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Wi-Fi Finding Laptop Bags Make Complete Sense

There are a lot of Wi-Fi finders out there, including a Wi-Fi finding shirt, but few are as practical as a finder embedded in a laptop bag. After all, not having to pull your laptop out of the bag to look for a signal is a great time saver when you are hopping around town looking for some freebie bandwidth.The "Wifinder" lineup of laptop bags from Soyntec offer four different styles to choose from, ranging from €43 (about $62) to €43 (about $101). [Product Page via le Journal du Geek via GeekAlerts]

9:10 PM on Sun Jan 6 2008
By Sean Fallon
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Elliuotatar at 09:30 PM on 01/06/08
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Why not just make a gadget that clips onto any bag? I like the laptop bag I have now!
mettleh3d at 09:31 PM on 01/06/08
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Wow, €43 to €43 huh? I'll get the one for €43!
TommySez at 09:39 PM on 01/06/08
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Wow! That's a smart idea.

It would be even better if it were on the top edge, so you could just look down at it.

"€43 (about $62) to €43 (about $101)"

You know the dollar is dropping like a rock when it devalues this much in the space of a few words.
alin0steglinski at 09:40 PM on 01/06/08
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hmm... i would like it on the top edge please... i would like to have the ability to just look down at my bag and see HEY WI FI HERE!!! *plops bag on table*
zarchitect at 09:44 PM on 01/06/08
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@TommySez: I was gonna' say the same thing... €43 at this point should be equivalent to... to... damn - calculator doesn't go that high... scribbles some numbers ending with "E" and two more digits... must be broken... the dollar I mean...
Morpheus5513 at 10:02 PM on 01/06/08
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Why pay for that bag when you can get a wifi finder that will hook to your current bag from Walmart for about $20.
The-Masses at 02:58 AM on 01/07/08
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I recently bought an Eee PC, and I found out just a few days ago, while in town, that my phone works just fine for sniffing out Wi-Fi networks. It displays them all in standby mode, so I don't think I need this.

I WOULD, however, buy the Wi-Fi shirt for, as they say, "shits and giggles".
darex at 06:32 AM on 01/07/08
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Ummm...does it tell you if said strong WiFi signal is secured or not?

If not, what a big tease!

THE-MASSES: if your phone is like mine, the WiFi sniffing ability on it is about 1/10th as good as the Eee's. Can you have a phone with WiFi on and still call it "stand-by mode"? I call it "battery drain very fast mode".