I'm the tester companies both like and hate: I've found hundreds of problems with adapters and drivers, which companies have (usually) fixed after I've reported them. Ten years of testing WiFi devices led me to the same conclusion.
#Iphone 4 keynote driver
Belanger said, "It seems more like there's something funky with the iPhone software." Kearney said, "My experience in the wireless space leads me to believe that there may be a bug in the firmware or the driver for the WiFi chip in the iPhone 4." (Kearney and his group provided advice for the iPhone and iPod touch engineers, and he consulted with Apple's WiFi chipmaker on the chip in question.) Neither was present at the keynote, but after seeing the video and discussing what appeared to happen, both agreed separately that the iPhone 4 was having trouble. The audience laughs, and a wag suggests Jobs try Verizon.Ġ:47: The demo screen fades subtly back to the original pair of devices, in which the WiFi icon is shown on the iPhone 4, but it still has not retrieved the page.Ġ:59: Jobs presses the Home button, then relaunches Safari, and a WiFi icon is clearly visible, but the page doesn't load.ġ:10: The page finally starts to load, but Jobs gives up and moves on.
#Iphone 4 keynote 720p
A WiFi icon is in the iPhone 4's status bar at the top.Ġ:17: Jobs brings up the backup set of devices, and the backup iPhone 4 is on 3G (switch to 720p in YouTube to see that more distinctly).Ġ:21: You can see the 3G indicator clearly on screen here on the backup iPhone 4.Ġ:28: The iPhone 4 can't acquire a 3G connection, which isn't surprising given the indoor location and thousands of AT&T devices in the audience. Steve Jobs' backstage folks switch between the first set of phones and a second, and then back to the first during the first part of the referenced clip.Ġ:06: The iPhone 3GS has mostly loaded the New York Times, but the iPhone 4 displays just a title bar, and no content on the page.
What's confusing in watching the video at first is that Apple had a backup set of devices cued up and ready to go. Let's take a close look at the video, which shows an iPhone 3GS on the left and an iPhone 4 on the right. But neither the ocean of signals nor the iPhone 4's performance can be looked at entirely in isolation. In fact, the iPhone 4's putative driver problem likely arose from the multitude of network signals. That's not to say that having hundreds of WiFi base stations doesn't cause trouble. Apple's public relations confirmed receipt of a request for comment, but none was forthcoming. A flaw in the pre-release iPhone 4 iOS was clearly another element. However, after examining the video from the event and discussing it with two veteran WiFi gurus, it seems almost certain that the MiFi was only part of the problem.
Most of these networks were apparently generated by people using a MiFi, a cellular gateway from Novatel Wireless, sold by Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel, which relays 3G networks over WiFi. Not 500 WiFi adapters or connections-in an audience of 5,000, there could have been thousands-but 500 distinct networks. Jobs said from stage, and an Apple engineer later told InfoWorld, that over 500 WiFi networks were in operation. But the seeming failure of the iPhone 4 to access an Apple Wi-Fi network caused a stir. "Ladies and gentleman, put down your MiFis, and step away from your laptops, or there's going to be trouble."Īpple's CEO didn't actually utter these words during his demonstration of the iPhone 4's higher-density screen at the Worldwide Developer's Conference (WWDC) on Monday.
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