Hmm ... What Happened to Those Antenna Videos on Apple.com?

Hmm ... What Happened to Those Antenna Videos on Apple.com?

Published: August 01, 2010 @ 11:38 am
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By CNET

Perhaps you remember the videos in which Apple proved beyond an unreasonable doubt that all cell phones have the same antenna issues of which the iPhone is accused.

Hold, say, a Droid X just so, and, well, the signal bars go down like an Englishman after 11 p.m.

Strangely, these videos appear to have made something of a sudden disappearance from Apple's own site. 

What might have happened? Did Apple begin to feel that it might not entirely be winning the PR battle by creating videos that showed a problem that seemed not to be a problem for anyone who had bought, say, a Droid X?

Or did someone at Apple mutter: "Why the hell are we banging on about this? This clearly isn't a big deal for the vast majority of the world. And if we keep on saying that this has been overblown by the media, then what are we doing making more and more videos that overblow the situation even more rather than allowing it to blow over?"

Read more at CNET.

Tags: Apple, iPhone, Media, Steve Jobs
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