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strategic thinking from Shawn Smith

iPhone 3G Signal Reception Issues Continue To Pour In…July 23

Look at this forum post:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1602608&tstart=0

Look at the statistics on the forum post below!

Wow, that is one large number of views, and comments.

What do you think?

Goofing AroundJuly 23

Sometimes when you are goofing around and your kids have the camera you get some if the best photos.

Enjoy!

iPhone 3g number 2July 22

So, my original iPhone 3g headphone jack failed today. So it was off to the apple store to visit the genius bar. I left with a new phone in hand. Let’s hope i I have better luck with this one.

iPhone poor battery life with 2.0 firmware and applications!July 18

A little more research today. Appears like the applications are chewing up the battery. When the phone is put into sleep mode it doesn’t appear the applications are closing down their IP threads. Potential related 3g connectivity problems would then force the radio to power up while in your pocket, on your desk etc. Many people on the net saying their usage time is extremely high compared to standby when they had the phone locked most of the day.

Appears applications that poll for new messages (NetNewswire, Twitterific, Facebook, etc) are key culprits.

Try a test. Leave an application which polls for new data active, and sleep the phone. You may just notice your battery runs down very, very quickly.

Thoughts?

iPhone 3g … Problems With Reception, UI Performance, GPS and Battery Life!July 18

Well, 7 days later.

Call me unimpressed so far.

1. Battery life with the 2.0 firmware is horrible. 3g Phone can’t make it a single day even if I turn off 3g. My older iPhone would last all day with no problems. I am hearing from friends at work with original iPhone updated with 2.0 firmware and are having serious battery life issues. I have a theory that the battery life and the reception problems are linked. I suspect that the phone is powering up the radio excessively sometimes to boost signal and this is chewing up the battery. I notice sometimes that the phone gets hot in my pocket at random times. A reset fixes the problems. See these threads: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1610483&tstart=0 and http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1609372&tstart=0

2. Stability with the UI. Lots of lag. The unlock slider is frequently not smooth, the contact list lags and the search box is horrible. See these threads: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7636899 and http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1603058&tstart=0

3. 3G signal reception. 3G is unusa