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Apple and AT&T investigating reports of iPhone 3G connection issues
MacDailyNews — ... may be at the root of reported connection problems with Apple, Inc.'s 3G iPhone, Nomura analyst Richard Windsor said in a note to clients Tuesday," Aude Lagorce reports for MarketWatch. "He said some iPhone users are having trouble getting a 3G connection and hanging on to it. Hiccups reportedly include a high incidence of dropped calls, switching onto the slower EDGE network while the device is stationary and loss of reception while in good coverage," Lagorce reports. Full article here . Stacey Higginbotham reports for GigaOM, "Windsor writes that the problem isn’t likely ...

iPhone reception; Australian Mac sales boom; 30% off Office 2008
AppleInsider — ... for over a month now, demanding the company take notice. Among the various issues are an unusual number of dropped 3G voice calls, calls that don't properly downgrade from a 3G signal to an EDGE signal when 3G reception weakens, and poor overall 3G reception in areas where other 3G phones reflect good reception. In a research note to clients Tuesday, Nomura analyst Richard Windsor speculated that an "immature" chipset solution from Infineon may be to blame for the sporadic issues. "We believe that these issues are typical of an immature chipset and radio protocol stack ...