Wired has a fascinating piece on the rocky relationship between Apple and AT&T.

The two corporations have argued about almost everything. Jobs has been apoplectic about the state of AT&T’s network and what he views as its slow-footed upgrade efforts almost since launch day three years ago. One Apple source says that Jobs has discussed dropping AT&T at least half a dozen times.

AT&T executives aren’t so crazy about Jobs, either. They complain that Apple hasn’t accepted its fair share of the blame. They say — and Apple sources confirm — that the software running the iPhone’s main radio, known as the baseband, was full of bugs and contributed to the much-decried dropped calls. …

Fascinating stuff. But for all the hullabaloo about the new iPhone, and the way Apple’s image has taken a hit, it’s still an astonishing product, and mine has worked brilliantly.