iPhone users who are hoping to use the device for more than just voice calls will be clamoring for Wi-Fi everywhere when they find out how slow EDGE really is. Thank heavens for Wi-Fi! This article in Information Week says:

Wi-Fi is even more important for iPhone users in the U.K. where, according to media reports, the exclusive iPhone provider O2 covers just 30% of the British population. To help make up for the skimpy coverage, subscribers will be offered free connections to Wi-Fi provider the Cloud, which operates more than 7,500 Wi-Fi hotspots in the U.K.

T-Mobile has a lot of hotspots around the world and in Germany, so Apple’s choice of partner in that country is wise. However, will a T-Mobile Germany user be able to seamlessly log onto a T-Mobile hotspot in San Francisco? We shall see . . . .