http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/19/is-apple-shooting-in-the-dark-to-fix-iphone-3g-issues/ Engadget Mobile Comments for Is Apple shooting in the dark to fix iPhone 3G issues? http://www.engadgetmobile.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgetmobile.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/19/is-apple-shooting-in-the-dark-to-fix-iphone-3g-issues/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/19/is-apple-shooting-in-the-dark-to-fix-iphone-3g-issues/Apple is arrogant. They think you can just buy a chipset, plop it in your device, and voila. A working phone. Just like an iPod. Just slap it together. Ain't so. Apple will have to pay their dues just like all the other phone makers out there.]]>Aug 19th 2008 8:27PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/19/is-apple-shooting-in-the-dark-to-fix-iphone-3g-issues/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/19/is-apple-shooting-in-the-dark-to-fix-iphone-3g-issues/Aug 19th 2008 9:18PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/19/is-apple-shooting-in-the-dark-to-fix-iphone-3g-issues/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/19/is-apple-shooting-in-the-dark-to-fix-iphone-3g-issues/Aug 19th 2008 10:29PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/19/is-apple-shooting-in-the-dark-to-fix-iphone-3g-issues/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/19/is-apple-shooting-in-the-dark-to-fix-iphone-3g-issues/Aug 25th 2008 8:00PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/19/is-apple-shooting-in-the-dark-to-fix-iphone-3g-issues/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/19/is-apple-shooting-in-the-dark-to-fix-iphone-3g-issues/Aug 20th 2008 1:53AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/19/is-apple-shooting-in-the-dark-to-fix-iphone-3g-issues/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/19/is-apple-shooting-in-the-dark-to-fix-iphone-3g-issues/
Cheers.

P.S. Great phone, amazingly useful and irreplaceable despite my gripes. But good grief. ;)]]>Aug 20th 2008 1:45AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/19/is-apple-shooting-in-the-dark-to-fix-iphone-3g-issues/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/19/is-apple-shooting-in-the-dark-to-fix-iphone-3g-issues/I think people are expecting everything to be fixed and aren't seeing it because Apple didn't even address those issues in these updates.

When 2.1 comes out, that's when we should scrutinize. Meanwhile, don't expect much.]]>Aug 20th 2008 2:44AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/19/is-apple-shooting-in-the-dark-to-fix-iphone-3g-issues/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/19/is-apple-shooting-in-the-dark-to-fix-iphone-3g-issues/Aug 20th 2008 7:44AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/19/is-apple-shooting-in-the-dark-to-fix-iphone-3g-issues/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/19/is-apple-shooting-in-the-dark-to-fix-iphone-3g-issues/Aug 20th 2008 10:54AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/19/is-apple-shooting-in-the-dark-to-fix-iphone-3g-issues/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/19/is-apple-shooting-in-the-dark-to-fix-iphone-3g-issues/
Apple uses a 3G chip set from Infineon, and this is Infineon's first (or possibly second depending on how yo count) generation of 3G chip sets. Meanwhile Nokia and Ericsson for example are on their 5th or 6th generation.

Usually the big differences between chip set generation are size and power consumption, so of course Nokia and Sony Ericsson phones will have better 3G service. Heck, Nokia and Ericsson are even two of the inventors of 3G (together with Qualcomm and Motorola)!

It's also very different to design an antenna for 3G compared to 2G or WiFi. It may be that Apple made some mistakes there too, but that's pure speculation.]]>Aug 20th 2008 11:14AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/19/is-apple-shooting-in-the-dark-to-fix-iphone-3g-issues/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/19/is-apple-shooting-in-the-dark-to-fix-iphone-3g-issues/Aug 20th 2008 12:41PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/19/is-apple-shooting-in-the-dark-to-fix-iphone-3g-issues/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/19/is-apple-shooting-in-the-dark-to-fix-iphone-3g-issues/didn't expect 2.0.2 to make my somewhat "sketchy" reception worse! Apple has had over
a year since iphone 1.0 was released to "work out the bugs", and they still can't get it
right? I don't drink the Apple "kool aid" except for my iphone, and after all this frustration,
I think I'll be jumping on the HTC Diamond bandwagon in September.]]>Aug 20th 2008 1:06PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/19/is-apple-shooting-in-the-dark-to-fix-iphone-3g-issues/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/19/is-apple-shooting-in-the-dark-to-fix-iphone-3g-issues/I went from one to two bars in my home down to zero bars after the new update!!! Apple’s solution is for me to bring the phone back for another.
Lets see, that will be three phones in as many weeks! I need a smart phone for work so looks like I will need to take this pile of SH@# back to apple again. This time I want my money back. Please pass the KOOL-Aid I’m getting thirsty!
Oh by the way, my MobileMe ( please more Kool-Aid, Quick) rocks! I love it! Where is PC guy when you need him:)]]>Aug 20th 2008 1:29PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/19/is-apple-shooting-in-the-dark-to-fix-iphone-3g-issues/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/19/is-apple-shooting-in-the-dark-to-fix-iphone-3g-issues/in 1...2....3]]>Aug 20th 2008 2:47PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/19/is-apple-shooting-in-the-dark-to-fix-iphone-3g-issues/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/19/is-apple-shooting-in-the-dark-to-fix-iphone-3g-issues/
http://www.learnucd.com/kevlar/the-web-is-dead-long-live-the-iphone]]>Aug 20th 2008 2:51PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/19/is-apple-shooting-in-the-dark-to-fix-iphone-3g-issues/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/19/is-apple-shooting-in-the-dark-to-fix-iphone-3g-issues/Aug 20th 2008 3:54PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/19/is-apple-shooting-in-the-dark-to-fix-iphone-3g-issues/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/19/is-apple-shooting-in-the-dark-to-fix-iphone-3g-issues/Aug 20th 2008 5:06PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/19/is-apple-shooting-in-the-dark-to-fix-iphone-3g-issues/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/19/is-apple-shooting-in-the-dark-to-fix-iphone-3g-issues/Aug 20th 2008 5:56PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/19/is-apple-shooting-in-the-dark-to-fix-iphone-3g-issues/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/19/is-apple-shooting-in-the-dark-to-fix-iphone-3g-issues/Through all the hype and fan fare, you have a phone that is supposed
to set the new standard, but you can't send MMS, or take video? I
have a really cool 3g ipod here, but I'd get more consistent (and
probably better) reception with 2 soup cans and a string, and it
wouldn't cost me $199 and 2 years of my contractual cell phone life.
]]>Aug 20th 2008 6:01PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/19/is-apple-shooting-in-the-dark-to-fix-iphone-3g-issues/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/19/is-apple-shooting-in-the-dark-to-fix-iphone-3g-issues/Check out the Diamond, it does all the above! I never signed up to be a $200 beta tester! Apple ate the booger on this one and needs to stand up, admit it and fix it!]]>Aug 20th 2008 7:25PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/19/is-apple-shooting-in-the-dark-to-fix-iphone-3g-issues/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/19/is-apple-shooting-in-the-dark-to-fix-iphone-3g-issues/
I wonder how much this phone infatuation will affect their personal computer quality.]]>Aug 21st 2008 4:30PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/19/is-apple-shooting-in-the-dark-to-fix-iphone-3g-issues/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/19/is-apple-shooting-in-the-dark-to-fix-iphone-3g-issues/Aug 22nd 2008 10:22AM