Apple's next iPod to have EDGE wireless internet?

According to the reader, Apple hasn’t been interested in mechanical engineers like him, but they have been snapping up RF engineers “like there is no tomorrow”. Here’s where it gets good – they are specifically looking for people with EDGE experience.

Apple, of course, won’t officially say anything, but the reader and his engineer buddies have chatted with Apple engineers. His sense is that they are shooting for an EDGE enabled iPod (though not necessarily a phone) sometime this fall. He’ll speculate on the timeframe, but has no guess on the eventual carrier.