Sure, but in europe you also can get gsm signals on the middle of nowhere.Here in the techo-crippled us neither gsm or wifi is guaranteed even in population centres .

Sigh. A few more years and then iIcan go home .:)

I'd have a hard time trying to find somewhere near Boston that doesn't have wifi. (usually WPA protected, but still..). Now, if these things actually discriminated between "open" and "protected", then they'd have a minor amount of value, at the expense of still looking like a dick.

In fact, of all the US states I've visited, NC was possibly the most barren in terms of wifi. I'm sure there are pockets of dead zones everywhere, but in the grand scheme of things, major population centers are pretty much blanketed these days.

You've never been to third-world countries i bet :)

Though i doubt thingeek targets those, yeah...

These shirts were really really popular in Europe. :/

The next revision for these shoes is to then log on to any unprotected wifi point they find, download some preconfigured rss feed, then manipulate small pins under each of your toes in some sort of braille-like code. They'd sell really well to students about to sit exams I suspect.