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Thursday, May 17, 2012  Hilton Head Island is taking steps to streamline how new cellphone towers can be built on the resort island.

Wednesday, April 27, 2011  Apple blames the misinformation on a misunderstanding of its technology

Friday, July 16, 2010  Apple Inc. will give free protective cases to buyers of its latest iPhone to alleviate the so-called "death grip" problem in which holding the phone with a bare hand can muffle the wireless signal.

Thursday, July 15, 2010  Apple says it will hold a press conference on Friday to discuss the latest iPhone model, which has been beset by complaints about its antenna.

Monday, July 12, 2010  Consumer Reports says the iPhone 4 has reception problems caused by its antenna design. After the iPhone 4 went on sale in June, buyers started complaining that holding the gadget a certain way could cause calls to drop.

Friday, July 02, 2010  Apple 'stunned' to find iPhones overstate signal strength; holding it wrong still a problem

Friday, June 25, 2010  Some early buyers posted messages on Apple's customer support website, complaining that gripping the gadget in ways that covered small black lines in the steel band could cause the number of "bars" to plummet.

Thursday, June 24, 2010  From Tokyo to San Francisco, some stores started selling out of Apple's newest iPhone just hours after it went on sale. Some would-be buyers walked away disappointed; tensions grew at Apple stores that hadn't run out.