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The fix from Apple for the increasing complaints about iPhone 4 reception is, not surprisingly, not going over very well with the lawyers representing people who are complaining of dropped calls.

Apple said yesterday it was ‘stunned’ to learn the signal strength graph on every iPhone made is not accurate, and is displaying much better reception than the phone is really getting. To fix it, Apple is going to recalibrate the display, essentially giving you fewer bars in more places.

Dan Ward, of Ward & Ward, one of the law firms suing Apple and AT&T told me:

We at Ward & Ward, along with many others, are very skeptical of this “fix.” While Apple admits to misrepresenting to the public [about] the signal strength its iPhone 4 is receiving, and then says they will fix that problem, there is no indication that this “fix” will actually solve the underlying design problem.

Another firm with clients suing Apple, Mason LLP, told TechCrunch:

Our investigation revealed that users lost reception when gripping the phone in a conventional manner. We believe that the problem is not merely how the signal strength is displayed but involves a physical blocking of the antennae which cuts off calls.

The other firms suing Apple are also not likely to be persuaded by Apple’s explanation, so don’t expect those lawsuits to go away any time soon.

TUAWLaw firms suing Apple not impressed with explanation of reception issues originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sat, 03 Jul 2010 09:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Developer Aaron Ardiri pulled off the crazy feat last week of porting the classic Lemmings game from Palm OS not only to the iPhone, but also to Windows and the Mac … in just 36 hours. That’s 36 hours straight — he liveblogged the whole process, and did actually pull it off, sending the iPhone app, which you can see above, into the App Store for approval.

There’s just one hitch — Ardiri doesn’t actually own the Lemmings property. Sony does, and as soon as the company heard about his port, it dropped a cease and desist letter on him, commanding him to remove all ports he’s hosted and not to port any other Sony games. So there’s no way, as of now, that we’ll see this app in the App Store.

Of course, if Sony knows what’s good for them, the company could pay Ardiri to release the port for them, and we could all play the old version of Lemmings on the iPhone (and pay for the privilege). Ardiri says he’ll “open communication” for such a deal, so we’ll have to wait and see.

TUAWUnofficial Lemmings for iPhone gets C&D originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 02 Jul 2010 20:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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