But it does unfortunately mean that Big Brother 51 will probably happen.

Haha thats true but wide is the gate to hell and only dead fishes go with the flow.

Come on guys.
This whole mess is Apple's own making. They come on like they've saved the world from impending doom, taking sly sideswipes at the opposition who just sit quietly by and release new handsets without half the over-hype that Apple thrash out.
Of course it's going to attract attention when something goes wrong. Over-hype is dangerous for the manufacturer and embarrassing for the consumer.

"Antennagate - Not unique to iPhone 4"? IMO it is. We're not talking about loss of signal here. Every phone suffers from loss of signal. It's down to the networks not investing in their infrastructure, weather and location of device.
Instead we're talking of a manufacturing defect, a bad idea, a design flaw, call it what you will. It should have been picked up prior to launch.

My N900 has some design flaws. Some are obvious, some are not so. But they haven't given me cause to throw a teddy.
I don't think Mr Jobs handled it well at all. He attempted to drag other manufacturers into the argument to try and soften the blows aimed at him. Oh, and the smarmy "Antennagate" motto as mentioned above. Of course it's unique to the iPhone 4, the iPhone 4 is the only device that uses that antenna.

And what about his accusation of anti-Americanism?

"I see some of these people jumping on us now. It's like I am not sure what you are after here. Would you rather we were a Korean company instead of an American company."

A good tip for Mr Jobs. Don't over-hype and behave like the second messiah. It's embarrassing for the consumer and dangerous for you. Because all eyes will be watching. Do yourself a favour, just stick to a quiet launch, like the rest of them, and let the consumer do the talking.

Just out of interest. Has anyone in the press looked at the original software update that "boosted" the Iphone signal?
I'm just wondering whether this is a major deception Apple has played, which suddenly backfired when IPhone4 came around, and they suddenly found out that the "reception algorithm" was wrong.

Without being specific (better for what?), then that is a logical fallacy.

But for a platform, bigger userbase is generally better and one of the primary indicator of its success. Sure there are side effects (issues) that come from being bigger, but in the end bigger is still generally preferred by everyone involved in the ecosystem.

The reactions from Nokia, RIM and HTC to the slandering were quite appropriate, imo. I am waiting to hear something form Samsung though -- not only were their phones dragged in the mud as well, but they are also Korean

They will send the son-in-law of the CEO to take care of Steve jobs.

Fine by me, as long as we get to see Halle Berry...

Wait, what movie/series are we talking about?
I was thinking of Lost

Who cares. Seeing Halle Berry doesn't need too many reasons for me to want that to happen.