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Apple blames iPhone 4 reception issue on 'totally wrong' software

Washington Post - Rob Pegoraro - 2 Jul, 2010
All you southpaw iPhone 4 users can relax: Apple says it's figured out why its new smartphone seems to lose reception when held left-handed, ...

Diagram: The iPhone 4's lost bars

Fortune - Philip Elmer-DeWitt - 2 Jul, 2010
"The mapping of signal strength to reported 'bars' on the iPhone's display is oddly out of whack, which causes two problems. For users already in a marginal ...

FP Tech Desk: Apple solution to iPhone 4 problem fails to satisfy

Financial Post - Hannelore Foerster - 2 Jul, 2010
But that was before last Thursday, when it released the iPhone 4 to hoards of subsequently unsatisfied Apple fans. For several days Apple Inc. and its chief ...

Software update to fix signal-strength measure due 'in a few weeks'

MarketWatch - Dan Gallagher - 2 Jul, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Apple Inc. issued a statement Friday explaining some of the widely reported signal reception ...

Commentary: Ridiculous fix of a possible real antenna issue

MarketWatch - 2 Jul, 2010
By MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Apple Inc. seems to be growing its presence in show business, as it just handed late-night comedians a fresh ...

FACT CHECK: Apple Has Known About iPhone Signal Display Problems Since Late ...

San Francisco Chronicle - Nick Saint - 2 Jul, 2010
Apple says it was "stunned" to find that the formula it uses to calculate how many bars of signal strength its iPhones display "is totally wrong. ...

The HST: Taking a hair cut on a hair cut

Globe and Mail - 2 Jul, 2010
These are stories Report on Business is following today. Get the top business stories through the day on BlackBerry or iPhone by bookmarking our ...

Apple's Smoke Signals

Forbes - Carl Gutierrez - 2 Jul, 2010
The company says it's been using a "totally wrong" formula for years on measuring reception. Apple finally admitted to a reception issue with its iPhone ...

Apple to iPhone 4 users: It's the bars, stupid

Los Angeles Times (blog) - 2 Jul, 2010
Apple says iPhones have been displaying too many signal bars because of a software glitch. Credit: Justin Sullivan / Getty Images After going back to the ...

Poking holes in Apple's iPhone 4 antenna explanation

CNET - Marguerite Reardon - 2 Jul, 2010
Apple has said that users have to hold the iPhone 4 the right way to get the best reception. Now it also says it has a software fix ...

Apple's Fix for iPhone Woes: Poor Reception Will Be Displayed Accurately

Newsweek (blog) - 2 Jul, 2010
But the company framed the issue as a matter of how the iPhone 4 displays its signal strength, not whether the device's antenna was poorly designed. ...

Apple's iPhone 4: Software, not antenna, blamed for 'death grip'...

San Jose Mercury News - Frank Michael Russell - 2 Jul, 2010
Apple today said a software problem â€" and not a faulty antenna design â€" is responsible for reports of poor reception by some iPhone ...

Apple delivers inadequate response to iPhone 4 reception problems

Computerworld (blog) - 2 Jul, 2010
Apple has finally come out with a public statement about iPhone reception problems, and it's the kind of non-apology apology that politicians give out when ...

Apple Hit With Multiple iPhone 4 Lawsuits

ABC News - Mae Heussner - 2 Jul, 2010
Just a week after the international launch of Apple's iPhone 4, which the company recently touted as the most successful rollout in its ...

'Stunned' Apple to fix iPhone signal bug

CNNMoney - David Goldman - 2 Jul, 2010
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The iPhone 4 "grip of death" signal-strength problem stems from a bug that ...

Apple iPhone 4 Reception Bars: A Distorted Reality

PC Magazine - Lance Ulanoff - 2 Jul, 2010
Did Apple just solve its antenna issue, or did it simply kill the bad press and lawsuits bubbling around it? Apple's explanation for its iPhone antenna ...

My guess about Apple's secret formula in the iPhone reception deception

Computerworld (blog) - 2 Jul, 2010
Apple has admitted that all of its iPhones artificially inflate their signal strength, so that the reception the phone reports is better than the reception ...

Apple Acknowledges IPhone Signal Strength Inflated

Wall Street Journal - Roger Cheng - 2 Jul, 2010
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Apple Inc. (AAPL) acknowledged Friday that all of its iPhones mistakenly inflate their signal ...

Apple's embarrassing error

BBC News (blog) - 2 Jul, 2010
It looks like one of the more embarrassing foul-ups from a major technology company. First, mounting complaints about the signal problems with the iPhone 4 ...

Apple's ludicrous iPhone 4 apology

Computerworld (blog) - Richi Jennings - 2 Jul, 2010
Sooo, Apple has issued a statement about the iPhone 4 reception issues and the problems caused by touching the antenna. ...

Apple: iPhone 4 Just Looks Like Its Losing Signal

BusinessWeek (blog) - Arik Hesseldahl - 2 Jul, 2010
Apple this morning sent out a letter to iPhone users concerning the troubles that some iPhone 4 users have been concerning apparent signal disruptions, ...

IPhone's Debut on Verizon Would Boost Qualcomm, Hurt Infineon

BusinessWeek - Ian King - 2 Jul, 2010
July 2 (Bloomberg) -- Qualcomm Inc. stands to get its technology into millions of new phones if Verizon Wireless begins offering Apple Inc.'s ...

Apple can't fix iPhone reception, will start telling truth about signal strength

ZDNet (blog) - Sam Diaz - 2 Jul, 2010
Apple issues an open letter that offers no fix for antenna issue but reveals a software problem that's been making ...

Apple promises fix for iPhone 4

Irish Times - 2 Jul, 2010
The new Apple iPhone 4: users had complained that gripping the phone at a certain point caused it reduce or lose signal completely. ...

iPhone 4 Antenna Sparks Class Action Lawsuit

Santa Barbara Arts TV - 2 Jul, 2010
iPhone 4 Antenna Sparks Class Action Lawsuit. http://www.kcrlegal.com/iPhone-reception-problems.aspx CONSUMER INVESTIGATION: iPHONE 4 Dropped Calls ...

Apple's Crazy Open Letter Doesn't Even Address The Real Issue (AAPL)

San Francisco Chronicle - Nick Saint - 2 Jul, 2010
After a week of silence, Apple has finally weighed in on the iPhone 4 antenna controversy, and the resulting press release/open letter to iPhone owners is ...

Apple Offers iPhone 4 Apology, Will Customers Accept?

CBS News - Charles Cooper - 2 Jul, 2010
For a company that prides itself on its carefully-honed attention to detail and aesthetic, Apple's apology for a faulty signal display on the iPhone was a ...

Apple on iPhone 4 Antenna: It's the Bars, Silly

PC World - 2 Jul, 2010
Pay no attention to those reports of iPhone 4 reception problems, Apple says. If you see a steep drop in bars when cupping the phone in your hand, ...

The iPhone Reception Problem: Parsing the Apple Statement

Wall Street Journal (blog) - Jennifer Valentino-DeVries - 2 Jul, 2010
After a week of complaints from iPhone 4 users about reception problems, Apple announced Friday that it would correct an error ...

Apple Blames iPhone 4 Antenna Issue on Software

PC Magazine - Sascha Segan - 2 Jul, 2010
Apple on Friday said that a reported reception problem with the iPhone 4 is being caused by an error in the way the phone displays bars of signal strength. ...

 

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