While the official word remains to be seen, there are numerous reports of AT&T Wireless customers with Apple iPhones now having free WiFi access at Starbucks and perhaps other AT&T hotspots. For those with local Starbucks still being serviced by T-Mobile WiFi service, the popular coffee house should have most of its hotspots migrated to AT&T sometime this summer.

Reader Brian Zushi tipped us off a little while ago to the fact that AT&T WiFi hotspots offered not only an iPhone portal, but apparently free, unlimited access for the device. This evening, Brian sent us the screenshots you see here. Apparently, no AT&T hotspot account is necessary, as users are simply prompted to enter their 10-digit mobile number to gain access. We assume this means the hotspot checks the phone number against AT&T's iPhone account records, which leads us to assume that unlockers may be left out in the cold on this one.

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