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Regular flyers will be familiar with Boingo for their airport Wi-Fi service, but if you’ve seen as many BlackBerrys around the terminals as I have, you’ll know laptops aren’t the only thing Wi-Fi is handy for. Boingo now has a free application that lets you log in to Boingo hotspots (which exist outside the airport too, for the record) on BlackBerry. Supported devices include the Curve 8900, 8320 and Bold 9000, although I have a feeling other Wi-Fi-enabled BlackBerrys with an up-to-date OS will be able to use the app. By the looks of it, BlackBerry was the last one in line for treatment from Boingo – Android, iPhone, S60, and Windows Mobile already have apps ready to go. Wi-Fi service, as usual, costs $7.95 per month for mobile. If you’re a regular user, get downloading the BlackBerry app from mobile.boingo.com.
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About The Author
Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
