I just read an interesting little tidbit from The Register earlier today. Apparently, O2 is going live with their super-fast mobile service on November 1st. From what I gather, the service will be fast enough to watch high quality video if the consumer so desires.

O2 is on the verge of flicking the switch on its latest super-fast mobile service. The Isle of Man will see the first commercial launch of an HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) network service in Europe when it goes live on November 1, say those behind the scheme.

Once up and running, customers will be able to use their mobile phones to watch DVD-quality streaming video and download whopping great big files including music tracks. Oh, and they’ll be able to make phone call too. [Read the rest]

[tags]video,mobile,high speed,data stream,hsdpa,the isle of man[/tags]