According to a research report from Nomura, complaints of dropped calls and unreliable Internet connections on the new iPhone 3G may be caused by faulty software on a chip made by Infineon. Nomura analyst Richard Windsor wrote in a research note that the problem likely involved the 3G cellular network communications chip: "We believe that these issues are typical of an immature chipset and radio protocol stack where we are almost certain that Infineon is the 3G supplier."Although representatives for Apple and Infineon declined comment, BusinessWeek reported that Apple plans to fix the problem with a software update in the near future. At any rate, a spokesman for AT&T, the exclusive U.S. carrier for iPhone, said that it was working well on AT&T's network and that the carrier had received very few complaints: "This is not something that's high on our radar screen. It's not something we've had a lot of complaints about," said AT&T's Mark Siegel.
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The words "may be, believe, and almost certain" are not proof. Maybe it is the cause, but it's not proven. Don't make the headline read otherwise.
Well buddy, you had better get in on your radar screen in a hurry because as a result of all this hubbub, I am putting off switching my 3 (family plan) lines from VZW to AT&T until this is resolved. My VZW contract is up in 2 weeks and I had planned to make the switch then, but no longer.
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The radio stack would be running on the main processor itself.
Apple really have no clue about phones and their trainee engineer's have made a poor choice when they set the parameters that the chip operates at. Now the engineers are "learning" about how a phone system works (by trail and error) and will release some new firmware with a better choice of parameters.
Good luck to all the early adopters. Shame Apple don't spend a bit more money paying for decent engineers who design the inner workings, rather than graphic artists who make it look pretty.
Apple doesn't know how to make phones . . . just like they don't know how to make mp3 players and computers and software, etc.
Just acknowledge the fact that this device is excellent so far, it's still early to make a judgment call on any serious flaws, and that "time will tell."
Engineering . . . lol . . . do you even know what you're babbling about? Or do you just throw out terms like this in the hopes that some of your **** will stick to the wall??
Apple doesn't know how to make phones . . . just like they don't know how to make mp3 players and computers and software, etc.
Just acknowledge the fact that this device is excellent so far, it's still early to make a judgment call on any serious flaws, and that "time will tell."
Engineering . . . lol . . . do you even know what you're babbling about? Or do you just throw out terms like this in the hopes that some of your **** will stick to the wall??
I think the physical design on the phone itself is quite ugly -- your finger marks show up way too much and I'd love a slide out QWERTY keyboard, whether it be a 2touch or not. The Operating System on the iPhone is quite beautiful, and works extremely well especially in comparison to Windows Mobile 6. The entire interface works well with your fingers, whereas the WM environment is more suited to Stylus use still (Look at the Messaging app for what I mean). With that being said, clearly the media player on the iPhone is far superior to Windows Mobile (Windows Media Player), although the HTC one isn't too bad -- getting there.
All in all, as you said -- time will tell. It appears that each competitor is learning from each other in trying to create the ultimate device. I just can't stand the attitude of most Apple Fanboys, I personally love my HTC Touch Dual, it does absolutely everything I need it too and works great with my WinXP machine (not saying the iPhone wouldn't). But there's a reason there are competitors in the arena -- for choice and for the people to make up their mind, you pick your device and I'll pick mine -- no reason to hate though.
You forgot Vista!
You forgot Vista!
You forgot George W. Bush/Terrorism
Not one problem. People need to take care of their ****.
Not one problem. People need to take care of their ****.
Just curious, what other devices have yo owned?
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