You can guess how (tip o’ the antlers to Kevin P. via email). That link is subscription-only, probably because Scott’s rendition of the pea-soup scene from is disturbing to pregnant women and small children.

While Steve did elaborate in a further reply, it’s this ill-chosen sentence that everyone will latch onto. What Steve to say was the antenna placement is why the phone is so freakin’ beautiful and small and that you can mitigate the issue by buying a case, but if you like you can also return the phone and he’s very sorry for any inconvenience.

InfoWorld’s Paul Venezia pretty much . Despite the antenna problem—which buyers need to be aware of and weigh against the device’s many benefits—the iPhone 4 delivers.

According to the Bigfoot, the Apple Store sales reps were pushing the hard. Which, if the Macalope were extremely cynical, would make him think it’s because they were aware of the problem and hoped to mitigate it while also reaping what must be a 99.9 percent margin by charging $30 for a band of plastic.

And he is that cynical.