Rather a fundamental flaw in a device whose whole connectivity is based around wi-fi. Read more in this article from the BBC below.
Some owners of the newly-available iPad have reported problems with connecting their devices to wi-fi.
Hundreds have complained about weak signals on the tablet computerApple acknowledged on its support page that “under certain conditions, iPad may not automatically rejoin a known wi-fi network”.
It offered a fix, but suggested that it was a router issue, despite some users saying that other devices worked fine on the same wi-fi connection.
Typical comments on the Apple support page included Dr JB who wrote: “Wi-fi reception seems weak with slow downloads.”
prb44t replied: “I’m having the same issues. Weak signal on the iPad, same spot iPhone works great. Very frustrating.”
But others reported that they had no problems.
Some speculated that the problem might be related to the position of the wi-fi antenna on the device, while others said it could be a software bug.
Apple said that the problem could be caused by dual-band routers and suggested users created a separate network name for each band.
But this will not solve the problem for everyone, pointed out Adam Leach, principle analyst at research firm Ovum.
“If you are using public wi-fi, then you are not going to be able to make changes to router settings,” he said.
If the bug proves to be software-related, it will be easily solved, but if it turns out to be a problem for the device, it could be more of a headache for Apple.
“If the wi-fi problem is hardware-related, it will force a number of returns, which will be costly for Apple and ruin the experience for the first adopters,” he said.
Other reported glitches with the new device include some complaints about charging it and uploading applications.
The iPad went on sale in the US on 3 April and sold more than 300,000 units on its first day.
Apple said that one million applications and more than 250,000 e-books were downloaded on the same day.
A model offering both wi-fi and 3G connectivity will go on sale in the US and the UK later this month.
Recently we have been assisting a local recruitment company called “administrator jobs” whose website can be found at http://www.administratorjobs.org.uk or administratorjobs.org.uk
Using a content management system based on wordpress its very easy to knock out fairly inexpensive websites with lots of function.
I was amazed at how comprehensive Word Press is these days, well worth a look for any small companies considering shelling out thousands of pounds on website development. You could probably do it yourself with a bit of technical assistance.
The website is only temporary in order to allow the company to trade whilst we work with a software development company as part of a much bigger project.
Its always good to have a back up plan for major service outages. Below is an article from the BBC after major flooding caused an exchange in London to stop working.
One good way of making sure you don’t loose email during a service outage is to have back up MX records in your DNS settings or better still use a mail security provider service from Message Labs or Postini. They will scan all your email for virus and spam content and also store your email in the event of a service outage of your broadband or telephone line.
If your really up the creek you can always dial up to a mobile ISP and divert the email to a catch all pop account. Once you’ve done this use something like a POP3 connector in exchange. Its going to run pretty bad it’ll get your email downloaded at the very least.
The problem is getting the BT side of things. Notoriously difficult to deal with at the best of times.
Read on-
BT has said it has managed to restore “the vast majority” of telephone and broadband services to thousands of customers affected by a network outage.
The fault was caused by “major flooding” on 31 March at an exchange in the west of London.
It had a knock-on effect around the UK with people on various broadband and phone networks affected.
The firm said that work would continue through the evening of the 02 April “until all services are restored”.
“Any customers needing to make calls to the emergency services who have a problem using their phones are advised to do so by using their mobile phone, or alternatively by using a friend or neighbour’s working phone,” BT said in a statement.
“A number of mobile services are also affected so customers may not be able to make or receive calls on their mobile or may experience an intermittent service.”
Telecoms company Gradwell told the BBC that 437 exchanges around Britain were affected by the incident.
Readers of the BBC News website reported that bars and shops in the surrounding area were only accepting cash on March 31 as card payment systems had crashed.
Its well worth me mentioning in our blog that Microsoft released an emergency Internet Explorer patch on Tuesday after deciding that an upswing in hacking attacks targeting a zero-day vulnerability in IE 6 and 7 couldn’t wait for the next scheduled edition of Patch Tuesday, due on 13 April.
From IE5 to Microsofts new browser IE8 – all IE browsers are vulnerable. On Tuesday Microsoft released a patch which also cures 9 other security bugs.
The cumulative IE update info is available here –
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS10-018.mspx
All users should install this new patch immediately.
The other day when browsing the internet I came across an article describing a new service from a telco called VaaS. It took me a minute to decipher what it might mean as I quickly scan read the article.
Half way through I realised that VaaS stood for “Voice as a Service” which is in fact better known as VOIP or “Voice Over IP” (hosted PBX etc).
Definitely a new one on me. I think I will wait for it to be used in a keynote speech before I go throwing it into conversations and I suggest you do the same.
