By Roger Cheng
Some iPhone owners groused about AT&T’s network and longed for the day when they’d be able to use their Apple gadgets on Verizon’s network. That day has come, but for a few iPad 2 owners that Verizon service isn’t proving to be worry free.
Bloomberg News
Apple says a “small number” of Verizon iPad 2 customers are experiencing connectivity problems, acknowledging the problem after message boards filled this week with customers complaining they are having difficultly accessing Verizion Wireless’s 3G data network.
An Apple spokeswoman says the company is investigating the issue. She wouldn’t say how many iPads were affected, or how soon a fix would be sent out. Verizon declined to comment, deferring to Apple.
Some iPad 2s users are having trouble reconnecting to the Verizon 3G network after they turn it off the connection. One fix circulating around the Internet has been to turn the cellular data switch to on and then reboot the tablet by turning it off and back on again. Another message board user has suggested erasing the content of the iPad after backing up the data, which others have commented as effective.
Apple has faced issues with its products before, including the high-profile “antenna-gate” that affected the AT&T Inc. iPhone 4 last year. But the problems haven’t dented its reputation; consumers continued to snap up the smartphone, while the iPad 2 remains a hard-to-find gadget.
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