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There are some reports (and use that term loosely) that the chipset in the 3g iPhone, the Infineon 3G chipset, may be proving to be flawed, or at least “has never really been tested in the hands of users”, and that’s why some are experiencing “problems with reception”.

But Jennifer LeClaire of Newsfactor quotes Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT Research, several times in an article (again… for lack of a better word) tonight, spinning it into “A Culture of Secrecy”. Is this just a keyword thing?… hey, it got into my feed tonight. It sounds like these guys are losing an election against Apple or something… doesn’t it?

King goes on… “Sitting on your hands and either not discussing the issue publicly or claiming there is no problem when a firestorm of people are online complaining about difficulties means the inferno is just going to get bigger and bigger”. And… “As King sees it, the underlying issue here is Apple’s culture of secrecy. He pointed to iPhone-related issues Apple’s secrecy has already created. Most recently, the kill-switch fiasco is a strong example”.

Then King get’s insulting… “Apple’s handling of the situation is emblematic of how it does business. it points to a real systemic weakness as Apple moves forward”.

Wouldn’t most agree, that when you are introducing multiple new technologies and capabilities into a large marketplace, there may certainly be components and processes that may not perform as hoped, and need refining and rethinking. There are entire books written about this, and it’s an important element of being capable technologists.

Culture not only doesn’t mean conformity, it is often born primarily as a result of a lack of it. few of us would even be writing about, or even talking about, the iPhone if it didn’t contain and represent a product that “has never really been tested in the hands of users”. That’s the point guys… it’s a good thing.

Why the hell am I philosophizing?

Let me just add… that I also still have a 1st generation iPhone, running both the 1st generation OS, and now 2.01. I have been having very similar problems with reception. And while AT&T has been very nice… they’ll only tell me that “we’ve had work going on, on some towers”. This has been since before July 1st.

So, While I don’t have the time to look into the possibility of some type of AT&T conspiracy they may be developing (someone will beat me to it anyway), I’m pretty sure they’re… not.