FON @ 電腦節 2007

FON 將於 8月24日至27日在香港會議展覽中心舉行的電腦節 2007 與大家見面。為慶祝 FON 的 La Fonera 路由器被大會評選為「最物超所值產品」，所有入場人仕可於 FON 的攤位（N33-40）以熱爆價 HK$99 購買原價 $119 的 La Fonera 路由器一個。除此之外，FON 最新推出的La Fonera+ 路由器、La Fontenna 天線和FON USB WiFi Adaptor 在場內均以優惠價發售！

8月24日至27日，記得前往電腦節 2007 選購你心愛的 FON 產品，一起加入 FON 這個全球最大的 WiFi 社群吧！

FON Spots @ 香港

FON 會員可以免費連接全球任何一個 FON 熱點 (FON Spot)。在香港，除了由 FON 會員提供的四千多個 FON Spots 外，我們更與各商號及機構合作，不繼擴充網絡覆蓋範圍，務求做到 WiFi WHEREWHERE!

為方便大家搜尋FON Spots, 除原有的 FON MAP 外，我們亦將部份特約無線上網熱點的地址上載到這裡。若你擁有一個在有利位置的 FON Spot，歡迎向我們報料，好讓我們把你的熱點加進資料庫並對外公佈。

In the crossing opposite New Henry House and Lee Garden 1 and 2 which is pretty much in the heart of one of the busiest shopping and office areas in Causeway I was amazed to discover a FON signal, and a very strong one as well that obviously was spilling over from some office location.

The signal was this one, FON_InTheBuff so I looked around and saw the signal around me came from a Nail place called In the Buff, I may have to check it out one day! In any event, those who know Hong Kong can tell, this is a very busy location, so well done to FON for making it available in one of the major shopping districts in Hong Kong, this entire street is FON enabled.

What surprised me was how strong the Signal was, despite me not knowing where it came from, and the entire area had FON, very cool, it had the same signal strength as PCCW and you could see that alone on this street there were two different FON signals (and more as I walk down).

This building with the Omega had FON inside as well, which is right around the corner. It is very encouraging to me!

I found the FON signal on IFC (International Finance Center), specifically the Terrace area and also the Lobby area, I guess one of them is the restaurant Le Bernard Gouter, but there were several signals there as well such as H1 and G1, it’s turning out to be a good FON Spot area.

The new FON router is slightly larger but has one extra ethernet port, but otherwise appears to be identical except the logo has changed on the front, it has a big FON spot on it instead of the nicer FON logo. I’ll be getting it shortly to check it out and let you readers know how it goes.

The new FON WiFi USB Stick!

The US deserves a global greeting for independence day, regardless of the political unhappiness and the silly administration, the US was the jumpstart platform for the Internet as we know it today, and for that we need to say thank you! A Toast to you and independence day.

In Todays Business Week there was an article about the top most influential and meaningful  IT companies, it mentions the usual companies like Google, Microsoft, Amazon (which it ranked nr. 1) and a variety of telecom companies.

Surprisingly Yahoo was not mentioned in this article, while it it certainly true that Yahoo has experienced some trouble and is no longer the media darling I would hardly call it a company without influence, growth prospects, and most of all it is still a highly profitable company.

Despite super strong fundamentals, Yahoo continues to drop out of favour, almost like  a downward spiral, it is unfair and dissapointing that even "so called renowned publications" would fall into this media trap of negativity, a few years from now Yahoo will most likely be sung praises again, and if anything will not fall into obsolescence.

Today, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is officially 10 years old since having been returned to China from British Colonial Rule. Despite many fears from Western Media, Hong Kong has demonstrated incredibly strength both with its people and the economy! Well done and congratulations to your 10th birthday as the HKSAR.

Now this is one that isn’t generally advocated but I say FON should focus it’s attention on being in various bathrooms of the world…why?

1. Toilets are notoriously bad for good service be it mobile, or other WiFi signals.

2. Particularly for women or men who need to sit to do "their business" often sit there for many minutes, 5,6 or even 10 minutes at a time. If there isn’t anything to read (and often there is) your device + WiFi is perfect, play a game? read your news? RSS? blog about your experience? All can be done if FON is in your toilet.

3. It’s also a fantastic means of escape….FON Toilet, FON in every toilet in the world….

The FONTenna’s are being shipped to the top Fonero’s in Hong Kong, those who use FON a lot receive a free FONTENNA.

I haven’t installed it yet, but will let you know how it goes.