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International iPhone Carriers Start the Apple Pile-On Over Sub-Par 3G [IPhone 3G]
Gizmodo — ... , T-Mobile Netherlands says "the 3G coverage of T-Mobile is as good as the competition, there can therefore not lie. We suspect that it is a hardware / software specific issue of the iPhone itself." CNET sees that "can not lie" bit as web babel-talk for a dutch expression meaning "so that should not be the issue." ...

Carriers blaming Apple for iPhone 3G slowness
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... / Opinion, iPhoneAs we've noted before, the iPhone 3G isn't as speedy as we'd like and sometimes has connections problems. Some folks have been blaming the carriers, like AT&T here in the States, but evidence is mounting that the problem may lie with the iPhone itself. GigaOm quotes an analyst at Nomura Securities who put the blame on "...an immature chipset and radio protocol stack" from maker Infineon. Meanwhile, CNET is reporting that T-Mobile in the Netherlands has a blog post (original Dutch) suggesting ...

iPhone 3G Connectivity Failure: Roundup
iPhone Atlas — ... connections on Apple’s iPhone 3G have sparked a wave of debate in the blogosphere over the root cause of the problems. Two well-placed sources tell BusinessWeek.com the glitches are related to a chip inside Apple’s music-playing cell phone. The sources add that Apple plans to remedy the problems through a software upgrade rather than through a more disruptive step, such as a product recall. ” Tom Krazit at one of our sister sites covers two possibilities for the iPhone 3Gs problems here and ...