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People seem to think St. Steve never makes mistakes... see Rockr phone, and Ping. Why didn't he say no? Or wait, it sucks.

• vacri 15y ago
  Or the 'no radio' thing in ipods. One of my colleagues is convinced that a radio got into an ipod only because Jobs got really sick at the time and some sane, brave engineer just slipped it in while no-one was looking...
  • vacri 15y ago
    Actually, come to think of it, there's a distinct irony in Apple products. They hate cables, so everything is as wireless as possible... yet they don't do wireless things very well. They selected a bad telecom to launch their phone; by the time they were able to get a good vendor, they screwed the antenna; the ipods never had radio - the one 'wireless' that's been around for a century; the Airports really suck as access points... :)
    • edge17 15y ago
      the rf stuff is pretty complex from what I understand. I think the iphone has around 7 antennas in it (wifi, edge, 3g, gsm, etc). I somehow doubt 'just adding' another antenna is a trivial matter, an expert would probably be able to tell you better what it takes to balance quality/interference with so many radios in close proximity. From what I know about how they work, I'm guessing they've tried out all kinds of stuff including putting in a radio, and probably decided to cut it.