Whisher is out

WhisherWhisher is out! It is a project I have been following for quite a while, as it is coming out of Swisscom in a similar way than coComment. Deemed a FON competitor, it is an interesting piece of software that allows users to engage in social activities around one main thing: Wifi access points.

Whisher has a different approach than FON, and differs on one crucial aspect: you do not have to flash your router or do anything that requires deep technological expertise to use it at home. Download the software, let it work its magic, and you’re good to go.

I will test Whisher in the coming days, and actually the FON router I got for free at Leweb just arrived in the mail today, so I have all I need to make my mind. I’ll test both, and let you know.

UPDATE: GigaOM has mixed feelings, CNET is quite impressed. The discussion goes on.

Disclaimer: Whisher is sponsoring my conference and will offer free Wifi to all attendees.

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6 Responses to “Whisher is out”

  1. Yoan Says:
    January 31st, 2007 at 12:30 am

    A really nice point the the firmware hasn’t to be specific. They’re teasing me by putting a download for Linux on their web site (actually not available).

  2. Yoan Says:
    January 31st, 2007 at 12:30 am

    A really nice point the the firmware hasn’t to be specific. They’re teasing me by putting a download for Linux on their web site (actually not available).

  3. Ferran Moreno Says:
    January 31st, 2007 at 5:42 am

    Hi Laurent,

    Thanks for keeping an eye on our launch!

    By the way, the link to the conference seems to go to our site, which is cool but i guess that was not your intention :-)

    Regards from Palm Springs,

  4. Ferran Moreno Says:
    January 31st, 2007 at 5:42 am

    Hi Laurent,

    Thanks for keeping an eye on our launch!

    By the way, the link to the conference seems to go to our site, which is cool but i guess that was not your intention :-)

    Regards from Palm Springs,

  5. Laurent Says:
    January 31st, 2007 at 9:52 am

    Oops, thx for the info, and get your people back to work on the Linux version Ferran, users are already looking for it :-)

  6. Laurent Says:
    January 31st, 2007 at 9:52 am

    Oops, thx for the info, and get your people back to work on the Linux version Ferran, users are already looking for it :-)

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