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"We will provide an update as soon as we’re able to determine the accuracy of the claim and what steps, if any, need to be taken."

Sure smells like 'lax' to me. Sounds almost as if they want to continue collecting data.

Love the name of the last 'researcher,' though -- Justin Case. That's almost as good as Wolf Blitzer.

This post has been edited by Lenjc1957: 03 October 2011 - 10:14 AM

So is this the case, "IF IT Were Apple" they would interrupt all TV & Cable programing for a Special Report. The world as we know it could end and Apple is Doomed. But because it's Android and HTC. Bla Bla Bla.

Is that really the standard. Why do we not hear sirens screeching, and the ground shaking as we brace our selves to avoid the nuclear winds. This is why there is so little respect for what you guys report. YOU HAVE AN AGENDA. And reporting the facts is no longer one of them.

kboone34, on 03 October 2011 - 10:18 AM, said:

I agree that the media have some Apple bias (which works for and against them), but I'd want to know how many units this affects before getting my undies in a bunch. The sales figures for those four models might not come close to the number of iPhone 4s sold.

I'm so glad I don't have a very smart phone. My shirt pocket sized cell phone just makes and receives calls by piggy backing on whatever carrier happens to be nearby. My phone doesn't txt, doesn't play music, doesn't take photos, it does have GPS but it can't access the internet and won't tell me about non existent traffic jams (in my non urban area,) it won't allow me to make purchases, and doesn't have kewl apps or games to play or even a bunch of ring tones... It's just an emergency phone if I'm out and about.

One of my granddaughters nicknamed it the "cheesy phone." It's always fully charged and I use it...oh maybe 10 or 15 minutes a month, max.....actually my granddaughters use it more than I do because they have mislaid theirs or lost theirs in a backpack someplace, or forgot to charge theirs or left it at some friends house.

My cheesy phone suits my needs just fine. But I do like reading articles which remind me of why I keep my boring under the radar low tech cheesy phone.

wardoggie, on 03 October 2011 - 10:32 AM, said:

I think the technosphere is largely biased towards Apple. I say that because most mainstream tech blogs will post about every fart that comes out of Cupertino. That aside, HTC is actually a major Android player. If this affects all phones with Sense, that'd be pretty much every phone they've made over the past four years at least. I wonder if it only affects certain versions of Sense?

This could potentially be huge.

RLSp7ed, on 03 October 2011 - 10:40 AM, said:

So you're commenting from the peanut gallery. You don't actually need a cell phone at all. You don't take advantage of any of the business opportunities, you don't maintain any business contacts while traveling, you don't need to keep up with the news while riding a train, bus, or subway. You are not a university student who needs to keep connected with job opportunities. You probably don't use many of the social network sites effectively.

There are millions of users who actually use their devices for both productivity and entertainment reasons. Oh, and they make quite a few telephone calls, when they have time, from wherever they are instead of missing deadlines or not contacting customers/clients during business hours. They also respond to emails in a timely manner, even though they are not at their desk or on a job site.

That's why you have a low tech cheesy phone. Why did you feel that your comment had any value in an article that concerns possible problems with "high tech" cell phones? Are you saying that just because there might be a problem with a product that you don't even want, the product is inferior to a more basic product you do use? Pull your head out.

The referenced article from Android Police slams HTC pretty hard. They're getting slammed by their own community, which is the way it should be. They better fix this and quick.

This post has been edited by klahanas: 03 October 2011 - 03:50 PM

BdotEss, on 03 October 2011 - 12:39 PM, said:

Well Apple's "farts" are often more interesting than other companies announcements. But "reporting" is one thing, "tone" is another. For every favorable report, blog, tweet, whatever, there is a negative report which is often much more shrill, emphatic and disseminated. I would make a comparison to "other" types of reporting but this is not the forum.