'Antennagate' Reactions: RIM, Nokia, Taiwanese Animation

[OZCUBAN]

OZ

As a self confessed Apple Geek ,I can see the funny side of this video ,watch and enjoy

Was going to start a post about it ,but it would have kept me busy 24/7

my personal feelings are the whole things been blown out of proportion ,will will see what happens when the dust settles.

One thing i have found during the years is Apple people are passionate /but with a sense of humor

Cheers OZ

On Friday, Apple held a press conference where they defended the iPhone 4's antenna design and presented data suggesting the issue was blown out of proportion. During a portion of their presentation, they demonstrated signal loss in other major phone manufacturers including devices made by RIM And Nokia.

Neither company took too kindly to the demos and both issued responses. RIM issued a statement to Crackberry.com which begins:

Apple's attempt to draw RIM into Apple's self-made debacle is unacceptable. Apple's claims about RIM products appear to be deliberate attempts to distort the public's understanding of an antenna design issue and to deflect attention from Apple's difficult situation.

RIM claims Apple made design decisions they should stand by rather than pointing the finger.

Meanwhile, Nokia responded on a blog with a similar sentiment:

In general, antenna performance of a mobile device/phone may be affected with a tight grip, depending on how the device is held. Thats why Nokia designs our phones to ensure acceptable performance in all real life cases, for example when the phone is held in either hand. Nokia has invested thousands of man hours in studying how people hold their phones and allows for this in designs, for example by having antennas both at the top and bottom of the phone and by careful selection of materials and their use in the mechanical design.

Finally, this crazy Taiwanese video recreation of the entire "antennagate" incident provides a humorous look (via Gizmodo):

Update: The Wall Street Journal reports that HTC and Samsung, two of Apple's other targets at its press conference, have also responded regarding the situation.

"The reception problems are certainly not common among smartphones," HTC chief financial officer Hui-Meng Cheng said. "They (Apple) apparently didn't give operators enough time to test the phone."

Samsung simply noted that it "hasn't received significant customer feedbacks" regarding signal issues with its Omnia II handset featured by Apple CEO Steve Jobs in his presentation of iPhone competitors also exhibiting signal attenuation when held.

[MIKA27]

I love the Star wars touch!!

Look, I love the Apple iPhone 3GS and iPad however, being a realist, looking at the issues iPhone 4 has presented are not minor issues one can ignore. When one is paying a huge price for a new Apple product or any product for that matter, the consumer should be ensured that they have a top quality product, one that they should not have to worry about holding the phone in a manner that will not lose signal.

I've read newspaper reports suggesting that one should place sticky tape to the left side of the handset to ensure signal strength is not lost. STUPID.

I'll wait for version 2 to be released as I'm certain there will be a product recall.

[El Presidente]

Loved the Video!

no doubt...lawsuit on way