10.23.07
Maemo Feature Request - Connection Switching!
The tablet works great when you leave your home or office connection and automatically switches over to your cellphone so you can stay connected. If you’ve set the connection preferences to auto-connect on any connection this “just happens…” though is not the default setting.
What I’d really like to see is a way for the cell connection to switch back to wifi when I walk into a known area so I maintain the best connection at all times. Ideally this would have preferences to let the user confirm they in fact wanted this to occur and even on which networks. This would let you stay on 3G if you wanted or prevent you from auto-switchng to open public networks (default, linksys, netgear etc) you might have added.
I know Devicescape and Boingo can help aggregate your wifi connections, but currently they do not work with your cell setup. The iPhone auto-switches back and forth between cell and wifi since it only supports EDGE and this gives the user a better sense of speed. Our Internet Tablets offer considerably more potential and should have this feature as well.
