Infineon (IFNNY)

[mlkrborn]

Was it faulty chip or software issue or AT&T service or I PHONE qualitiy issue. ? took heavy toll from IFX.. .91 cents now!
The following post by rumor whisper:
Prior to rumors, for five years IFX traded $8 to $18 26-Nov-08 02:13 am
Infineon’s chips are fine, it was a software problem:

Unfortunately, the finger pointing gave shorts a chance to go for the gold and cover cheap.

“August 28, 2008 10:00 AM PDT… a source with AT&T blamed "faulty" power-control software inside the iPhone 3G for the dropped calls and poor reception that owners have been experiencing since the device was released in July. In short, the iPhone 3G demands too much power--more than is necessary--from a local cell tower to maintain a connection, and when multiple iPhones try to glom onto the same tower, the problem snowballs.”

Source: http://news.cnet.com/8300-13579_3-37-2.h...

“Friday 12th September 2008… Today, if you have connected your iPhone to the computer, you might have noticed that Apple has made the iPhone firmware version 2.1 available via iTunes. And if you haven’t already done that, well, now would be a good time. As promised by Steve Jobs at the company’s ‘Let’s Rock’ event recently, the 2.1 version was indeed released on Friday and promises fewer dropped calls, bug fixes, increased battery life and fixes security holes. Here’s a list of what seems to have been fixed with the update, according to Apple:

+ Decrease in call set-up failures and dropped calls
+ Significantly better battery life for most users
+ Dramatically reduced time to backup to iTunes
+ Improved email reliability, notably fetching email from POP and Exchange accounts
+ Faster installation of 3rd party applications
+ Fixed bugs causing hangs and crashes for users with lots of third party applications
+ Improved performance in text messaging
+ Faster loading and searching of contacts
+ Improved accuracy of the 3G signal strength display
+ Repeat alert up to two additional times for incoming text messages
+ Option to wipe data after ten failed passcode attempts
+ Genius playlist creation

Source: http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008...