Gprs

[MarkW19]

Does anyone know if the iPhone will have GPRS, for use in the UK?

 

[mkrishnan]

Well, the American one has EDGE...don't all EDGE devices support GPRS as a backup? I'd be shocked if it didn't support GPRS....

 

[MarkW19]

I don't know - it'd be good if that was the case.

 

[mkrishnan]

See this for instance.

EDGE (Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution) or EGPRS provides data transfer rates significantly faster than GPRS or HSCSD. EDGE increases the speed of each timeslot to 48 kbps and allows the use of up to 8 timeslots, giving a maximum data transfer rate of 384 kbps. In places where an EDGE network is not available, GPRS will automatically be used instead. EDGE offers the best that can be achieved with a 2.5G network, and will eventually be replaced by 3G.

 

[MarkW19]

Cool - thanks.

 

[Warbrain]

I was going to say that EDGE uses GPRS as a back-up when EDGE isn't available. But that's already been taken care of.