[for-q-clinton]

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?

[dayglored]

> I will be amazed if software can fix such a design flaw. Do you have any idea how that could be done in software?

As I wrote above, software cannot correct flawed hardware. Period.

Depending on the nature of the flaw, software can reduce the problem less severe; in some cases it can make the problem effectively disappear from the user's point of view.

I'm skeptical. If Apple produces a software-only fix, I would require two things:

1. It fixes every unit. Software applies equally to every unit, so the fix should do pretty much the same thing to every unit's operational characteristics.

2. They explain what's going on in detail, up to the point of hitting their proprietary/patent limits.

This should be an interesting conference.