HP Pre 3, User Manual

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Chapter 10 : Web and wireless connections 137
10 Web and wireless connections
137 Wi-Fi
141
HP mobile hotspot
143 VPN
145 Web
150 Location Services
151
Maps
153 Bluetooth
®
wireless technology
156 Touch to Share
157 Use your smartphone as a modem
Wi-Fi
What is a Wi-Fi connection?
Many environments, such as corporate offices, coffee shops, airports and
libraries, offer access to a Wi-Fi network, which is a wireless local area
network (WLAN). To access this WLAN, you connect your smartphone to
the WLAN through a Wi-Fi access point (also called a hotspot). When
you're within range of an accessible Wi-Fi network, you can use your
smartphone's Wi-Fi feature to connect to that network and access the
web.
Your smartphone supports Wi-Fi connectivity based on the 802.11
standard (802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, and 802.11n), with WPA, WPA2,
WEP and 802.1x authentication.
Why use a Wi-Fi connection?
A Wi-Fi connection is especially helpful in the following situations:
• You’re outside a coverage area and you want to access the web.
• Your wireless service provider's service plan incurs additional charges
for data services and you want to minimise data service charges by
using a Wi-Fi connection instead.
• You want to maintain a web connection while talking on the
smartphone.
• You're inside a coverage area, but outside your wireless service
provider's UMTS (3G or HSDPA) coverage area. (A Wi-Fi connection
may provide faster throughput than a GPRS or EDGE data connection.)
TIP
Your HP Pre
3
is itself a Wi-Fi access point. Use your smartphone to connect
your laptop to the Internet. See HP mobile hotspot .