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An iPod-based Guide To SF Wireless Hotspots

Posted by timothy on from the creative-misuse dept.

Ryan MacCarthy writes "On the day Apple announces the 4G iPod, BayAreaFreeFi.com announces the wiPod , an iPod-based field guide for free wi-fi hotspots in the San Francisco Bay Area. Now when you are on the road you can look up a free hotspot quickly and easily right from your iPod. No, the iPod isn't wi-fi enabled. wiPod uses the Notes functionality of the iPod OS to store the database in an easy to use format. Enjoy!"

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  1. WOW! NEATO! by multiplexo · · Score: 5, Funny
    What kind of other cool stuff will us iPod owners have access to? Perhaps a file containing the URLs of porn sites! Perhaps a text file containing the phone numbers of our friends! Perhaps another text file that contains the numbers and addresses of such geek friendly information as the location of the nearest comic book store, Fry's or Thai restaurant. Wow! Isn't it amazing how dull and pedestrian information is somehow transformed by putting it on an iPod!?

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    cheap labor conservatives - they want to keep you hungry enough to be thankful for minimum wage.
  2. Awesome by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wow! A text file! Why am I just hearing about this now?!?!

  3. Paper is better by Solder+Fumes · · Score: 5, Funny

    In even a relatively large area, are there even enough hot spots to fill up a couple sheets of paper? And with paper, you have the added high-tech benefit of graphics. Imagine, being able to represent the location of hot spots as dots on a map!

    1. Re:Paper is better by Solder+Fumes · · Score: 2, Funny

      Oh, paper works very well with the cigarette lighter. It is flexible enough to roll up and socket firmly into the lighter receptacle for quick access while driving. In case you need to get rid of the paper quickly, the cigarette lighter itself can be used to trigger a self-destruct oxidation sequence.

  4. The wiPod is a great new product by dr+fish+spit · · Score: 5, Funny
    BayAreaFreeFi announces the wiPod

    Ok, so they released a new product... wait the product is a text file.

    Maybe next they'll announce gpsPod... which is a text file containing GPS coordinates of your address. Save the file to your iPod, when you lose it, the person who finds it can return it. And this is a FREE service!!!!

  5. Re:why...? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "You'd be better off searching with kismac."

    I use Google to find WiFi.... Oh, nevermind.

  6. Bleh. Here's the Archos equivalent by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 4, Funny

    Works in every city in the world, doesn't need an iPod, can me printed on a very small piece of paper for easy access:

    1- Buy an old laptop
    2- Buy a cheap GPS
    3- Install Linux
    4- Install kismet
    5- Install GPSDrive
    6- Drive around
    I figure the old laptop and cheap GPS are less expensive than an iPod.

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    "A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
  7. I'll be impressed... by Solder+Fumes · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'll be more impressed when they figure out how to make this play MP3s.

  8. another use for your iPod while riding around... by H8X55 · · Score: 3, Funny

    another use for your iPod while riding around looking for wireless hotspots?


    listening to music!

  9. Re:Why bother? by Further82 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm pretty sure slashdot has some kinda regular expression search replace setup for certin key words to be arbitrarily replaced by "iPod". It's already used on the words "mp3 player", now it seems they've added "handheld computer" to the list. I await the day when any random noun is replaced by "iPod". I'm sure the editors at slashdot have some kinda deal with Apple where each additional mention of the iPod in a slashdot article allows a select editor to give Steve Jobs a blow job.