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Spokesman. mark paperermaster was in charge of the hardware on thelaripone 4. congratulations. there's speculation his departure has to do with a number of problems with the iphone 4, primarily the antenna issue which forced apple to give out free cases or bumpers as a fix. no word on whether it was his choice to leave. the "wall street journal," owned by the parent company of this network, reteorts that papermaster may have left because of a falling out with the chione executive, steve job. chatty chat chat, jonathan hunt is chatting it up on the website. log in and join in at foxnews.com/s...

Out and said that, apple stepped up to the plate and announced everybody would be getting a free bumper to solve this antenna problem. >> the question is whether that will do it. i don't know. if i bought a brand-new phone. >> yes, and there was something wrong with it and they fixed wit a plastic frame, i'd be like not happy. >> we're talking about the am brand. and a lot of people don't assume that they're going to make a virgin 1.0 mistake. we're talking about the most powerful brand in a household name. >> does it hurt the brand then? >> it doesn't. a lot of people have sent a barrage of c...

Solution for what is a complicated device. you're essentially just giving everybody an accessory to go along with it and it fixes the antenna issue. what are details about when people can get it? >> absolutely. solution here is to give everybody a free bumper. it looks just like this. this is a quick fix, an easy band-aid for apple. this is what we expect to happen. they'll be giving these out through september. this costs them pennies to make. it wraps around the exterior of the phone. remember, that antenna is housed all the way around the phone. in that lower right corner. that's where we s...

We speak. but we are waiting for it to become official. the official fix from steve jobs with the new iphone 4. that iphone has been out less than a month still and they have sold millions of them. sold 1 1/2 million, little over that, in the first three days these things came out. but there is a problem with it and the company has admitted, there is an antenna issue. if you hold it a certain way, this will sometimes cause you to lose your signal. it can drop a call. the company has finally admitted that -- it took them a while but they've admitted, yes, this is a problem, and looking for a wa...

Watching "the dylan ratigan show" here on msnbc, at least for a few more minutes. moving to today's town square, can you hear me now, i should say. reports of poor cell phone reception threatening to bruise apple's reputation and sour its latest and greatest product, the iphone 4. the blogosphere abuzz with a talk of a israel that one analyst says could cost the company as much as $1.5 billion. more conservative efforts $300 million, $400 million. signals not the only thing dropping at ale. the company's stock dropping nearly 8% since the phone hit shelves. joining us now is brian cooley, ed...