Easy WiFi app simplifies free AT&T WiFi access, but you still have to hang out at coffee shops
By Joseph L. Flatley 
posted Dec 3rd 2008 9:19PM
posted Dec 3rd 2008 9:19PM
Perk up, iPhone users! Up until now, if you've wanted to enjoy all of that free AT&T WiFi that is your right (as a Starbucks customer and as a loyal American) you faced an onerous process that included registering via Safari, waiting for the appropriate SMS codes, losing track of what you were doing and finally, flirting with the barista. These days are behind you now, kiddo -- upon entering any AT&T WiFi hotspot, just fire up Devicescape's Easy WiFi app, enter your ten-digit AT&T phone number and log in. This guy is free until Friday, at which point the price gets set for an ever-so-reasonable $1.99. And while we're at it: would it hurt you to lay off the barista for once?
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I refuse to call them baristas. Would you call a dunkin donuts worker a barista? Or a mcdonalds worker? They both get coffee for you. Just call them a fast food person like any other fast food place. You're not talking about some person who knows a heap load about coffee and blends his own. It's some high school/college student getting paid slightly above minimum pushing "brew" on a machine.
seriously, was that necessary ?
The Baristas at Starbucks know coffee 1000x better than any schmuck at Dunkin Donuts ever would.
AND they speak English!
The iPhone has 802.11n? How did I miss that?
Although I don't use it often, this App works great. With the old way you had to enter your mobile number, wait for the text message, navigate to link in text message and then you could surf. Since you are switching from Safari to SMS and back to Safari, this can take almost a minute to go through. With this app, just start it up and in less than a few seconds you're logged in.
Another one of those things I wish they would have built into the OS.