Nexus One users still complaining of 3G issues even after supposed “3G fix”.

Poor Nexus One owners. They have in their possession the top of the line Android handset (for now) and yet it’s half broken. Since launch, N1 users have been complaining of fairly widespread 3G connectivity issues, with their phones rolling back to homely ‘ol EDGE in areas that are plenty saturated with 3G particles.

To remedy this, Google and T-Mobile pushed out an update many days back that was claimed to cure N1 users’ 3G woes. Now that everyone has had some time to get the update and test it out, are N1 users fairing any better?

Not really according to countless N1 forum members. Something as simple and mundane as holding the phone at the bottom can cause a weak 3G signal to evaporate into thin air. Clearly, something is wrong here. While I believe it could still be something wonky with the software, a hardware problem is becoming an ever bigger threat.

Of course, with only roughly 80k-100k N1′s in the wild, a recall wouldn’t be too detrimental. Well, not as much as an across the board iPhone recall. Get my point?

If you’re still in need of convincing that something is still amuck, take a look at the video below created by one N1 user who shows how easy (way too easy) it is to manipulate the N1′s 3G reception.

Any N1 owners care to chime in on any problems (or lack thereof if you’re lucky)?

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Twitter down for you? You’re not alone.

Yes, the real time king is down yet again. Well, for some that is. According to Twitter’s Status Blog, some users located throughout the world are experiencing connection problems. It’s good to know I’m not going senile. Because of issues with the site, my full attention has been on fixing those problems, not scouring the internet for news goodies — hence the reason I didn’t know if Twitter was down or not. After finally taking a few minutes to check the web, it’s worth noting that the Twitter outage, or more appropriately connection issues aren’t a full blown outage. They aren’t limited to any one group or geographic location.

For now, the affected users don’t seem to share any commonalities. Unfortunately, I have been stricken in the group of down users as none of my Twitter apps on both my iPhone and Mac are doing anything except throwing up errors. Yet I’ll somehow manage to make it through the day. Who else is Tweet-less? Care to share what corner of the earth you dwell in as well as the total amount of time down so far? So far here in Northern Indiana I’m looking at almost 24 hours and counting. Fairing better or worse?

Mashable