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Apple faces backlash over latest iPhone
Financial Times ^ | July 13, 2010 | Joseph Menn

Posted on 07/14/2010 4:16:07 AM PDT by driftdiver

Apple was on Tuesday facing a growing backlash over poor iPhone 4 reception after the technology group blocked links on its user-support pages to a negative review by an influential US consumer watchdog.

Consumer Reports, the non-profit magazine, on Monday published a review online that stated it had tested three iPhone 4s in controlled settings and found that touching the lower left corner “can significantly degrade” the signal, causing dropped calls.

Apple deleted references in several online discussions to the consumer group’s online posting, leading VentureBeat and investment blogs to pounce on what they described as censorship in the Apple-hosted forums

(Excerpt) Read more at ft.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: apple; ilovebillgates; iphone; iwanthim; iwanthimbad; mac; microsoftfanboys
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So the censorship we see here on FR starts at the very top.

On the plus side they are selling a lot of the phones with the poorly designed antenna.

1 posted on 07/14/2010 4:16:09 AM PDT by driftdiver
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To: PugetSoundSoldier; for-q-clinton

ping


2 posted on 07/14/2010 4:17:35 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: driftdiver

The damn thing is all glass. Buy a case!


3 posted on 07/14/2010 4:19:01 AM PDT by downwdims (It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority)
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To: driftdiver

What censorship on FR? Is there another story here besides the one you posted? Sounds kinda big. And if “at the top” you mean Jim or John, shouldn’t you ping them out of courtesy? Please elucidate.


4 posted on 07/14/2010 4:25:03 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (You can evade reality, but you cannot evade the consequences of evading reality. ~Ayn Rand)
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To: Larry Lucido

“What censorship on FR? “

The macbots attempts to keep anyone who disagrees off ‘mac’ threads and to keep any information that is not mac positive off FR.


5 posted on 07/14/2010 4:32:12 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: driftdiver

FUD! FUD! FUD! FUD! FUD! FUD! FUD! FUD! FUD!

6 posted on 07/14/2010 4:35:10 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (For the first time in half a century, there is no former KKK member in the US Senate.)
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To: driftdiver

Mr. Peel and I have the original iPhone and just upgraded to the iPhone4. We absolutely love it. It is so much faster, it has a stunningly clear display. We are in a fringe area and noticed our dropped calls have significantly decreased with the new phone. Found a couple bugs (facetime)- but nothing worth a “don’t buy” rant.


7 posted on 07/14/2010 4:39:44 AM PDT by MrsEmmaPeel (a government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you have)
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To: driftdiver

Is this a ‘Modified limited hangout’ or the standard ‘Hang out’?


8 posted on 07/14/2010 4:43:03 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (The best is the enemy of the good!)
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To: driftdiver
I never have liked MAC junk and I never will. But it is great entertainment watching the Macbots defend their church and make outlandish claims that they are ABSOLUTELY virus proof and don't even need to waste time and memory by installing a security package.

THEY JUST CAN'T be hacked. It's NOT POSSIBLE! And anyone who tries to say otherwise, or provides evidence to the contrary, ARE FOREVER DAMNED! ( / hyperventilation)

9 posted on 07/14/2010 4:44:09 AM PDT by PSYCHO-FREEP ( Give me Liberty, or give me an M-24A2!)
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To: driftdiver

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JixbzFjv_cU


10 posted on 07/14/2010 4:44:31 AM PDT by bamahead (Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. -- Sallust)
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To: driftdiver

>>>The macbots attempts to keep anyone who disagrees off ‘mac’ threads and to keep any information that is not mac positive off FR.

Meanwhile, you sound like the NAACP talking to/about the Tea Party... < /roll eyes>


11 posted on 07/14/2010 4:48:51 AM PDT by Keith in Iowa
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To: MrsEmmaPeel

From what I’ve read the dropped calls issue is very dependent on your location. The more cell towers you have in the immediate area the less of a problem.


12 posted on 07/14/2010 4:49:08 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: PSYCHO-FREEP

Of course if you make that argument then they’ll argue they have never said they are hack proof.


13 posted on 07/14/2010 4:50:27 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Keith in Iowa

“Meanwhile, you sound like the NAACP talking to/about the Tea Party... < /roll eyes>”

Just another one of your personal attacks keith. Can’t stand the bright lights of reality can ya.


14 posted on 07/14/2010 4:51:19 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: driftdiver

You mean the silly pissing matches I’ve seen regularly between macbots and windows afficionados? I never saw that as censorship, just pissing matches. I’ve never owned a mac so I can’t really weigh in either way. But apparently no one got censored, so I guess the “top” of FR is exhonerated.


15 posted on 07/14/2010 4:54:11 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (You can evade reality, but you cannot evade the consequences of evading reality. ~Ayn Rand)
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To: driftdiver

Now, I’m not saying some macbots haven’t been obnoxious or smug. Some, not all, have. Just haven’t seen a whole lot of censoring going on.


16 posted on 07/14/2010 4:55:54 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (You can evade reality, but you cannot evade the consequences of evading reality. ~Ayn Rand)
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To: Larry Lucido

When people make the argument that only positive mac material should be allowed its censorship. When they say only certain people should be allowed to post their views on a public forum its censorship.


17 posted on 07/14/2010 4:57:38 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: driftdiver

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZClYKbb6Qw


18 posted on 07/14/2010 5:00:17 AM PDT by downwdims (It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority)
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To: driftdiver

>>>Just another one of your personal attacks keith. Can’t stand the bright lights of reality can ya.

Says the guy who does nothing but revel in personal attack when people don’t toe his line < /roll eyes>


19 posted on 07/14/2010 5:01:07 AM PDT by Keith in Iowa
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To: driftdiver
The macbots attempts to keep anyone who disagrees off ‘mac’ threads and to keep any information that is not mac positive off FR.

You mean, like birther threads?

20 posted on 07/14/2010 5:04:35 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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