While the onus for solving this problem has so far rested on AT&T, there are now reports that Apple could equally be at fault. According to a source from O2 that folks at
spoke to, the issue could be due to the way the iPhone 's radio is configured.
“Most devices that use data do so in short bursts—a couple e-mails here, a tweet there, downloading a voicemail message, etc. Normally, devices that access the data network use an idling state (more…)

However, today's New York Times carries an interesting article from a different perspective where the author Randall Stross writes that the reason AT&T is suffering is not just because iPhone users have been
, but also because the iPhone has some inherent defects that is adding to the carrier's woes.
According to Roger Entner, the Senior Vice President for telecommunications research at Nielsen, a flawed design of iPhone 's '
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Apple ‘s iPhone may be the darling of the mobile-phone industry right now, but some users in France aren’t singing its praises, claiming that the device explodes or cracks without warning.

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However, after conducting an internal investigation into the cause of the broken touch-screen glass, Apple denies that there is an underlying iPhone flaw. In fact, Apple said that in all cases it investigated, (more…)

With that statement, AT&T seems to have shifted the blame on Apple for the rejections, but as
of Daring Fireball points out, they haven't flatly denied it.
In another probably related development, Google's CEO Eric Schmidt has resigned from Apple 's Board of Directors. Apple and Google have clarified that the main reason for Eric Schmidt's exit was to avoid “conflict
of interest” due to Google’s entry into mobile operating (more…)