iPhone 4 antenna

Mark Papermaster, Apple's senior executive for iPhone hardware, has left the company, leaving behind a firestorm of controversy surrounding the iPhone 4 and its antenna problems, and the resultant complaints about reception.

Those free iPhone 4 bumpers that solve the problem of allegedly errant antenna reception may not yet be available on the Apple website -- details are coming soon, Apple representatives say -- but if you want to rig up a suitable fix in the meantime, you can do what I did: Use the PixelSkin rubber...

Just when you thought Apple's iPhone 4 publicity couldn't get any worse, Whoopi Goldberg just murdered it, literally. Goldberg, co-host of the popular daytime talk show The View, expressed her frustration with her new iPhone 4 after it dropped her important interview call while on the air...

Research In Motion wasn't thrilled when Apple CEO Steve Jobs claimed the iPhone 4's antenna problem is common throughout the industry, including on BlackBerrys, and called Apple's actions "unacceptable." Nokia and HTC aren't amused either.

Despite a firestorm of complaints about the iPhone 4's antenna problems, experts say Apple will likely stick to its usual schedule for releasing new iPhone versions. Instead, a fix for the iPhone 4's defect may be incorporated in the device's new production run.

Apple has hurriedly called a press conference Friday to discuss the iPhone 4's antenna problems. But Jobs & Co. may have a BP problem -- it urgently needs to address the phone's defect much more candidly and restore its customers' confidence.

Apple's iPhone 4 antenna problem continues to grab attention after Consumer Reports said it could not recommend the device. And as some question the possibility of a recall, analysts are assessing how such a move would impact Apple.

It took nearly three weeks after the iPhone 4 went on sale before the magazine, the ultimate authority in which big-ticket items to buy and which to bypass, warned its readers to steer clear of the trendy new device. What happened?

The magazine's stinging rebuke over the iPhone 4's antenna problems ultimately may not deter too many Apple afficianados from buying, but the biggest beneficiary will be Google. It seems that its upstart Android operating system is gaining more momentum every day.