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Mobile antennas are something that everything from notebooks to mobile phones have, but it might be possible for everyone to make their own soon enough.
This is a good thing too, since there are times when you just need that extra kick to the wireless signal.
Government-based customers are already looking into the ... |
13 February 2012
10:16 GMT |
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Creating things out of thin air has always been a phrase sued to point out the implausibility of things appearing out of nowhere, especially resources of any sort, but it looks like some scientists might have invented something that could challenge the status of that choice of words.
Wireless frequencies have lon... |
9 July 2011
05:26 GMT |
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Consumer Reports continues to not recommend Apple’s iPhone 4, despite originally labeling it as the best smartphone out there. The reason? The end of Apple’s free-case program, which allowed every iPhone 4 buyer to opt for a free case to help with the antenna attenuation problems.“Apple has quietly ... |
14 September 2010
09:31 GMT |
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Cupertino-based Apple has removed the famous 'smartphone signal attenuation' videos from its antenna information page. Previously, the said page displayed a series of videos showing the various popular smartphones on the market suffer from attenuation of reception when held in certain ways, just as its new... |
2 August 2010
05:23 GMT |
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On a web page dedicated to explaining smartphone antenna performance, Apple nearly every smartphone can lose signal strength, if the user holds it in a certain way. To demonstrate this, Apple tested iPhone 4 against other smartphones, including the BlackBerry Bold 9700, HTC Droid Eris, Nokia N97 mini (newly added), S... |
22 July 2010
04:19 GMT |
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Admittedly sold for entertainment purposes only, HiFi 3D Inc. have announced Antenn-aid, a “precision-engineered” custom sized vinyl ticker for owners of an iPhone 4. According its makers, the sticker may improve signal performance, when placed over the left corner of the phone’s antenna. An asteris... |
21 July 2010
10:02 GMT |
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Activity on Apple’s Discussions forum has spawned numerous reports lately, due to the outcry surrounding Apple’s iPhone 4, and its reception issues. Interestingly, some users who went ahead and bought themselves a Bumper to avoid touching the phone’s antenna are now reporting that their phone is sti... |
12 July 2010
08:35 GMT |
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Kershaw, Cutter & Ratinoff, LLP is looking for people who "recently purchased the new iPhone and have experienced poor reception quality, dropped calls and weak signals." The law firm, known for suing Facebook and Zynga over scammy gaming ads, is investigating a possible class action over the widely reported receptio... |
29 June 2010
06:54 GMT |
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Apple has a big problem on its hands with the newborn iPhone 4, and it’s not the fact that white models are harder to manufacture. It’s actually something much worse - iPhone 4 has serious reception issues. When the device is held by its steel frame, which acts as the phone’s antenna, the operator s... |
24 June 2010
04:33 GMT |
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The European Space Agency (ESA), the operator of the newly-launched Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity Satellite (SMOS), has announced today that the instrument has successfully deployed its three-antenna arms, which was the most delicate process in the commissioning phase. The Living Planet Program components are curr... |
4 November 2009
16:11 GMT |
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In usual Apple manner, the Cupertino-based Mac maker made additional changes to its product lineup without properly informing fans of the company’s software and electronics. It is the case of the new Apple Remote, which now features an improved design whilst selling for the unchanged price of $19, as well as th... |
21 October 2009
06:43 GMT |
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A recent patent filed by Apple suggests that iPod owners, as well as iPhone users, will be able to access wireless capabilities not yet supported. Currently not available with the iPod, bluetooth, radio signals, infrared or UWB are likely to be incorporated for player-to-player transmission, or FM radio tuning, Macnn... |
30 May 2008
17:11 GMT |
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Well, it took a while, but now we can finally say good-bye to those pesky wire antennas on our cellular phones, cars and even airplanes, due to a new device developed at the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute and the Pohang University of Science and Technology in the Republic of Korea. The smart-sk... |
25 April 2008
04:30 GMT |
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The human skin contains millions of sweat glands, connected to the pores at the surface through tiny sweat ducts, which could reveal the emotional state of a person without making physical contact by bouncing electromagnetic waves off them. While most people believe that these tiny ducts are straight tubes, a study c... |
5 April 2008
10:26 GMT |
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How would you like to maximize your Time Capsule's potential? Yes, even the 802.11n Wi-Fi standard can be taken even further with Quickertek's TriBand Antenna for Time Capsule. Kits go for $129.95 USD, if you want to go with self installation for either the 500 GB or 1TB Time Capsule, while Quickertek will ... |
26 March 2008
09:36 GMT |
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This device is a prototype of an antenna, which uses ionized gas instead of metal to transmit and receive signals, decreasing interference and boosting the functionality. Some of its key features include the ability to focus a signal beam easily and to communicate signals in very short pulses, which could prove extre... |
13 November 2007
11:00 GMT |
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FON is one of the most peculiar Internet providers on the market, as the company declared the purpose is to provide wireless Internet for as much of the world as possible, if not for the entire globe. Even if that moment is quite far from now, the company is making things one step a time, and has launched today the L... |
22 June 2007
10:34 GMT |
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Cellphone radiation is still a highly debated subject, as manufacturers produce new scientific studies to prove that it's not dangerous to carry your cellphone right next to sensitive body areas, and independent doctors say it's better to protect yourself against all kinds of radiations.The truth is the fi... |
21 May 2007
17:06 GMT |
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So you bought yourself a 40-50 inch High Definition TV, probably paid at least a thousand dollars for it, you got home and something's missing. It's not the instructions manual....it's the antenna!Don't laugh, because you can receive free HD signals from your local ground amplifier and you don&#... |
30 April 2007
05:05 GMT |
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Extremely high frequency is the highest radio frequency band. EHF runs the range of frequencies from 30 to 300 gigahertz, above which electromagnetic radiation is considered to be low (or far) infrared light, also referred to as Terahertz radiation. This band has a wavelength of ten to one millimeter, giving it the ... |
16 April 2007
10:51 GMT |
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Imagine being on a boat, or in a car, in an unfamiliar place, and you're relying on your GPS system to guide you through. Suddenly, it goes blank, and you're lost, because you had the misfortune of not bringing along maps, a compass or a sextant, which you probably wouldn't know how to use, anyway.GPS... |
5 April 2007
03:49 GMT |
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Wi-Ex, the one of the leading providers of consumer cell phone signal boosters, recently announced zBoost zPersonal, the personal zBoost, providing consumers with an affordable solution that captures and amplifies the 800MHz signal or the 1900MHz bands for improved cell phone signal at home, the office or on the go. ... |
26 March 2007
10:46 GMT |
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