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Tuesday, July 6, 2010
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Samsung Galaxy Apollo
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Monday, July 5, 2010
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Nokia: 'As a challenger now, we have a fight on our hands'
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Sunday, July 4, 2010
Progress in Getting the HTC HD2 Running Google Android
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Saturday, July 3, 2010
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Confirmed: Apple will fix the iPhone 4 Reception Issue via software update in the Next Few Weeks
Jul 2 svartling ™: Ok, so it was a software problem then! Good!
Apple today in an open letter has officially acknowledged the iPhone 4 reception problem, which is confirmed as a software issue which will be fixed via software update coming in the next few weeks. The problem as it turned out was related to the "totally wrong" formula which was used to calculate the signal strength.
Jul 2 Colin Walker: Do we believe this?
Jul 2 svartling ™: Well, i don't know really. Do you mean the Press-release is fake?
Jul 2 Johan Burell: As far as I could tell from the letter in the Apple blog this "fix" won't actually improve reception but rather just alter how many bars that are displayed during usage. If that is true, then this is a total "non-event" and doesn't really change anything. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Jul 2 Eric Souza: There is observed and reported 20 dBm signal drop when bridging the antennas, from multiple soruces. See Anandtech review as one source. This is a significantly higher signal drop than seen with other similar phones. This PR is unfortunately an attempt to misdirect on the central issue.
Jul 2 Johan Burell: Eric: That was my impression too. Sounds more like a reaction to the class action suit than a proposed solution. From the open letter it sounds like it only is misrepresenting the signal strength, but like you say it seems like the independent sources says it is measurable. This smells of damage control long way.
Jul 2 Hector Martinez: I trust Apple. They tell the truth and know what's best for me. Always.
Jul 2 svartling ™: Eric: i posted about the Anandtech test and the drop was more than the Nexus one and the 3GS, but not so much.
I still think this is no issue. At least not here in Sweden where we have good receptions everywhere.
I will for sure buy the iPhone 4 when it's released here in Sweden.
Jul 2 Eric Souza: Hopefully, svartling, it won't be an issue for you because you'll have ample signal strength to spare, but that hardly classifies it as no issue at all. There are plenty of people who have purchased iPhone4s already who are legitimately having a problem with this.
The "holding naturally" measurements reported by Anandtech are at least 10 dB worse for the iPhone4 than for the other phones they measured. That isn't a "not so much" difference, that's double the next worst measurement found by Anandtech for the N1 (and that one was bad enough to begin with).
You don't see PR like this released for something that is "no issue".
Jul 2 svartling ™: I have the exact same "problem" on my iPhone 3GS if I cover the bottom right corner and I simply don't do that then. How hard can it be?
Jul 2 svartling ™: Eric: I'm quite tired of your negative comments everytime I post about Apple.. Buy one so you can see that it's the best phone on the market yourself :)
Jul 2 Eric Souza: svartling, if you choose, I'll make this the last time I respond to one of your posts, Apple-related or otherwise. Before though, please allow me to clarify a few things:
I have owned both an original iPhone and the iPhone 3GS. I would unreservedly call them two of the best smartphones I've ever owned or used.
I continue to support my wife's use of a 3GS. If it weren't for me, she wouldn't even know there was an iOS 4 update, updates for her apps, or new apps that might interest her. I am her 24/7 iphone support person so I still have ample contact with the iPhone and will for the forseeable future. It was certainly in the cards to upgrade her to the new iPhone4 before this debacle erupted.
I do not think my comments are inappropriately negative and they aren't targeted at simply besmirching Apple and everything they do. I simply can't stand behind how Jobs and his executive team are treating loyal customers with this situation.
Jul 2 svartling ™: Eric: Ok. That's your opinion, but mine is different. As it usually is when it comes to the topic of Apple.
Jul 2 Shane Conder: I'm actually a bit surprised at Apple's antenna design. The fact is that touching an antenna changes it's characteristics. It doesn't matter if this is on a cell phone, TV, radio, or whatever. But, actually touching it will change various aspects of it. Most phones these days have an internal antenna that you can't physically touch (skin to _metal_). Body parts, and other physical things in the real world, will always affect signal propagation. There is nothing that can be done about that -- it's simple physics.
In the case of the iPhone 4, though, not only can you physically touch the antenna, you can create somewhat of a short between the two antennas. It'll be interesting to see what they figure out. Because, right now, I don't see what they could actually do in software...
For me, if it's show 3 bars of at&t service, I can place my finger over the point at the lower left and see it go to "searching..." and then see 3 bars return when I remove my finger. If I place my finger across the top point, I see wifi drop from 3 bars to 1 bar -- on an AP that's 5 feet away.
If do both points at once, it says Airplane Mode activated!
(Heh, not really. Just kidding. But that would be a nifty/funny feature. ;))
Jul 2 svartling ™: The strange thing is that if i cover the bottom right corner on my iPhone 3GS it drops 3 bars too. It has never been an issue to me though.
Jul 2 Johan Burell: Like svartling is saying I doubt this will affect most customers. By all accounts some networks in the US have weak coverage in some areas and a this might push an already weak reception over the edge. I haven't had a phone that had any noticeable drop in signal strength when holding it differently (I tried holding my Nexus with two hands in different configurations just to try). I, however, have had handsets with different quality in reception. I think my 5(?) year Nokia N73 has had the strongest signal yet, better than my Hero and Nexus, although both of those work just fine. Until more is known about this issue it might not be a problem for most users (although I can imagine it affecting some customers).
Do I think a software patch will do anything? No. Not unless it flashes the wireless firmware and boost the signal. Other than that I don't see what this patch can do other than change the perception of what is going on. Most reports I've heard comments on it loosing bars. If Apple is telling the truth and it is reporting this wrong it might just might be less of a problem than reported. That is only if the reports are based on the number of visible bars is misleading AND if shorting the antenna (because I've seen people reproduce it only by shorting and without covering it, something 3GS should not be affected by, as a comparison) is less of an effect than reported.
Do I think the antenna issue is a real issue? The jury is out. It sure doesn't look good, but I haven't, personally, seen any hard evidence in either direction. Do I think this is song and dance is more damage control than a fix (problem or not)? Most definitively. It just don't seem likely that this is remotely software related.
Either way, this won't be the last we hear of it, one way or the other.
Jul 2 Shane Conder: I don't think the hard evidence is in question. iPhone is only on one carrier in the US: at&t. That is irrelevant, though. The fact that simply touching both antennas at once drops the signal strength as much as it does has been demonstrated over and over again. Everyone I know with the iPhone can do it -- and it usually results in a complete loss of signal, no matter how strong it was to begin with.
@Johan Burell I totally agree with you on the software issue: it may change the perception of what's going on. The only way, though, that it could fix the complete signal loss -- and thus dropped calls or no network access -- is if the software is doing something to misinterpret the true signal strength and shutting down the network.
I've also gotten confirmation from two other iPhones that you can easily drop the WiFi bars from full to none, even being close to an access point. But, WiFi doesn't drop at all. So, maybe there is something Apple can do.... hopefully.
Jul 2 Johan Burell: Shane: What you are stating in your last paragraph is what I'm saying might be the issue here. Now, to be clear, personally my money is on that touching the antenna is having an effect. Playing the devils advocate though and why I'm questioning some of the reports is that, from what I can tell, are all based on changes in reported bars in the GUI. Now, continuing to play the role of devils advocate, it is at least within the realm of possibility that the GUI is misreporting the issue.
Let me explain what I mean. Let's say that the lower cut-off value for reception is calibrated too high. That might cause the OS to report "no signal" or "weak signal" when it is actually stronger, and this is what Apple seems to suggest. I find this a quite big engineering blunder and a very unlikely scenario, but it is not scientifically impossible. So not probable, but still possible.
What I meant by credible hard evidence is not that a user can short the antenna and observe a loss in bars, I believe this to be the case and have seen video of it happen. What I'm saying has not been proven is that this is correctly representing coverage. For example you would need to reliably be able to disconnect calls/data in a way that is predictable and able to be reproduced. I personally haven't seen that been reported, but then again I haven't looked around either. Like you said in your example it didn't loose wifi connection in that particular case, which would at least leave the possibility open for a misrepresenting of the signal strength. I'm not arguing that it gets degraded, I think there is pretty conclusive causality that points to that, but rather to what degree. It is not impossible that the reported signal strength differs from the actual device strength, even if unlikely. I know about complaints of dropped calls, but I've been hearing about those since the first phone so it is hard to tell which are due to crappy network and which are affected by this particular issue. If you have more data on this, pls do share. I at least haven't heard any reports that undeniably rule out other factors.
I'm no Apple apologist and don't even like the company, I'm just saying that unless it is measurable and proven that it has a huge effect let's have an open mind about it and give them the benefit of the doubt. If this patch does nothing, consumers will tell and we'll be dragging this around once again, but until then, let's wait and see.
Jul 2 Shane Conder: @Johan Burell Agreed on most parts.
What I'm also trying to state is that the ability to physically touch the metal of an antenna is very different from shielding an antenna with your hands or bodies. There is no point on my other phones (current ones) where I can actually touch the metal of the antenna.
Doing this changes it's characteristics. If you've ever played with a radio antenna, this can often cause static or increase the reception. Antennas are tuned at design for certain coverage of frequencies and width within those frequency bands. These antennas are already unusually shaped. Add to that the ability to touch them and they could be being completely detuned to the frequencies they need to support for proper operation.
This is not something that software could fix.
But I also believe that Apple engineers would have had to take this into account when doing their antenna design. It's just too obvious of an issue that I actually don't think they could have overlooked it. Antenna design is a hard problem (a couple of which I own -- not for cell phone reasons, but for amateur radio reasons).
As for reliably disconnecting calls... from what I've heard from an active talker, they can drop the call on demand by performing this trick. But, in practice, with most states having laws about using handsfree when talking in a car, I'm guessing that the Bluetooth wielding folks won't notice as much. And I doubt this will have a huge impact on the number of complaints about dropped calls against at&t -- those were already at a fever pitch. :)
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Day 1 is always a scary thing, but the coders at MeeGo are diving right in. Recently, a lot has been revealed about MeeGo. It'll be hitting tablets, it'll be hitting x86 devices, and it will definitely be hitting smartphones. We're assuming that it'll be loaded onto Nokia phones at first due to Nokia's influence on the OS (it's part Maemo and part Moblin), but that's all to be worked out in the future. For now, we're just happy to see the MeeGo Handset Project get off of the ground. Starting this week, MeeGo
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Apple Says They Got iPhone 4 Signal Bars All Wrong
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Thursday, July 1, 2010
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Symbian-Guru.com turns its back on Nokia
Oh, more proof that Nokia has problems :)
Uh-oh, Nokia, when your biggest fans start jumping ship, it's definitely time to re-think your smartphone strategy.
Today, The Guru at Symbian Guru chucked in his Nokia-branded towel (and blog) and purchased a Nexus One.
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Symbian-Guru.com turns its back on Nokia
Uh-oh, Nokia, when your biggest fans start jumping ship, it's definitely time to re-think your smartphone strategy. Today, The Guru at Symbian Guru chucked in his Nokia-branded towel (and blog) and purchased a Nexus One.
Android 3.0: Run, run, as fast as you can, you can't afford a Gingerbread phone
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