AT&T Windows Mobile Phones to Get Free AT&T WiFi Hotspot Access

Map courtesy of AT&T

Don’t get to excited if you only read the subject line for this blog item over on Microsoft’s On10.net…

Got a Windows Mobile Phone? Enjoy Some Free Wi-Fi

This freebie only applies to Windows Mobile phones on an AT&T Wireless Plan. On10′s Sarah Perez says AT&T will start this free WiFi will start with Samsung models with other Windows Mobile phones to follow soon (including all Windows Mobile 6.5 devices).

Having apparently learned their lesson (they == AT&T) with the awful convoluted authentication scheme iPhone owners had to suffer prior to this summer, the Windows Mobile smartphones will be able to auto-authenticate on AT&T WiFi hotspots like the iPhone can (finally!).

I couldn’t find anything on AT&T’s site to confirm this. And, while I have several Windows Mobile smartphones, none of them are on the AT&T network. Can anyone confirm this service?

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