Apple Imperfect

A botched launch of MobileMe — the company’s new data-syncing service — has led Apple to make repeated offers of free services to frustrated customers. And there have been teething problems for its generally well-received 3G iPhone, including flaky reception and weak battery life.

iPhone 3G News Roundup

The Washington Post features an iPhone 3G News roundup today.

Discussed is the recently discovered iphone 3G security problem (bit of a storm in a teacup really – very insignificant)… Rogers (Canada’s largest supplier) extending their limited offer and an explanation of why AT&T are having problems with the iPhone reception.

iPhone 3G Reception problems – fault found?

A report in RoughlyDrafted and CNET apparently sourced from an AT&T insider says the fault was both software and hardware based. The iPhone 3G software demanded too much “power” or bandwidth from the network masts, resulting in dropped calls and slow connection speeds. There is also talk about networks such as Orange throttling bandwidth.