“iPhone owners are reporting that the latest software update for their smart device has significantly boosted its wireless reception,” Gregg Keizer reports for Computerworld.
“Although Apple Inc. only said Version 1.0.2 included unspecified ‘bug fixes,’ owners on several popular message forums, including those on the MacRumors site, have come forward with claims that the iPhone now connects to wireless access points once written off as out of range,” Keizer reports.
“‘My Wi-Fi reception is definitely better,’ a user identified as schulzmc said yesterday… ‘Wifi reception and connection is much improved,’ seconded snowboarder on the same thread yesterday,” Keizer reports.
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My WiFi is much better now too, and I don’t even own an iPhone!
and Leon is getting laaaaaarger!
It improved the WiFi reception on my MacBook AND on my Palm PDA.
I am thinking that maybe it is actually improving the WiFi transmitting and receiving power on all the wireless routers, not the iPhone itself.
My red snapper is picking up Radio Moscow from 1952 and it doesn’t itch or feel swollen any more. Is that significant?
I have noticed absolutely no Wi-Fi reception difference at all between 1.0.1 and 1.0.2, it appears to merely be a placebo effect here. Restarting the device (forced by the update) likely accounts for any minor differences that these individuals noticed.
What 1.0.2 actually did fix however was the white balance issue many were having with the built-in camera. Side by side comparisons of photos taken before and after the update are dramatically improved.
Just reading about this makes me feel schnappier. Thanks, Apple!
My Dell laptop seems snappier!
Ooops, sorry. Make that “crappier”.
My MacBook Pro’s Safari is snappier.
My Apple //e is snappier in fact Oregon Trail is smokin!
I was snappier once.
Once.
@ MadMac
Johnny, what can you make out of this?
This? Why, I can make a hat or a brooch or a pterodactyl…
@ TT
My Linksys router is WAPpier.
@MadMac & ChrissyOne. Please send me $2.00 for my cleaning bill for spewed beverage. Yeah, I know, but Airplane quotes, especialy “hat…brooch…pterdactyl” make me laugh.
And, taking MacGeek Pro’s cue, I’ll be diggin my old //e out of the storage building to test the iPhone 1.0.2 update for teh snappy. I wonder if it helps the IIgs, too?!
I guess I picked the wrong day to stop sniffing glue.
Wi-Fi reception’s getting weak . . .
“I’ve got to concentrate… concentrate… concentrate… Hello?… hello… hello… Echo… echo… echo… Pinch hitting for Pedro Borbon… Manny Mota… Mota… Mota… “
“And don’t call me Shirley.”
my keyboard has been typing much faster after this release, also noticed it to be a bit more scratch resistant after upgrading to 1.0.2.
since updating my zune with the new update I have had better success syncing it with my itunes.
@B…
That’s strange, because I was going to say that my keyboard has gotten a lot slower. It’s really noticeable and somewhat annoying.
Since the update, my vah-jay-jay has topped itching.
first the earth cooled, then the dinosaurs came but they got too big and fat and died out and turned to oil, and then the arabs came….
This forum is definitely snappier today.
I speak jive.
I’d say the reception is better. I was setting up a co-worker’s iBook (he got used for $300), and he had a full signal showing on his Airport, and my iPhone had about 1/2 signal. Now, the same spot, the iPhone is getting full signal now.
My dad says you don’t work hard enough on defense.
unpossible…
Oh noes…. my iPhone just crashed and demanded that I restore all the software and start from the beginning, instead of allowing me to decide on the update.
Why?
Because I was so bold as to add a ringtone to my $600 piece of crap.
More and more disappointed everyday.
MDN Secret Word?
“police” as in the freaking Apple Police are starting to make Redmond look like a bunch of innovative hippies.
@ Hacker’s who modded their iPhones:
Shana… They BOUGHT their tickets, they KNEW what they were getting into… I say…
LET ‘EM CRASH!
— Jack Kirkpatrick
I had this pain at the back of my knees for quite some time. I don’t know how I got it but it’s been bugging me for awhile. I had to stop the treadmill at the gym and all other running/joggin activities. Leisurely strolls were difficult if not impossible. My doctor said it was a form of vascular disease and my legs, both, may need to be amputated just above the knee. It’s really strange, after the iPhone update, the pain seems to have disappeared! Running and jogging are enjoyable again. Thanks Apple, for that wonderful update. It’s changed my life!
Placebo effect in full force here.
@ theloniousMac
So… you hacked your phone and now it wants to be reset. This surprises you because… ?
I agree that the ringtone options are pretty sparse on the iPhone, but… considering the closed nature of the iPhone software, which we’ve never had any illusions about, wouldn’t you expect hacks to be cleaned up like this?
I’m not saying it’s right – but it doesn’t particularly surprise me at all.
I’m finally getting great reception now inside my cell in a Turkish prison! And even better I’m seeing fewer artifacts on the Video portion when watching “Sparticus”!
An Apple llgs with an iPhone update 1.0.2 is like an Apple Lisa on NOS.
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@ChrissyOne
Gimme the dam glue! *sniffs*
My Long John has been nothing but a Limp Bizkit. I can’t even get my wanker to rise and shine, Even Viagra was just not doing the trick.. Had so many women laugh at my peter til I saw the light at the end of the tunnel. The iPhone Update 1.0.2 really knocked the the compettition right out of the water! I’m now going at it 8 hours straight! the women can’t keep up with me! I even won the contest for the fastest fsck in my local barnyard! I outdid a wee willy rabbit by a mile! Thanks Apple! You saved my life!
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Why! Oh Why!! Wi Fi?
Damn those little blue boxed question marks!!!
The Addams Family theme song is now snappier.
Thanks you Apple!!!!!!!!
Limp Daddy, do you like movies about gladiators?
” . . . do you like movies about gladiators?”
Why? Been hurt?
My wounds are spartan.
hmm.. why do you ask?
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@ChrissyOne
You’re right, we picked the wrong day to sniff glue. :p
My PET’s tape drive seems snappier now too after 1.0.2!
I sure hope anyone thinking about switching to a Mac doesn’t read these comments. They’ll assume only dimwitted imbeciles use them.
@LorD 1776
Exactly. What is this, Open Mic Night at MDN? Will you people be here all week? Please, let’s here about another random thing that’s snappier … I’ll just be over here eating glass.
@ barnacle999
Your mom is definitely snappier now.
Take another bite of the glass for me.
“I just want tell you good luck, we’re all counting on you”