[Web4lib] RefQ: Are there web-enabled cell phones that can use local wireless?

[Mark Sandford]

And phones with better software (the iPhone is pretty, but the
software really isn't cutting edge) can almost certainly use secured
networks, depending on the security protocol involved.  I'm 99% sure
my old Treo could.  The distinction is how you define web-enabled.
Some phones do have wi-fi capabilities, which would make connecting to
your library wireless a possibility.  If they rely on the cell tower
signals, then they can't.

Mark Sandford

On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 6:25 PM, Lara Little <Lara.Little at pfeiffer.edu> wrote:
> My husband's iPhone can connect to any unsecured wireless network. He
>  actually prefers to do so when possible because it is faster than the AT&T
>  network that the phone normally runs on. So yes, if he was sitting in your
>  library with his iPhone, and your wireless network doesn't require a
>  password, he would access it. :)
>