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AT&T rolls out iPhone specific AT&T HotSpot WiFi login at Starbucks

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So, I'm sitting here at a Starbucks in beautiful Santa Monica, CA., spending another gorgeous day indoors. Rather than dwelling on all the fresh air I'm passing up, I decided to fire up my iPhone's Safari browser and stream some music from the web through SeeqPod . Lo and behold, the usual T-Mobile HotSpot offering is now complemented by an AT&T HotSpot service - and the AT&T WiFi HotSpot login page has been changed! Now, I find myself entering my AT&T credentials (this particular location doesn't offer free AT&T WiFi HotSpot service) into an iPhone-optimized interface, rather than dealing with T-Mobile's login portal. The process is easy and even fun to do on my iPhone. It's the small things that make life interesting. I dug around a bit and found that AT&T should start offering 2 free hours of WiFi service and should finish changing over approximately 7,000 Starbucks locations to AT&T WiFi HotSpots by Summer. And, the iPhone-specific login portal will be available at all AT&T HotSpot locations nationwide. This particular Starbucks doesn't offer the free service, so it's safe to say that the new service will be rolled out in stages. The new iPhone-specific AT&T HotSpot portal should also offer a bevy of WiFi access options, including the use of pre-paid cards, membership, one-day passes, and coupons. Unfortunately this particular Starbucks doesn't offer those login options. Here's a picture of what the new portal should look like. Feel free to chime in and leave a comment if your local Starbucks offers AT&T HotSpot access. It'd be nice to get an idea for how many Starbucks locations are already switched over to AT&T's HotSpot service. --- Related Articles at IntoMobile:

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