Well I plugged my Verizon 3G stick into the USB and didn't get any response from the edge. I thought it may have to do with the "Mobile Broadband Connection" settings, but still no luck.

So i have a limited knowledge of adb etc, but i was able to pull the VZConnectionManager.apk off the edge and had a peek inside. Here are a couple interesting things i found:

1. a bunch of .png pictures of different signal strengths (one bar, two bars, three bars, four bars, cdma one bar, cdma two bars, etc)
2. xml files: activate_manually.xml, connect.xml, device_info.xml, preference_widget_wifi_signal.xml, session_log.xml, usage.xml

So yeah, a wifi widget would be cool. Now if i only knew enough to activate my 3G stick!