roughlydrafted.com - 8/28/2008
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Daniel Eran Dilger
The mysteriously terse synopsis of the improvements made in iPhone 2.0.2, listed only as “bug fixes,” didn’t shed much light on why Apple’s Jennifer Bowcock could tell USAToday that “the software update improves communication with 3G networks.” However, our source close to AT&T helped illuminate why the update was necessary, what the problem [...]
att.com - 8/26/2008
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att.com —
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) today announced expanded international data
offerings to help keep iPhone customers connected around the...
world. Beginning tomorrow, AT&T will offer two new plans that accommodate iPhone customers' increasing reliance on data ...
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AT&T Expands International Data Offerings for iPhone
gizmodo.com - 9/3/2008
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gizmodo.com —
Apple/AT&T; customer William Gillis was unhappy with the
performance of his iPhone 3G. So he filed a...
lawsuit. But what's unique in this case is that the lawsuit isn't complaining just that the iPhone 3G is underperforming, but that the iPhone 3G is ...
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Apple and AT&T Sued for Selling Too Many iPhone 3Gs [Apple]
arstechnica.com - 9/3/2008
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arstechnica.com —
If you're an iPhone—or really any device—user on
AT&T;'s network in the northeast US, you may have...
noticed that AT&T;'s data networks have been down for a while now. AT&T; is aware of the problem and is looking into it, but that doesn't ...
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AT&T "looking into" 3G/EDGE outage in various parts of ...
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Update: how the 2.0.2 software update addressed iPhone 3G dropped calls
AppleInsider —
... , Apple's Jennifer Bowcock told USAToday that the software update improves communication with 3G networks. However, Roughly Drafted has reported addition details from "a source close to AT " that explained what the real issue was, and why some users didn't notice any immediate impact after installing the iPhone 2.0.2 update. The cited source said, In [AT 3G] UMTS, power control is key to the mobile and network success. If the UE [phone set] requires too much downlink power then the base station or Node B can run out of transmitter power and this is what was happening. ...
Power-control software blamed for iPhone 3G reception issues
CNET News - Apple —
... A plausible scenario for the iPhone 3G reception problems has emerged: it's a power thing.
RoughlyDrafted reported Thursday that a source with AT&T; blamed "faulty" power-control software inside the iPhone 3G for ...
Why the iPhone 3G sometimes dropped calls and what Apple’s iPhone 2.0.2 fixed
MacDailyNews —
... the technology used to deliver AT ’s 3G network, refers to phones and other client devices as 'U' for user equipment, and the base transceiver station towers as 'Node B,'" Dilger reports. MacDailyNews Take: Uhhh... huh? Basically, "The problem was only evident when a critical mass of phones all acted in concert to run a given cell tower out of power," Dilger explains. MacDailyNews Take: Oh, okay. We get it now. The first waves of the bloodbath. Full article - highly recommended - here .
Insider: iPhone's 3G Problems 'Fixed,' Require Software Update
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... stick to one tower and suck it dry. However, this
requires that every iPhone user update to the latest version, because
handsets still running iPhone 2.0 and 2.0.1 are continuing to strain
network towers, the insider claims.
Intriguing and plausible -- and it goes along with the theory we drew from our global iPhone 3G study. We'll need everyone to be running iPhone 2.0.2 to know for sure. Download that update and spread the word to your iPhone-owning buddies.
The Inside Deets on iPhone 2.0.2 and Dropped Calls [RoughlyDraftedMagazine] (Thanks, ...
iPhone 3G Apparently Even More Demanding Than Steve Jobs
Digital Daily —
... Well, according to sources at AT&T (T), the reception problems that have plagued the device won’t be resolved until you do. iPhone’s running 2.0 or 2.0.1 firmware mistakenly demand too much power from 3G networks. And when they do this en masse, they can cause the network to refuse new requests for 3G bandwidth. That in turn causes the reception issues we’ve been hearing about since the device first arrived at market in July. And those issues will persist as long as handsets running iPhone 2.0 and 2.0.1 continue to strain the 3G networks. ...
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Looking for a house? Take your iPhone. —
Apple Hot News 8/26/2008
“House hunting? Forget the listing agents and classified ads. Now you can find homes for sale with a few taps on a smartphone,” reports Prashant Gopal (businessweek.com). Those taps can launch the Trulia Real Estate Search, “one of the Web’s most ...
“Multiple applications enhance iPhone 3G” —
Apple Hot News 8/26/2008
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Fashion Week has designs on iPhone —
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