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Apple's Biggest 5 Blunders of 2010

08.12.2010
From the to to , 2010 has been a year of tears and jeers for Apple. There's no doubt that Apple had several victories mixed in with its year of pain such as , which sparked a revival in the one-panel tablet computer. The iPod Touch took several steps closer to being the , and the with users despite its reported problems.

But for all its triumphs, Apple flaws were prominently on display in 2010, which really shouldn't be all that surprising. As Apple CEO Steve Jobs said earlier this year, "." Here's a look at some of Apple's most notable human blunders from 2010.

The Lost iPhone

An Apple engineer set off a firestorm when he lost his iPhone 4 test unit in a Redwood City, California bar in March. The phone eventually found its way into the hands of gadget blog Gizmodo resulting in a about the device including a detailed teardown. The fallout from the lost iPhone debacle read like something out of a tabloid magazine with news of a , a , and a mysterious hit squad sent to . In the end, Apple got its iPhone back, but don't expect to be seeing Gizmodo attending Apple press events any time soon.

Antennagate

Shortly after the iPhone 4 launch in late June, users started reporting when they held the iPhone in a way that covered the lower half of the handset.