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Letter from Apple Regarding iPhone 4
We have discovered the cause of this dramatic drop in bars, and it is both simple and surprising.
Upon investigation, we were stunned to find that the formula we use to calculate how many bars of signal strength to display is totally wrong. Our formula, in many instances, mistakenly displays 2 more bars than it should for a given signal strength. For example, we sometimes display 4 bars when we should be displaying as few as 2 bars. Users observing a drop of several bars when they grip their iPhone in a certain way are most likely in an area with very weak signal strength, but they don’t know it because we are erroneously displaying 4 or 5 bars. Their big drop in bars is because their high bars were never real in the first place.
So, basically, it's not that you're losing signal -- you never had any. Nice spin.
Anybody else ever have to send some crap back to Dish Network? They sent me a box to return their crap, and I thought it was just the DVR and the remotes, but they also want a "switch" which I can't even find, and the LBNF which I can't get off the receiver. Maybe I'm just not pulling hard enough? What's the deal? Surely I'm not the only one who's ever had trouble with this.
I didn't realize, the newer (dunno how new) version of Google Earth, has Mars and Moon views as well. Rather cool!
My old Logitech Harmony remote (670) is wearing out and due to be replaced. Amazon has a good deal on a refurbished 880 [link] - does anyone have this model & is there anything quirky I should know about it?
My 670 is dying too, but I'm holding out for one of these: [link]
If you are replacing take a look at the Harmony One. It is very much worth it, much better design than the older style Harmony remotes, more intuitive button layout, better interface.
Is it twice as good? It's twice as expensive...
I liked my 880 a lot. I've since downgraded to a 550 (selling the 880 to my old roommate) because it does everything I need (my electronics setup is pretty simple these days) but I miss the feel of the 880.
The only problem I ever had with it was that the charge cradle didn't fit the remote perfectly, so it took a bit of a balancing act to get the remote to charge. But it was a very minor annoyance, not as annoying as actually having to change the batteries. I'd jump on it for $80.
Edit:
You might also want to consider the Harmony 700 ($110 on Amazon). And the Harmony one is available refurbished for $130 on Tiger Direct. But I'd still go for the $80 880.
