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Last Day to Return iPhone 3G and Cancel Your AT&T Contract Without Paying ETF [PSA]
Gizmodo — ... without getting slapped by early-termination fees. So if you wanna cancel without consequence, start hustling. On the other hand, if you want an iPhone 3G not tied to a two-year AT&T; contract, you can cancel tomorrow, pay the ETF, and the phone is really, truly yours. Show of hands, who's dropkicked their iPhone and AT&T; contract? Anyone planning to? [Cnet] ...

Apple and AT&T investigating reports of iPhone 3G connection issues
MacDailyNews — ... users in the U.K. and Australia, among other places, are reporting similar issues." "It's possible that a software problem is responsible for some of the issues. If true, that would actually be good news for iPhone 3G owners, since Apple would be able to correct the issue in a subsequent update," Krazit and Reardon report. "But at this stage, while it's easy to theorize, it's almost impossible to know for sure what might be causing the problems..." Much more in the full article here . [Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers far and wide for the heads up.] MacDailyNews Take: ...

iPhone reception; Australian Mac sales boom; 30% off Office 2008
AppleInsider — ... Published: 01:00 PM EST AT is investigating reports from iPhone 3G users who claim their new phones can't maintain a solid 3G signal. Meanwhile, new figures show a huge jump in Apple's share of the Australian PC market. And Microsoft is offering students up to 30% off Office 2008 with the purchase of a new Mac. iPhone 3G reception Are some iPhone 3G's plagued by reception problems? Apple and its US wireless partner AT don't think so . However, those with a less than stellar experience have been ...

iPhone 3G issues blamed on Infineon chips
The Apple Core — ... Hardware , iPhone , 3G Tags: Apple iPhone , Apple iPhone 3G , Infineon Technologies AG , Chip , 3G , Cellular Phones , Wireless , Consumer Electronics , Personal Technology , Jason D. O'Grady iPhone 3G issues blamed on Infineon chips GigaOm posted plausible theory to explain the iPhone 3G connection problems many users have experienced. Reception problems were reported with the iPhone 3G on Monday. Nomura analyst Richard Windsor published a research ...

Coming in September: Better 3G In The iPhone 3G
Byte of the Apple - BusinessWeek — ... , two reliable sources say Apple will issue a software fix that will address the widespread complaints regarding lost calls and inconsistent 3G access with the iPhone 3G. The problem (and it is a real issue, not in ...

iPhone 3G Connectivity Failure: Roundup
iPhone Atlas — ... where: “T-Mobile Netherlands threw the iPhone 3G under the bus, blaming Apple for the problems its customers have been experiencing connecting to 3G networks in that country. Complaints have been cropping up in the U.S. as well about the iPhone 3G’s performance on AT&T’s network.” Ryan Kim of the San Francisco Chronicle reports on the ...

AT&T's 3G upgrades to improve iPhone service
iPhone Atlas — ... This could explain why some users have complained of dropped calls and slow Net connections using the iPhone 3G, an issue that CNET News pointed out nearly a year ago after the iPhone 3G was launched. The problem has been particularly acute in large cities, such as New York and San Francisco, where there is a concentrated base of iPhone users and where the 1900MHz spectrum is predominant. ...