"It's conceivable that Apple will soon be licensing technology to the military-industrial complex, to the areospace companies, and to deep-sea drilling companies. The movie villains."

@DoYouLikeToastToo?: Just for clarification: Safari AutoFill does NOT fill-in log-in IDs or passwords. On a Mac, at least, that's handled by a separate security application called Keychain. If on Firefox passwords are filled in by AutoFill, then that's really scary.

Don't know what version of Safari Grossman tested this on, but on my Safari 5.0 the 'proof of concept' test webpage does not 'find' any fields even though the AutoFill is turned on.

"It could be that Apple decided to alter how reception is measured and displayed..."

@Niklasnick: There already are plenty of car turn-by-turn navigation apps in the App Store, including ones by Magellan and Navigone. There also are navigation apps for hikers, boaters, tourists, etc. What would be the point of Apple entering the fray?

@tvcity6455: The Maps application on the iPhone and iPad was actually written by Apple, not Google, even though it uses Google's map data.

Neither of the purchased companies was in the business of 'mapping' the globe. They were both in the business of differently representing already mapped info and overlaying maps with additional info. That's my way of saying Apple does not appear to be entering the 'mapping' business, but rather using Google's or…

@konfused: Yes there is an issue, but oversimplifying it is not helpful to anyone, be it users or Apple or a potential fix.

"Isn't Consumer Reports known for doing serious, unbiased testing before releasing their definitive opinions?"

@marine6680: "The "death grip" is almost equivalent to unplugging the antenna from the circuit board."

@RobotVampire: Consumer Reports is very clear that their testing was based on simulating very weak signals. It would be good to know, then, if under theses conditions, other antennas are able to receive and hold the same weak signals.

@ryszard: A little further reading points out one difference: Google App Inventor seems to be tailored to the mobile field...

From these brief descriptions this seems sort of like Apple's Automator and Automator Actions which comes with Mac OS X.

CR's testing would be much more useful if they compared the ability of holding the connection between the 'death-gripped' iPhone and other phones. I.e., everyone seems to agree that the iPhone's antenna itself brings in signals better than other designs. So the real question is, if the antenna performance is reduced…

@kylecpcs: Hey, that was a great tongue-in-cheek commercial! Thanks for the memories it brings back. Sorry you didn't get the sarcastic tone (and had to travel so far back in time).

"...we will never know what parts of their smartphone operating system were copied from Steve Jobs' baby."

@kylecpcs: Care to site the specific marketing material where they did that?

@ZeddStar: Did it ever occur to you that a company might be great at marketing AND make great computers?

Perfection (a word of your choosing in this context) might be a goal for Apple, but they never claimed to have achieved it. You are imposing it on them, then complaining that they missed. At least Apple tries to get as close as possible. I, personally, admire them for that.

Wrong headline. Should be: The 12-Megapixel Photos BY (not OF) the Nokia N8. Details, details...