Over the next few days, I’m going to go through my list of favorite iPhone apps. First on my list is Devicescape’s Easy Wi-Fi for AT&T iPhones. The premise of this iPhone app is very simple: It logs you into any AT&T hosted wi-fi hotspot location and it does it really fast too!
In case you didn’t know, you can get free wi-fi if you have an iPhone with a current AT&T account at any Starbucks, McDonald’s and anywhere else AT&T Wayport hotspots are located! In order to connect you have to do a cumbersome set of tasks. First load up the Mobile Safari browser and get the hotspot’s home page to come up. Once it does, you input your iPhone phone number then submit it. In a few seconds, AT&T will send you an SMS text message with a link that you will click to validate you. Once you do that, you’ll be able to use wi-fi for free… but man, that’s a ton of steps just to do that!

Enter Easy Wi-Fi for AT&T! Devicescape’s app allows you to connect to any AT&T hotspot by just launching the app. You simply setup Easy Wi-Fi for AT&T with your 10-digit phone number just once. Once you’ve done that you’ll never have to do it again. Then in a few seconds, you’ll be connected to an AT&T Wi-Fi hotspot and you’ll be free to surf the net, send email, twitter, etc.

I’ve used Easy Wi-FI for AT&T just about everytime I’ve been near a McDonald’s or Starbucks coffee location and it works flawlessly. It sure beats going through all of the steps to get connected. One thing I have noticed is that if you put your phone in standby for a while, you’ll have to reconnect via Easy Wi-Fi to get reconnected to the hotspot.

This is a real time saver for me. Could I live without it? Sure. Is it worth $1.99? For the ease of use and no hassle, I have to say a resounding YES! Get Easy Wi-Fi for At&T [link goes to iTunes] for $1.99.

Devicescape also has another iPhone app that can connect you to more than just AT&T hotspots called simply Easy Wi-Fi. Along with easy connection to AT&T hotspots, you can also connect easily to Boingo, FON, NTT Comm, NTT DoCoMo, PCCW, Softbank, T-Mobile and many more! Easy Wi-Fi [Link goes to iTunes] is a dollar more at $2.99 but might be worth it if you have accounts with a different hotspot provider and need easy access to them.

Just a reminder that this app will only work for iPhone, and not iPod touch. Don’t complain about it, because only iPhone users who pay for an AT&T account are given free access for AT&T hotspots.