Despite the fact that today's release of iOS 4.0.1 addressed only the display of signal strength on the iPhone and not actual signal attenuation issues caused by touching the antenna in the side of the iPhone 4, a software fix may yet still be possible.
To: Swordmaker
Ping!
One person with direct knowledge of the phone’s design said Thursday that the iPhone 4 exposed a longstanding weakness in the basic communications software inside Apple’s phones and that the reception problems were not caused by an isolated hardware flaw.
Instead, the problems emerged in the complex interaction between specialized communications software and the antenna, said the person, who agreed to speak on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the matter.
2 posted on
07/16/2010 7:38:58 AM PDT by
RachelFaith
(2010 is going to be a 100 seat Tsunami - Unless the GOP Senate ruins it all...)
To: RachelFaith; PugetSoundSoldier; driftdiver; SmokingJoe
actual signal attenuation issues caused by touching the antenna in the side of the iPhone 4, a software fix may yet still be possible. I will be amazed if software can fix such a design flaw. Do you have any idea how that could be done in software?
5 posted on
07/16/2010 8:00:00 AM PDT by
for-q-clinton
(If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
To: RachelFaith
Press conference started.
Steve opens with, PC World namechecked as listing iPhone as #1 phone, highest customer satisfaction of any iPhone or smartphone ever.
I realize some will blame the RDF, fanboys, cultists, etc but wouldn’t that second part mean this isn’t causing huge problems in real world use?
17 posted on
07/16/2010 10:14:35 AM PDT by
Mr. Blonde
(You ever thought about being weird for a living?)
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New York Times opines that Apple will not recall the iPhone PING!
Please don't feed the anti-Apple Trolls,
it just encourages them!
Apple iPhone 4 Ping!
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22 posted on
07/16/2010 10:31:46 AM PDT by
Swordmaker
(Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
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