AT&T announces free Wi-Fi access for iPhone users (again)
AppleInsider — ... Published: 01:25 PM EST After several false starts, AT on Wednesday began sending SMS messages to iPhone owners announcing that they can now access free of charge the carrier's nation-leading Wi-Fi network of more than 17,000 hotspots. The text messages directed customers to this page . "AT knows Wi-Fi is hot, and FREE Wi-Fi is even hotter. Which is why FREE AT Wi-Fi access is now available for Apple iPhone at thousands of hotspots nationwide, including Starbucks," the company said. "Users can relax and access music, email and web browsing services with their favorite ...

If you use an iPhone then this may well be good news - iPhone finally gets free WiFi access at AT&T hotspots
PalmAddicts — ... . "AT&T; knows Wi-Fi is hot, and FREE Wi-Fi is even hotter. Which is why FREE AT&T; Wi-Fi access is now available for Apple iPhone at thousands of hotspots nationwide, including Starbucks*. Users can relax and access music, email and web browsing services with their favorite blend in hand from the comfort of their nearest location. " AT&T; / ...

iPhone customers report AT&T sending WiFi SMS reminder
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... Although the service has been available on a spotty basis, an official "yes it's working" announcement has been long in coming. Have you gotten a reminder from AT&T? Is WiFi working at your local Starbucks? Let us know in the comments. Thanks to everyone who sent this inRead | Permalink | Email this | Comments ...

iPhone owners get FREE access to AT&T WiFi HotSpots! (Finally)
IntoMobile — ... This time around, the free AT&T WiFi HotSpot access looks legit and bound to stick around for the long-haul. iPhone owners will now have free access to all of AT&T’s WiFi locations strewn across the US. So, between AT&T’s 3G network and AT&T’s WiFi HotSpots, iPhone 3G users are sure to have quick access to the web whenever and wherever they might need it. AT&T WiFi offer Related News: AT&T takes free iPhone WiFi offer off the table AT&T teases iPhone 3G owners with ...

AT&T is dangling the carrot with free WiFi for iPhone - again
Boy Genius Report — So, AT&T, are you just messing with us again or what? Twice in the last year we discovered free WiFi services for the iPhone but you pulled it just before we could really get into it. What was the deal with that? Now, we’re getting text message notifications that read: AT&T Free Msg: Your Apple iPhone now has free AT&T Wi-Fi access at thousands of hotspots nationwide, including Starbucks*. For info visit www.att.com/attwifi Are you guys doing this for real now? You know, iPhone owners can only take so much abuse and ...

AT&T Officially Offering Free Wi-Fi for iPhone Users
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News — AT&T has officially announced that they will be offering free Wi-Fi service for iPhone users across America. While we have heard word of such offerings before, this time it is official. The new announcement states: “AT&T knows Wi-Fi is hot, and FREE Wi-Fi is even hotter. Which is why FREE AT&T Wi-Fi access is now available for Apple iPhone at thousands of hotspots nationwide, including Starbucks*. Users can relax and access music, email and web browsing services with their favorite ...

Free iPhone (and MacBook?) Wifi at Starbux...
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence — ... We don't have to tell you that in Safari you can enable Show Develop menu in menu bar (Prefs/advanced) then go to Develop/Useragent iPhone to get free wifi on your MacBook do we? ...

AT&T Finally Ready To Give iPhone Owners Free Wi-Fi At Starbucks
Silicon Alley Insider — ... AT&T; also offers Apple (AAPL) iPhone owners free wifi access at some airports, hotels, restaurants, bookstores, etc. The telco also offers free wifi access to ...

AT&T Offers Free Wi-Fi for iPhone, for Real This Time
TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us — ... AT&T; is now providing free wireless Internet access to its iPhone-owning customers at the company's hotspot locations, which include thousands of ...

AT&T revives free iPhone Wi-Fi hotspot access
Betanews — ... , BetaNews October 29, 2008, 3:45 PM After what should have been called Battlefield Starbucks , the AT and T-Mobile skirmish over providing connectivity at the ubiquitous coffee shops, AT has brought back its amended free hotspot policy for iPhone. Today, reports of iPhone users receiving text messages offering Free AT Wi-Fi began to appear. The SMS linked to Wi-Fi hotspot homepage that includes a picture of an iPhone with the caption "We know what's hot." Included in the description is the note that connectivity is available at "company-owned Starbucks." T-Mobile, who ...

Free Wi-Fi at Starbucks for iPhone users
CrunchGear — ... Once again AT&T is offering free Wi-Fi access at Starbucks and McDonald’s hotspots in the US. The system is fairly simple: just type in your AT&T phone number when you fire up your mobile browser get 24 hours of connectivity automatically. ...

AT&T Finally Opens Up Wi-Fi Network For iPhone Users
mocoNews — ... ) is finally going official with its plan to open up its thousands of Wi-Fi hotspots for free to iPhone users. The carrier has even informed some iPhone customers of the change via text message, TUAW ...

The iPhone Now Comes With Free WiFi At All AT&T Hotspots
MobileCrunch — ... AT&T just sweetened the pot for all of its iPhone subscribers. If you own an AT&T iPhone, you now get free WiFi access at AT&Ts 17,000 hotspots across the country, including at most Starbucks. ...

This time it's real: Free Wi-Fi for iPhone users from AT&T
TechBlog — ... But I wouldn't blame you for being a little . . . skeptical. AT&T now officially says that, yes indeedy, iPhone users get free access at all the company's Wi-Fi hotspots , including ubiquitous ...

AT&T Hooks Up iPhone Users With Free WiFi…Finally
GadgetReview — ... “attwifi” Enter your 10-digit phone number You’ll then receive a free text message with a link Click that link and whammo, you’ve got free WiFi on your iPhone for a 24-hour period First thing I’m gonna try to do is access the link from a laptop and see if ‘faking’ the browser client is necessary.  Can’t hurt to try, right? Official announcement here [Thanks, Erik] ...

News: AT&T launches free Wi-Fi for iPhone users
iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond — After several gaffes which saw the company prematurely activate and then pull the feature, AT&T has finally launched its free Wi-Fi access for iPhone users at all AT&T-branded hotspots in the U.S. The service will provide free high-speed Internet access to iPhone users at all AT&T hotspots, including those found at Starbucks. To ...

Then AT&T Said, Let There Be Free Wi-Fi for iPhones
Wired: Gadget Lab — ... The company on Wednesday updated its web site with a familiar "We know what's hot" banner along with details of the offer for iPhone customers. Some iPhone owners also reported receiving text messages informing them of the deal. ...

AT&T Sweetens the Deal for iPhone Users: Free Wifi
BIA/Kelsey Blog — ... AT&T has announced that iPhones will be allowed free wi-fi access at all of its nationwide hot spots. This includes Starbucks, airports, hotels and lots of other public spots. ...

Free Starbucks WiFi for iPhone
dailywireless.org — ... AT&T’s new website says FREE AT&T Wi-Fi access is now available for Apple iPhone at thousands of hotspots nationwide, including Starbucks. More than 17,000 locations, including most Starbucks are now available to the Wi-Fi equipped iPhone. ...

Third time’s a charm: Free Wi-Fi at AT&T hotspots for all iPhone owners
VentureBeat — ... Now, over three months after that, AT&T looks ready to go with the option. Several iPhone users have received text messages about the free Wi-Fi service, which directs them to this page, which reads: ...

AT&T Offers Free Wi-Fi to iPhone Owners (For Real This Time) [IPhone]
Lifehacker — ... for iPhone users, then pulled it but now it's back. Today they announce that iPhone owners can again get free wireless access from any of their hotspots, including at Starbucks . ...

AT&T Gives iPhone Users Another Shot at Free WiFi
Cult of Mac — ... AT&T announced today the availability of free WiFi access for its iPhone customers at thousands of hotspots nationwide. The company sent text messages to iPhone users and put up an ...

AT&T offers free Wi-fi finally for the iPhone and other Smartphones
I4U News — ... . See also the AT Wi-fi service page . Posted on Thu, 30 Oct 2008 05:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

AT&T da WiFi gratis a sus clientes de iPhone en EE.UU.
Celularis — ... Movidas como la que acaba de anunciar AT&T son las que realmente tienen que plantear las operadoras para tratar de ofrecer valor agregado a sus usuarios buscando convencerlos de que elijan sus planes cuando piensen en comprarse algún celular de moda.. es preferible que dediquen su tiempo a esto antes de luchar por tenerlos en exclusividad por poco tiempo. ...

my goal tomorrow: keep count of how many people are dressed up as Sarah Palin for halloween...now THAT's scary
Politweets — ... from web LE: "if you drink enough, it will feel as if you are wearing a costume" about 18 hours ago from TwitterFox i wonder how many sticky notes i go through each day... about 18 hours ago from TwitterFox aahh, what is going on with the twitter search function?? about 19 hours ago from TwitterFox Top publications for gift guides...anyone? about 21 hours ago from TwitterFox Starbucks now has free iPhone WiFi... http://www.wireless.att.com... about 21 hours ago from TwitterFox oh crap, with ...

Let's try this again: Free AT&T Wi-Fi for the iPhone (really)!
Yahoo! Tech Advisors — ... (among many other news outlets) is reporting that AT wireless hotspots—including those at Starbucks—are again offering free Wi-Fi for iPhone users , and that this time (according to an AT PR rep), it's here to stay. Even better, ...

Apple iPhone users get AT&T Wi-Fi Access totally free
Phones Review — ... WiFi hotspots nationwide. The free WiFi hotspots even include “Starbucks” so iPhoner’s can enjoy their web, email and music while they relax and sip their favourite beverage. These free AT&T WiFi hotspots can be found virtually anywhere such as airports, universities, restaurants, Starbucks locations, convention centres, supermarkets, bookstores and hotels, so whether you brows the net via your laptop or Apple iPhone, with AT&T you know its free. Source – AT&T ...

AT&T Offers iPhone, BlackBerry Owners Unlimited Free WiFi HotSpot Access
Pulse2 - Technology News And Reviews — ... AT&T recently announced that iPhone owners will get unlimited free access to over 17,000 of the company’s WiFi hotspots. AT&T made similar announcements earlier this year but never kept its word. This time around, it looks like the offer may just stick. iPhone owners were notified of the perk by text message. ...

Rant: AT&T iPhone Wi-Fi free as in money, but not as in time
Webware.com — ... . Cool. But the images I had of just sauntering in to a Starbucks, selecting the local Wi-Fi network and jumping on the Internet were busted when I read these ridiculous instructions for getting access: ...

AT&T Hotspots Now Free for iPhone Owners
ReadWriteWeb — ... That's right folks! After months of speculation and rumors, iPhone owners can now use the Wi-Fi available at their local AT&T; Hotspot at no additional charge. We thought it was ridiculous that this didn't come pre-packaged with the iPhone considering that most iPhone owners are using the web more than their minutes. If you haven't received this golden text message on your iPhone yet, we've got the scoop on how you can get access to free AT&T; Wi-Fi on your iPhone. ...

TKG Data and Analysis: A Weekly Recap
BIA/Kelsey Blog — ... AT&T has announced that iPhones will be allowed free Wi-Fi access at its 17,000 nationwide hot spots. This includes Starbucks, airports, hotels and lots of other public spots. This is especially good news for first generation iPhone users who don’t get 3G network access; the bump up to Wi-Fi speeds is a starker contrast for them. ...

Wireless carriers: You can't install apps on our phones, and it's for your own good
Webware.com — ... , and AT&T;. We took an audience question from an entrepreneur who was trying to start up an SMS-based business. He was frustrated because he had to jump through hoops to get the carriers to look at his service before he could roll it out. He appeared to reflect a general dissatisfaction that entrepreneurs have with the carriers for all mobile apps: They're gatekeepers. ...

Wireless Carriers & Smartphone Discussion
SolSie.com — ... , and AT&T and many mobile developers discussed about the state of mobile application on Smartphone. The interesting discussion is about the mobile application. As hardware has become very capable combined with faster network speed and bigger bandwidth. The balance of providing killer apps to cater perhaps a small number of power users versus the support cost that carriers to spend to support much larger non-sophisticated user crowd. Whether the Apple model where tied control for app is strictly enforce to ensure stability of the platform or the open source model from Google ...

Skype for iPhone: What's the point?
Webware.com — ... If you're in the U.S., AT&T; allows iPhone users free access to AT&T; hotspots without incurring extra charges, though if you're attempting a call, you might not want to start it in the middle of Starbucks. Also, even when you've got a laptop or desktop handy and could use VoIP on the desktop, a calling client on the mobile phone gives you the freedom to wander. You won't be able to see your pals with the Web cam from the iPhone, though, so there is a trade off involved. ...

Skype for iPhone: What's the point?
iPhone Approll — ... If you're in the U.S., AT&T; allows iPhone users free access to AT&T; hotspots without incurring extra charges, though if you're attempting a call, you might not want to start it in the middle of Starbucks. Also, even when you've got a laptop or desktop handy and could use VoIP on the desktop, a calling client on the mobile phone gives you the freedom to wander. You won't be able to see your pals with the Web cam from the iPhone, though, so there is a trade off involved. ...