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O2 to put iPhone on the EDGE?
A recent report suggests that O2, considered to be the frontrunner to provide the iPhone in the UK, may use EDGE to provide mobile data transfer on the iPhone.
AT&T currently uses edge for the iPhone in the states, where the standard is lagging behind European favorite 3G, considered by many to be a superior standard. Most had assumed that the Europrean incarnation of the iPhone would use 3G over the slower EDGE.
According to a report in the Register, however, O2 is building up its EDGE network.
Given that the company has been all but crowned the iPhone's UK carrier, and given that the network is beefing up just five days before Apple is widely expected to set a date for the iPhone's european launch, Brits only need to connect the dots to become a bit worried.
Reviewers in the 3G-starved US have classified the EDGE connection as "pokey." On a bad day, 3G can remind users of a 56k dial-up connection.
One can only imagine what the reaction to an EDGE iPhone in Europe will be like.
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