I would like to congratulate Engadget on putting vain attempts at humor before good reporting. The line "If you look carefully, you'll see that the E logo for EDGE is missing: we guess that 30% network coverage on O2 doesn't quite stretch inside the Apple Store." was clearly made by someone not very familiar with the iphone. The O2 iphone is connected to a wifi network, and will always show the wifi symbol until disconnected. The unlocked T-Mobile iPhone is not connected to wifi, so it's showing the EDGE indicator. It has nothing to do with reception, indeed you can't even tell how many bars an iphone connected to wifi is receiving.

As an addendum, the unit I played with was unbranded. The final product will certainly be branded up and out the wazoo with globes, a's, t's and ampersands.

I've played with a AT&T bound Kaiser roughly two months ago. It wasn't branded, but it didn't have the forward camera either. The HTC reps, who were the ones letting me mess with it (actually they gave it to my store manager, but they let me check it out as well) gave a fall time frame. I forget which month, but definitely not August.

And yes, it did have GPS and the reps bragged about it, so I would assume they were expecting it to make it to the final edition.

Another entry

I already have one, but I could always give it to the folks.

Blackberry plans on AT&T are $10 a month cheaper than with VZW.

Nation 450 (39.99) + Blackberry Unlimted (29.99)=69.98

Core Choice 450 = 79.99

A727 Is the T-Mobile Trace with 3G technology.

I don't have T-mo, but I'll figure a way to use it.

Gotta get me some N75.

A Verizon branded V9m prototype was for sale on Craigslist last week, so that carrier is all but assured. The V9 will have UMTS850/1900, and there's only one big carrier using that one, AT&T. The V8 is for carriers without 3G, so that one might be heading to T-Mobile.

But that's speculation.