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Five free Wi-Fi tools for your iPhone

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Going Mobile

Monday August 30, 2010

The ability to use wireless connections from your iPhone is a big advantage. In the Apple App Store, there are a number of free apps to help you locate Wi-Fi "hotspots' no matter where you are. This week, Doc picks out his top five favorite wireless hotspot finders.

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Show Notes

TotalHotSpots

- Lets you add new spots manually.

- Sort hotspots by tags or name

- Look for nearby pay hotspots.

- Look for nearby free hotspots.

Wifi Get

- Search Nearby.

- Search by Address.

- Search Offline.

- Offline, it uses a huge hotspot database.

Wifi Scan

- Related to Wifi Get.

- Can scan for local wireless networks.

- Can also scan for hotspots.

- Search nearby, offline, and more.

- A Wifi Plus version is available.

Wi-Fi Finder

- Nice clean interface.

- Search for hotspots near you.

- Search for public wireless networks.

- Search offline using the hotspot database.

Free Wi-Fi Locator

- Lets you find hotspots near you.

- You can also look by Zip Code.

- Find a hotspot by City.

- Can also search by Map.

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