Apple have chosen O2 as there mobile partner for the launch of the iPhone in the UK.

The iPhone will be available from November 9th via the Apple online store, the Apple shops and Carphone Warehouse.

More information here

Well it seems that there is a fierce bidding battle for the exclusive rights to be the UK provider for the iPhone. If the Financial Times is correct (and it usually is) then apparently O2 has been selected. More information at FT.com

With the Apple selling 700,000 iPhones in the first two days, you can imagine how keen the UK operators are to become the exclusive iPhone operator!

Also hinted at within the article, is that the European iPhone will not support 3g but Edge (just like the US version). I hope this is wrong but we will see.

The first reviews of the Apple iPhone from the Wall Street Journal and from the New York Times Journal are now available.

Their reporters have had the Apple iPhone for 2 weeks now and while initial impressions are pretty good, especially for a first generation product

However while it is not yet clear that the huge amount of hype over the iPhone has been completely justified it is looking like the iPhone will enjoy at the very least a limited success, and after a few software updates could possible become THE phone to own!