http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/09/17/o2-apparently-locks-up-uk-iphone-deal-pays-through-nose/ Engadget Mobile Comments for O2 apparently locks up UK iPhone deal, pays through nose http://mobile.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://mobile.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/09/17/o2-apparently-locks-up-uk-iphone-deal-pays-through-nose/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/09/17/o2-apparently-locks-up-uk-iphone-deal-pays-through-nose/Sep 17th 2007 3:00AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/09/17/o2-apparently-locks-up-uk-iphone-deal-pays-through-nose/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/09/17/o2-apparently-locks-up-uk-iphone-deal-pays-through-nose/
I'm really expecting/hoping that Apple will use this week's announcement as an opportunity to intro a 3G-capable iPhone, rather than seriously expecting carriers on your side of the pond to add new infrastructure capabilities everywhere for EDGE... (yes the iPhone is a landmark device, but I find it hard to swallow that _any_ one device warrants that degree of infrastructure investment, especially in a basically obsolete (albeit less power-hungry) technology)

FWIW, the 2 inaccuracies I found were in the 5th & 6th paragraphs:

* the current-gen iPhone supposedly not being able to connect to the WiFi iTunes store (while that's technically true right this second, Apple's publicly stated that the current-gen iPhone will get the WiFi iTunes feature later this month when an automatically-installed software upgrade is pushed out via iTunes desktop syncing)

* the iPod touch supposedly being able to do everything that the iPhone can, except for phone calls (the touch also can't do email, camera, stocks, Google Maps, weather, and notes)

I'm also hoping/expecting that this week's intro will bring the capacity of the iPhone up to 16GB to match the touch...]]>Sep 17th 2007 3:28AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/09/17/o2-apparently-locks-up-uk-iphone-deal-pays-through-nose/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/09/17/o2-apparently-locks-up-uk-iphone-deal-pays-through-nose/
The iPhone will be announced on O2 tomorrow. Sadly it will be EDGE not 3G and O2 will have crippling data plans to try and claw back some of they 40% they are giving away... if that is true I'm gobsmacked.

Me.. I'll wait for the 3G phone - late Q1 08 is my predicyion.]]>Sep 17th 2007 6:03AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/09/17/o2-apparently-locks-up-uk-iphone-deal-pays-through-nose/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/09/17/o2-apparently-locks-up-uk-iphone-deal-pays-through-nose/Sep 17th 2007 6:58AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/09/17/o2-apparently-locks-up-uk-iphone-deal-pays-through-nose/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/09/17/o2-apparently-locks-up-uk-iphone-deal-pays-through-nose/
Tmobile i the only network in the UK I would consider getting an iPhone on. Everyone elses data plan is way to expensive.

Was going to get an iPhone but I think i'll get an LG Viewty]]>Sep 17th 2007 8:04AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/09/17/o2-apparently-locks-up-uk-iphone-deal-pays-through-nose/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/09/17/o2-apparently-locks-up-uk-iphone-deal-pays-through-nose/Sep 17th 2007 3:57PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/09/17/o2-apparently-locks-up-uk-iphone-deal-pays-through-nose/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/09/17/o2-apparently-locks-up-uk-iphone-deal-pays-through-nose/Sep 17th 2007 8:14AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/09/17/o2-apparently-locks-up-uk-iphone-deal-pays-through-nose/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/09/17/o2-apparently-locks-up-uk-iphone-deal-pays-through-nose/
I dread to think what Google Maps will cost you on £3 for 1mb of data

We'll see what tomorrow brings.]]>Sep 17th 2007 4:32PM