Well, that didn't take long. Less than one week after Apple put the first iPhone 4 handsets in the hands of customers, the lawsuits have begun.

A group of customers who really like money feel betrayed by Apple over the iPhone 4 antenna issue have made a cash grab legal filing against Apple. The customers bought the iPhone as soon as it hit the market and got what they deserved felt a bit slighted when word surfaced that if held incorrectly, the handset would get reception that was about par for the course with AT&T less than impressive and now they want Apple to pay them to shut up compensate them.

The suit seems to have a snowball's chance in Hell an uphill battle given Apple's small army modest collection of lawyers that have had a history of legally kneecapping aggressively pursuing those who tangle with Apple.

Aside from that, they will have to battle the common sense widely held belief that if you buy a first generation consumer electronics product you should feel lucky if it doesn't explode expect early hiccups.

Surely in the coming weeks Apple will tell these customers that they are complete suckers can soon expect a fix and the company's legal department will tell the suing attorneys to cram it where the sun don't shine that the issue can quietly be worked out.

02 Jul 2010