Aerize WiFiX – Force Applications to Work Over Wi-Fi

by Ronen Halevy on Sep 30th, 2009 at 7:00 am EST

aerize_wifix Aerize let us know about their latest app called WiFiX. It lets you force applications to work over WiFi when it regularly would require a data plan. This means that apps like Google Mobile, Google Maps, BlackBerry Maps, and more can be forced to work over WiFi even if they are not setup to do so.

I can see people who don’t have a data plan using this but I would be interested in hearing how you plan on using it. The app is 50% off for a limited time to $4.99 after which it bumps up to full price. It comes with settings preconfigured for

Google Maps Mobile
Google Mobile App
BlackBerry Maps
Yahoo! Go
WeatherEye

There is one caveat it will not work with applications that require secure https/SSL connections. The options are configurable from the general BlackBerry options screen so there is no icon for the app. It comes with a 7 day free trial you can pick up at www.aerize.com or from your BlackBerry at m.aerize.com.

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 and is filed under News, Utilities.
Tags: Aerize, Wi-Fi, WiFiX

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Posted by: roid
September 30, 2009 at 10:22 am EST

This app isn’t listed on their website

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Posted by: webchetan
September 30, 2009 at 10:28 am EST

Thats correct, where is this app? can’t see it!

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Posted by: Ronen Halevy
September 30, 2009 at 10:30 am EST

It was up yesterday and also in the app world. Let me check…

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Posted by: DavidB
September 30, 2009 at 10:56 am EST

Seriously, how many BB users don’t have a cellular data plan? Time for a poll Ronen…

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Posted by: LG
September 30, 2009 at 11:05 am EST

It’s on their mobile site.

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Posted by: webchetan
September 30, 2009 at 11:42 am EST

Yeah its on their mobile site! got it!!! wow…nice now it would be awesome to see if Gmail App works on Wifi, that way free emails

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Posted by: LG
September 30, 2009 at 1:04 pm EST

Gmail and Google sync doesn’t seem to work, but I may have the wrong settings. Anybody have it working? If so, what are your settings?

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Posted by: webchetan
September 30, 2009 at 9:51 pm EST

what are the settings for Gmail app?

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Posted by: sohood
October 1, 2009 at 1:51 pm EST

What is the setting for Google Voice?

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Posted by: francesco
October 2, 2009 at 8:09 am EST

Settings for shangmail?

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Posted by: paodomingo
October 3, 2009 at 1:32 am EST

ive only managed to make Google Maps work. anyone know the settings for other apps? facebook and yahoo messenger too, perhaps?

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Posted by: CureMS
October 3, 2009 at 9:22 am EST

I’m confused!!! I tend to use maps on my BB when I’m out and about – I don’t have wifi in my car, so what would this do?

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Posted by: PSG
October 5, 2009 at 10:59 am EST

Help! I can’t even find the Aerize icon once I download it … where is it? Or if there isn’t any, then how do I activate it?

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Posted by: PSG
October 5, 2009 at 11:00 am EST

Hi, I can’t even find the icon one I download the app … where is it? I have a BB Bold. Thanks for the help.

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Posted by: pdpm
October 5, 2009 at 2:49 pm EST

it’s in the Options > Aerize WiFix

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Posted by: PSG
October 5, 2009 at 3:33 pm EST

Thanks I actually figured it out shortly after posting this message.
Now does anyone have a user manual for this thing, or some clues as to how to use it for other applications than the ones mention above (such as Facebook, Ubertwitter, AppWorld …)??

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Posted by: pdpm
October 5, 2009 at 3:43 pm EST

im actually looking for the same thing: a friggin manual

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Posted by: PSG
October 5, 2009 at 4:01 pm EST

I’ve emailed Aerize.com in hopes they acutally have something helpful to provide. Will post here if/when they reply.

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Posted by: camshafter
October 6, 2009 at 10:56 pm EST

anybody find the manual. cool app but fracking cant get anything else to work like yahoo messenger, facebook, etc.

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Posted by: PSG
October 6, 2009 at 11:19 pm EST

I received an email from Aerize saying they don’t have a manual, that’s the first bad news, and second, they can’t do Facebook because it uses https protocol which WiFiX can’t deal with. GMail and WeatherEye won’t work either. So … do I want to pay $5 for Google maps only ???

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Posted by: pdpm
October 6, 2009 at 11:50 pm EST

WeatherEye works. try weybb.pelmorex.com, weye.com, weathereye.com as hostnames.

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Posted by: June
October 26, 2009 at 11:18 pm EST

I still can’t get weathereye to work even with those hostnames….

Any other suggestions? Thanks in advance!

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Posted by: JD
October 28, 2009 at 3:09 pm EST

This App no longer works on the Storm with the new OS 5.0
Shame too since I just pruchased this about a week ago, and its all ready useless.
I contacted Aerize and all they said was they would update it if its possible, so no real answer as to when or if its going to happen.

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Posted by: Soumya
November 5, 2009 at 6:14 am EST

Can I have the string to use it over TCP/IP? I have a normal data plan and currently using for browsing (opera) by TCP/IP APN assignment in Advanced->TCP/IP.

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