptops connected via a separate WalkingHotSpot device.”

protection and Ease of Use

shield is paramount for mobile users, and TapRoot says the WalkingHotSpot client-server architecture…

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