You will often find a hot spot where one can get Internet access in most public restaurants and cafes. Many business owners have decided it is a good business practice to offer free Internet access in their bar or cafe. If there is a free hot spot at your cafe, it is a big attraction for people who have laptops, iPads, smartphones as well as other wireless devices. It may be especially appealing because if you have an Internet hot spot, the owner of the electronic device does not need to have a paid Internet access service on his or her wireless device. Many people purchase a tablet or iPad without 3G or 4G wireless service since it is less pricey. So if you offer a free Internet hot spot, you’re going to attract a lot of customers.

People in the public can get online at a hot spot utilizing their laptop, smartphone or tablet device. There are about 150 million laptops in the US today, and many millions of cell phones and tablets.

You will generally find Internet hotspots in restaurants, train stations, airports, coffee shops, book stores and many more places.

You are able to create a hot spot that is free for the public in two different ways:

•    You may have a public network that’s open, and this is the easiest way to create your hot spot. You simply need to have a Wi-Fi router. You can remove any password requirements off of your router. This permits anyone in the public who is in range to make use of your Internet service.
•    You can also do a public network that is closed. This employs a hot spot management system to control the access to the hot spot. The application on the router or computer can be used to limit access to certain people who have the password.

I came across some intriguing WiFi access news on the TechNewsWorld site.

Seattle residents in the US are partaking of WiFi access made available by the King County Metro Transit.

While some folks in Seattle may be thinking of checking their email on the go and similar mundanities, I’ll be thinking along distinctly different lines if the TTC (Toronto Transit Commission) suddenly adopts it.

Snails, Warfare Incorporated and some Stuntcar Extreme to whet my Pocket PC wireless multiplayer gaming appetite, for starters.

The only real problem would be convincing even the most dedicated PDA gamers in light of a recent, ill-timed bus shooting in the city.

Paranoia would presumably detract from the whole gaming experience.

Fortunately for Pocket PC and Palm gamers, there’s been an enormous push towards WiFi hotspot availability recently.

My WiFi Hotspots gaming article spoke of the city of Philadelphia’s talks to implement municipality-wide hotspot access.

It also mentions the recent WiFi access game agreement between McDonald’s and Nintendo for Nintendo DS users.

It may be for the best.

It’s advantageous to burn off some of the 1300 calories of a quarter pounder with cheese, large fries and large shake, albeit via rapid thumb movement.

With WiFi access becoming so prevalent, let’s get ready for the plethora of WiFi PDA game goodness that will hopefully follow.

Damian Julien is a Pocket PC gaming authority and long time general gaming hobbyist and reviewer.

He is an IT specialist by trade and has posted numerous articles on Pocket PC emulators, gaming and trends in the industry.

http://www.pdagameguide.com/