As someone born and raised in Birmingham, I deeply resent the implication that it is in any way a "bastion of civilization." Nothing could be further from the truth. As proof I offer the mayor in a burlap sack:

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Donk In A Box

I have absolutely no problem with this suit. We keep seeing all these posts about issues with the iphone, and it is certainly taking some time to get it fixed. Why not file a suit that may or may not get things moving a little faster? These iphone owners are paying a ton of money each month, and expect their phone to be working properly...

12-Inch Idongivafuck Sandwich

@smartboydan has a headache.

Yes it does. It say. "This phone really does not work, but because it's made by apple people will buy it."

bnutz

I'm suing McDonalds because I bought a BigMac Fries and a Coke and 2 hours later it turned to shit!

pokebud

i would definitely hate this girl. I hate anyone who sues anyone

vicsells

If she didn't like her iPhone, didn't she have the option of just returning it?

Or did she really want to turn her iPhone in to a big payday by suing Apple?

I can guaranty that is what Apple's lawyers will argue.

RandySinger

These kind of people would sue you if they trip on your sidewalk.

Drank soda and burped air out of their nose with liquid coming out embarrassing them in public.

Used a deodorant that didn't work because they still stink.

Had a latte and ended up farting all day because they didn't realized it had milk and they are lactose intolerant.

Ken_Darrow

@auburntygur: I'm from GA, I know your kind well.

matt buchanan

@justinpe: LOL at the guys shouting "shoot it" in the video. Besides, that video has a disclaimer. Does the iPhone commercial?

smartboydan has a headache

That is impossible, no one in the south has class.

beardedkid

Is it on yet? I'm guessing this means it's on. I'm going to add that I agree with all the above. Microsoft sucks. And Boom. And a pox on litigious parasites. And not least, thank sweet Jesus I didn't buy a 3G out of the gate.

Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.)

mildretard

I am suing Toyota because my truck was pulled out of a lake by a huge monster, and then it didn't run any more. The commercial clearly shows that it should have kept running.

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Also, I would suggest that Jessica Smith go and buy a Blackberry Bold.

justinpe

So are you automatically in if you own one? What is the compensation if they win? That they'll actually get you one that works right?

xcharliemx

Can anyone show me a single Giz post with Alabama involved that doesn't include an obligatory "LOL THEY DON'T HAVE TEKNOLOGIES IN REDNECKLAND" comment?

auburntygur

Alabama gets 3G but Vermont doesn't even get coverage, AT&T needs to get their priorities straight.

gamecrazychris

Hmmm... sounds fair to me. If 3G only works 25% of the time, seems like there's some cause to be concerned.

gerrylum

90% of the people who file law suits in your country should be killed instantly...

ferrdidly

Love my MacBook Pro, like my iPod, won't take the risk on an iPhone.

HTC FTW.

smegz

@shenanigans61: Care to elaborate?

takashimiike 3G edition

Boom.

takashimiike 3G edition

God bless America.

OGHowie

Microsoft sucks!

shenanigans61

LOL, awesome. Can't wait to hear all the excuses from the i crowd on how this can't be...

rrogahn

isnt going* fuck....

Alex2643

I dont think this is going to go anywhere because her and those thousands of ppl jumped on that bandwagon all had 30days to return their phone and get their money back if they werent satisfied with its performance. A "reasonable person" would have taken this course of action, and the lawyers will argue that point, and it would be MORE of a travesty if a judge ruled in her favor then apple's craptastic roll out of the iphone 3g

P.S 3G owner and my service is moderate to excellent sorry for the other owners who are having a bad experience.

Alex2643

Here's a question. Why didn't she return the fucking thing when it didn't work properly?

Xavoc

@smegz:

You mean "HTC", as in "Mogul", "Tilt" and "Touch", with their as-of-yet unfixed Direct Draw video problems and damn-near-useless video problems? You are kidding, right?

Bwah hah hah hah!

Oh man, you had me there for a second.

Meatlocker - still a man, despite his white iPhone fetish.

1. I'm from Florida. Does that even count as the south anymore?

2. My iPhone 3G works great...0 dropped calls, great reception, I would say it's been 3G about 90% of the time.

3. I'm suing Jessica, for wasting my tax dollars on another frivolous lawsuit. Then I'm suing myself.

Chromeo

Its not just Apple. It seems like some of the new 3G phones coming out are having some significant connectivity issues, including the Blackberry Bold. My guess is that the chipset is bad, and will be remedied with a hardware revision.

Seriously people, you should know by now that you shouldn't buy any Apple product until it reaches its first hardware revision.

JHB8000

@auburntygur: What is the rate of edentulism in your state?

Xavoc

Two thoughts on this:

1) What's wrong with the suit? I thought Apple products worked "out of the box." You pay for a 'superior' product, you should get a superior product.

2) Glad I learned to read maps. No need for iPhones, Garmins, etc. Never thought I'd say this, but I guess I'm "old school"

taylors_dad

Finally we will get some long awaited answers from Apple. I mean really, is it that hard for them to deliver on their promises and give us something beyond sickeningly pathetic 3G reception?

oceanrider

@pokebud: LOL

Evangelion

"While the idea of someone in Alabama using an iPhone might take a second or sixty to process, she actually lives in Birmingham" that is slightly insulting I also live in Alabama
but in a less technological area. P.S. If you want (new) technology you have to go to Birmingham. In the area I live we just got best buy last year along with target.

trc202

a) if she is in a 'spotty' 3G area that AT&T shoes as good coverage - that's not Apples fault
b) Apples' iPhone 3G has disclaimers how it was tested to be twice as fast
c) if you don't like it -return it
d) if the software update(2.0.2) fixed her problem .. She well.. Won't have a problem :-p

Sam43054

Good Luck jessica your going to need it lol, am surprise your lawyer didn't tell you that the best out come will be a full refund, that's why your the first one suing, Am with you though 3G speed is nothing close to what the ad says it is, am also disappointed by it, but hey is ether put up with it or back to the hopeless Windows Mobile

snitch29

10 bucks and my (apparently superior) 2G iphone says that she settles out of court for an undisclosed amount.

michaelwiggins

@Donk In A Box: You, sir, made me rofl all over my waffle. That video is pure gold.

MANIKENZ

@Elliuotatar:

You forget a key step.

????? comes between "get sued" and "profit".

CarbonFalcon

@Donk In A Box:

Amen!

Lol. Is he a preacher or something too?

CarbonFalcon

@Donk In A Box:

We have our wonky city officials, but 5 points and the Mountain Brook area don't qualify as civilized?

auburntygur

1. Market overpriced phone as a status symbol to rich people with plenty of free time on their hands using fraudulent ads.
2. Get sued.
3. Profit?

Elliuotatar

Coverage is never gaurenteed so theres no way it will stand. All carriers have a clause in the contract that they don't gaurentee service 100%

EGBTMagus

I have great service. Except when I'm home my 3g service is shitty. So I switch to edge and turn on WiFi.

But honestly it's reduculous and shouldn't be like that.

MadColombian

I live in Huntsville, Alabama, and in my neighborhood all of the houses are at least 3 stories tall, and most people have home theaters, including myself. I know at least 20 people with iPhones too. Dont be dissin' bammer.

jhechols

lol first gen iphone FTW.

otis123

She didn't return it to the store because why?

astrocramp

I am gonna sue Micro$oft because Vista keeps crashing and being slow.

vgart

isnt this some kind commandment against this in the apple fan boy word?

simplegreen

@12-Inch Idongivafuck Sandwich: exactly.

Voyou_Charmant

@justinpe:

So; you're saying that Apple/AT&T's claims that their phones work/3G service was "adequate" should have been interpreted as hilarious overstatements for the sake of comedy, much like your truck vs sea monster issue?

There is nothing I hate more than people who shout to high heaven about "frivolous" lawsuits.

It's not like she's mad that it didn't do something amazing , she's mad that it appears (and post after post here alone seems to qualify this) that there are serious quality assurance issue at Apple / in China.

Everyone complaining is a sucker for know-nothing dbags who throw around the term "tort reform" as some sort of return to reason as if seemingly frivolous have not yielded landmark judgments and resulted in much needed action from consumers, workers, victims, etc who otherwise had little recourse.

Shut up with your "lol lawsuits are gay, what an idiot" childish nonsense.

So called tort reform which results in damage caps and attorney-fee caps do nothing but make more complicated cases less appealing to lawyers because of their inability to adequately cover the expenses of the case. Think this is all trial lawyer propaganda? Ask yourself; do you think the special interest groups, who support "tort reform", really looking out for the injured?

Protip

Why don't you all try googling the following:

"Contingent-Fee Agreement"

"Summary Judgment"

"Directed Verdicts"

Or, just go here: [news.lawreader.com]

PS. Stop complaining about your "tax dollars" being wasted. What in the world are you talking about? FEES FEES FEES.

Your precious tax dollars, which are literally being lost in the desert by the billions, are not being "wasted" on people filing lawsuits.

If you're really worried about your tax dollars going to waste, you should probably read where it's actually going.

The GAO has everything you need on their website.

If your worried about a congested, overcrowded or overwhelmed court system, you should start with the "war on drugs" and misdemeanor drug charges --- not that I'm pro-drugs or anything, but I do have a sense of perspective.

Voyou_Charmant

Dang. She beat me to it. Definitly joining this if they don't open up, admit it and fix it.

aobjects

This pretty much gurantees that Apple will not be admiting a problem any time in the near future, not that Apple was leaning that way, anyway.

It also means that Apple will be pointing the finger at AT&T as the true cause of iPhone troubles. They will tell the judge about how the new Blackberry Bold also has the same problem on the AT&T network. A battle of the experts will ensue and Corporate AmeriKKKa will prevail!!

As a potential member of the class, I am not getting my hopes up that this suit will be of any material benefit to me.

SlinkyDink

@Chromeo: Florida is not part of the South, it's part of Northern Latin America.

apeguero

@jhechols: That's because the 1st story is really where the house is on stilts due to it slowly sinking into the swamp and needing a place to put your boat right?

Xavoc

really? I didn't see that coming, this is in the United States right?

VakeroRokero

*eyeroll* People in general need to shut the **** up about their stereotypes about 'the South' - I've lived in the South before - Tuscaloosa, AL to be exact - and people there were far kinder, politer, and overall 'better people' than any people in the North I've met - NY, VA, PA, OH, etc.

InsolenceAndHeresy

@JHB8000: I thought the iPhone 3G was the first hardware revision!!!

skm

A new phone!?!?!?!?! No thanks!!!!!!!!

I can backup, sync, then have my phone LOCK UP like it always does. Perform a restore of the backup I just made, resync my phone and....

MOST MY APPS WILL HAVE ZERO DATA!!!!!

A fat lot of good a new phone will do us. Tons of app data does not SYNC!!!! Some do, some don't!

JEmlay

@Voyou_Charmant: damn skippy.

SlinkyDink

But the real question is, is she suing for "Punitive Damages"?

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winexprt

She should just head out to Californee where they have internets

ZacMoney

Yeah they need to resolve these issues ASAP. These phones are too expensive to be performing less reliably than cheaper alternatives, that's all there is to it. Apple should offer some form of compensation. You can be honest and tell us you know it's not working, but that comes at a cost. And that cost is giving me a discount on my service until it IS working. Hopefully something like that will come out of this suit.

dna

@Voyou_Charmant: AMEN BROTHER!

shalegac

@smegz:

Funny, I love my iPhone, but won't take my chances with an iPod or Mac.

aaj111

My iPhone 3G seems to be fine but if I can get a free upgrade with better 3G with this then i'm in!

ab3

I hate when people get sue happy; but, I actually think this maybe a good thing. Fact of the matter is she may know that she won't actually receive any monitary compensation but that whatever the problem is it may get fixed which is good for everyone.

Or she could just be out to make a buck which would make me dislike her...

We shall see

shalegac

I tell you what, that upgrade to 2.0.2 didn't do shit.. the browser freezes now, EDGE hardly worked, and mail is slow. The keyboard is back to sticking and apps crash more. I am so disjointedness, and should never have left tmo.

Stacky Botrus

Given Apples approach to marketing their products and the percieved superioty of them that they foster it doesn't seem unreasonable that a consumer would expect their product to work as advertised.

As for blaming AT&T, Apple should have aligned with a provider or providers that could live up to their expectations.

hedges1968

i didn't realize apple managed the network as well as built the phone, now i know. thank god for lawsuits! and people like this for making me chuckle.

zamafir

that bitch

johnthevulcan

Alabama has jack diddly. Except hurricans and (depending on where you live) cheap-er expensive gas.

I know. Mobile gets jack diddly in terms of technology.

tanya.peacock

@Voyou_Charmant: you deserve a star. very very well said.

MadColombian

I Love You All!!!

Faslane66

@zamafir:
the problem lies with the phone, as apple made it, and all other phones on AT@T have no such problems.
the iphone 3g has a problem, and i think its fair apple fixes it.

roflwaffles

@Voyou_Charmant: *applause with accompanying respectful head nodding*

92BuickLeSabre

regardless of Jessica Smith's intention on filing a class action lawsuit (for monetary gains or not) I believe the lawsuit will benefit all of us because Apple's will be forced to admit and explain all the hardware and software issues of the 3g phone. It's true that we have the option to return these problematic phones within 30 days but I chose to stick with mine because I still believe Apple can deliver their promise on an excellent product but I just feel betrayed that they will release several firmware updates and we don't have any clue of what it is trying to fix which further aggravates the situation. Is it too much to ask Apple to provide details of the fix? Consumers are left to speculate what the firmwares are fixing which result in endless disappointments afterwards. My phone was replaced by the Genius bar techguys twice already after having to restore my phone(s) for the 11th time. When they offered to replace it again last week I told them no thank you because obviously they have no clue of the problems they are dealing with. Offering me a new shiny phone everytime I visit them doesn't make me feel any better so I will just wait for that September fix.

rjbuddyboi

@roflwaffles: Oh, I get it now; so the people having problems with the Blackberry Bold on AT&T's network are just non-existent? Yea, the iPhone has problems (and I'm glad I didn't "upgrade" from my first gen) but this is not the only phone on AT&T that's having 3G issues.

@Chromeo: Long live the hurricane dodgers!
I know there's some redneck country around somewhere, but most of Florida is very northern. And no apeguero, we're not part of Latin America... yet...

The Amazing Ant

@rjbuddyboi: Assuming that Sept. fix ever comes, considering, as of right now, no one seems to know what the true issue is here. Personally I see it as a sign of the coming apocalypse. Everyone signal with their iPhone when the Horsemen come for you.

I speculate, based on reading Gizmodo and other tech blogs, that Apple won't point the finger at AT&T. They'll try to buck the blame to the chipset manufacturer people.

As for the lawsuit, yeah, there are suit-happy people out there but I think that Jessica has grounds. I'd like to believe that she tried to return her phone but was denied because its passed the deadline and/or ETFs she didn't want to pay. Personally, if I signed up for this service, and I was assured of 3G, and my phone said 3G on it, I'd damn well want 3G service. The phone doesn't say iPhone-sometimes-3G-mostly-Edge.

I support her cause and the lawsuit. Good luck and godspeed to anyone suffering through this crisis. I'm sure many of you cry yourselves to sleep at night because Steve Jobs has let you down. Your God can, too, do something wrong. PWNT.

Anrui

AT&T has a 30 day trial period, back in my day, someone that dissatisfied with a product would, you know, just return it.

Christ.

BillyShears

@BillyShears:
Back in your day Sears was sued for price gouging. So back in your daddy's day did people just not shop at sears?

In THIS day, people are to be responsible for their claims.

JEmlay

@skm

No. The chipset in the 3G is new, and therefore is not a revision. The other parts of the phone could be considered a revision, since they're basically the same as the first one with some updates, but the 3G chipset is all new.

It'll be interesting to see how this plays out. I recall that there was a report about the weakness of the chipset Apple used, but then again, ATT's network is relatively new and just may not be able to handle the 3G's data load yet. Blackberry Bold data issues also play a factor, as there may actually be some defective chipsets floating out there that the manufacturers just aren't aware of yet.

JHB8000

@Voyou_Charmant: Thank you for all those words, but since the truth doesn't square with my ideology I must dismiss your well-reasoned arguments completely out of hand.

Now let's hang us some activist judges! Wee-haw, y'all!

mildretard

If the product isn't working as well as it should be and Apple has stated this than the lawsuit is warranted. I think they said they were working on a fix for it, but that's unnacceptable when you're supposed to have it out of the box like that.

Once in awhile Apple does deserve a lawsuit for something, and in this case maybe it's ideal, if only to get the word out on this issue since in the end I don't see her getting anything out of it.

kylo4

BTW, my leering eruditity has led me to become Gizmodo's first double secret-invisible triple starred poster.

SpeedyGonzalas

@Faslane66: Me too! Seriously, don't you guys read what you have written? I will never give a post a bit of gravity unless it is spell-checked and at least grammatically close to accurate. This ain't talk radio children.

SpeedyGonzalas

@michaelwiggins: $1000 and my obviously superior iPhone 3G, which has never had an issue, that she is a complete dumbass and this bullshit lawsuit gets thrown out.

The Magnificen7

@pokebud: LOL thats a fast turnover time!

Joseph

Poor fanboys - is your toy broken?

BritSwedeGuy

I just swapped my original iPhone 3G for another one last night (and the Genius confirmed that in the NYC/Northern NJ area I was dropping 40% of my calls!!!)

Now the new POS won't properly restore. It seems to have restored. I have my contacts and email accounts, but every non-native app crashed upon start-up, none of my content (music, movies, photos) will synch and every time I connect to iTunes I am propted to restore from a backup or create a new iPhone (again.)

I don't even know if my dropped calls problem is resolved because I've literally been trying to restore this thing ALL NIGHT!!!

Someone tell me where to sign up for some of this clas action goodness. I am pissed and want to take a bite out of Apple.

davebg5

Instead of being a litigious dick, here's my quick and easy solution:

• Call 611 (AT&T Support)
• Talk to a few people, get transferred to Apple and back, finally get an actual Technical Support person
• Say "This sucks. My phone isn't making or receiving calls reliably. And the 3G doesn't work in an area that you advertise it should. I'm not paying full price for a phone that works 50% of the time."
• Tech says, "That's perfectly reasonable. I'll refund 50% of your next month's bill."

I actually did this, and I actually did get a partial refund ($60 on our 2-line plan). AT&T reps seem to be pretty sympathetic to our issues, so maybe the next time you get all litigation-happy, you might want to call and talk with someone lower on the totem pole first...

froboy

What's this? Inbred Irene can't get a signal in her trailer park double wide Faraday cage? Jeez frickin' Louise, who do ya blame first? AT&T for not putting coverage out in suburbia zones or Apple? Don't like it? Return it. There's three targets here (Infineon, Apple and AT&T) so let's all chill, and I'll wait to see this twink on Judge Judy.

aboriginal

@justinpe: whatever dude. 10s of thousands of people HAVE been complaining about crappy 3G performance, and in my neck of the woods we won't be SEEING 3G for at least 2 more years, but I still have to pay the 30$/month data fee like those of you in NYC, etc. that's bullshit, and I for one welcome our new class action lawsuit overlords. sometimes lawyers, however stinky assholed they are, do help the little guy.

banmojo

@SpeedyGonzalas:
This ain't grammar school.

bnutz

@vgart:

You should sue yourself for not being able to use a computer, or for being dumb enought to put vista on a 8yr old computer.

bnutz

I hate how lawsuit happy our country is... but in this case I'll jump on the bandwagon if this lady's allowed to actually get this case in front of a judge.

I have had sub-par to absolute shit in regards to the reception and 3G performance on my iPhone since I got it.

If I enable 3G anywhere near or in my home or office, or anywhere in between, I get 1, sometimes 2 bars of signal, and data moves just as slowly as it did on EDGE... so much so that the phone eventually gives up on 3G and flips back over to EDGE anyway, but with all the battery drain of 3G.

If I was in an area of crap 3G according to ATT's coverage map then I would suck it up and not worry about it for now. However, Aurora and Bolingbrook, IL are deep blue, city-wide... according to ATT there's mad coverage here.

Downtown in Chicago proper, the 3G is 5 bars strong and fracking wonderful.... so I really don't think it's the phone so much as ATT advertising more 3G coverage than they really have.

tayaya

@takashimiike 3G edition: Nope, just wanted to jump on the bandwagon.
What? No fanboy-y enough? Damn. Jobs will sentence me to 5 years hard labor now :(

shenanigans61

@BillyShears:

The reason I disagree with you is because I'm one of those people who stuck it out passed the 30 day period. My reasoning was simple: Apple has a track record of excellent products. However with the iPhone 3G I have had reception issues, battery issues, quality issues, etc. I was hoping updates would come to remedy the situation, but so far - nothing promising. In the meantime, I'm paying for a phone that, IMO, is nothing more than a shiny battery drainer.

If nothing else, I'd be happy with a software update to fix the issues above, or some evidence to suggest hardware defects. Knowing the truth is half the battle. Getting a replacement should this lawsuit succeed is the other.

Truthfully, if I were Steve Jobs, I wouldn't be happy with the new iPhone and I don't think expecting a product to work as advertised is inappropriate.

mciarlo

@mciarlo: Actally, Apple has had just as man failures as most companies. They are just really good at hiding it.

As for the Iphone 3G. It's a POS. My boss bought one and it died after 3 weeks. he's been on the phone now for 2 days trying to get it replaced, but neither Apple nor Rogers is willing to help him atm. Looks to me like he'll be back to a blackberry again soon (similar thing happened to him with the original Ipohne).

KLanD

Someone should start a "Who's Suing Apple?" blog. It happens often enough.

videoCWK

The only people who strike it rich in class action lawsuits are the lawyers. Otherwise, everyone in the class just gets a certain amount from whatever the settlement fund winds up being, which never amounts to a whole lot...but is usually nice to get (like I got a check for $80 from a class action lawsuit against my employer over overtime wages...not much, but it was nice to get; or the one-month free upgrade from Netflix to the next highest plan I got from the class action lawsuit over some of their practices).

No one initiates a class action lawsuit to strike it rich. Everyone in the class ends up splitting the settlement...it's primarily done to rectify a wrong by combining everyone with a gripe into one big plaintiff.

Barion

wow. people are getting angry at a woman who wants compensation for a product which was sold using false claims? lets not let brand loyalty get in the way of consumer protection.

elegantelliot

i couldn't agree more. alabama would be the last place you should look for technologies like 3G (or the iphone)...

Red Hat Inc
4900 Corporate Dr NW # L
Huntsville, AL

NVIDIA Regional Office
9668 Madison Boulevard
Madison, AL

Sun Microsystems Inc
1525 Perimeter Pkwy NW Ste 100
Huntsville, AL

Intergraph Corporation
170 Graphics Blvd
Madison, AL

Digium, Inc.
455 Jan Davis Drive
Huntsville, AL

Lockheed Martin Corporation‎
1500 Perimeter Pkwy NW # 123
Huntsville, AL‎

Northrop Grumman Corporation
5030 Bradford Dr NW # 220
Huntsville, AL

Boeing Company The
499 Boeing Blvd SW
Huntsville, AL

Teledyne Brown Engineering Inc‎
300 Sparkman Dr NW
Huntsville, AL‎

ifsix

I live in Los Angeles. Not a small town by any means...I have to keep 3G off on my phone otherwise I am guaranteed dropped calls every single time. Not to mention the fact that reception is non-existent on the street I live on in the middle of town...It is lame. Bravo on the lawsuit!

halfpipetrick

What's Alabama's motto again? That's right...Thank God for Mississippi

SirNilsOlavThePenguin

Wow... ummm does she know she can save time and just return the damn phone? If she doesn't like the service, why sue. People these days just sue because they want money. I hope she loses the case. As customers, we all have rights without being penalized such as returning the phone without being penalized if coverage isn't okay and if you are not satisfied with the product. Is she retarded? hmmmmm

mario.guzman

Please give me the opportunity to post facts in this case - proof that the iPhone's connectivity does deliver twice the speed... at half the price. And then let this fool pay the consequences of her B.S. trivial lawsuit, pay for her own time, and pay penalties to Apple for her feeble attempts to rip-off other folks for her own self-benefit. What a pain in the ass. Best Regards! Mark

DerekSage

I live in Birmingham and my iPhone 3G gets great 3G coverage and I have only had a few dropped calls. She probably just got a defective device.

VANGOR

@zamafir: I think my iPhone 3g is defective too I only have one bar on the 3g network and only work half the time. Plus it keeps just going to a black screen and resetting to the home page. I'm Thinking lawsuit as well.

bunker25

Word on the street is that Ms. Smith will settle if Apple provides copy/paste and Flash support.

AbeFroeman

"While the idea of someone in Alabama using an iPhone might take a second or sixty to process, she actually lives in Birmingham, one of the state's few bastions of civilization"

I've lived in Alabama all my life (Huntsville and Birmingham--are those the same as the redneck colonies that are in Alabama) and it makes me laugh when people make fun of Alabama all the time out of ignorance...oh well...

Yet this girl needs to take her "redneck" panties out of a wad. I've had nothing but perfect coverage in Birmingham. She probably bought the redneck version.

myelin

I live in Birmingham and had the original iPhone and experienced decent reception. I got my 3G a couple of weeks ago and the reception is awesome. I was in traffic the other day, and decided to run a speed test on my iPhone on 3G. It was 1329kbps! I have been pleasantly surprised with how well the 3G has performed for voice and data.

slmb6e

Seriously? It's hard to believe that people in Alabama would be using an iPhone? Wow, i truly wasn't aware the "outside world's" opinion of us was still in the realm of grits and no running water. Sheesh.

Qotros

Wow, you people are harsh! I waited three hours to get my iPhone 3G the day it came out and I routinely have no 3G access even though I live in San Francisco and work downtown. I fully support the ability of consumers to seek recourse from companies when they don't provide the products and services they advertise. While I like the product, I'm highly dissatisfied with Apple's inaction and customer service.

itwasthechad