Bypass AT&T's SMS-based WiFi login with free iPhone app

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iPhone App Makes Logging On to Free AT&T Wi-Fi Not Suck [IPhone Apps]
Published 12/3/2008 by matt buchanan at Gizmodo
... Enter Easy Wi-Fi for AT&T;, an app that makes it, well, easy. When you fire up the app for the first time, you just enter your number. After that, when you hit an AT&T; Wi-Fi hotspot, like at Harbucks, you just mash a giant button to log in, no hassle required. Ars says Devicescape is planning more automated connection apps for other operators, AT&T; is just the first, thanks to the "approval store nightmare." It's free until Friday, then it jumps to $1.99. [iTunes via Ars] ...

iPhone app takes the SMSing out of logging into AT&T free Wi-Fi
Published 12/3/2008 by John Brownlee at Boing Boing Gadgets
... phone and allows you to connect on the network. Devicescape's Easy Wi-Fi for AT&T; simply asks you for your number once and then sends that text message for you with just one click. The only problem is the price: $1.99 is hardly steep, but it really does seem like free app functionality... most ideally, free app functionality supplied by AT&T; themselves, who should have made the whole system less convoluted in the first place. Easy Wi-Fi for AT&T; [iTunes via Ars Technica]

iPhone App Unlocks AT&T WiFi Hassles
Published 12/3/2008 at GEARFUSE
... a bunch of free WiFi hotspots around the country. Problem is, you’ve got to go through a draconian login process to collect your free Internet. Ya know, the one where you have to SMS back and forth with AT&T like a couple of sophomores at a coatillion. Not any more. Fire up Easy Wi-Fi for AT&T from Devicescape, enter your AT&T number and login. That’s all it takes. It’ll cost you $1.99 but until Friday, it’s free. Click the link below to bring it up in iTunes. Link [ via ]

Bypass AT&T's SMS-based WiFi login with free iPhone app
Published 12/3/2008 by emily at textually.org
Devicescape has a new (free (for now) iPhone app called Easy Wi-Fi for AT&T; subscribers that removes the fuss from the telecom giant's SMS-based access system. Easy Wi-Fi asks that you enter your iPhone's telephone number; subsequently, you click a big friendly button to log in at an AT&T; location with no additional steps. [via ars technica] ...

Apple iPhone can skip AT&T Wi-Fi login with new app
Published 12/4/2008 by James at Phones Review
... until the 5th of December, Devicescape is offering the Easy Wi-Fi for AT&T free via the Apple iTunes App Store, and even after the 5th it’s only $1.99. Basically what Easy Wi-Fi for AT&T does is bypass the necessary complicated SMS login process to several hundred Wi-Fi hotspots globally. Once installing Easy W-Fi for AT&T on your Apple iPhone just follow the link in the apps configuration screen to register a free account on Devicescape’s servers. Source – arstechnica ...