The Telecom Digest for July 18, 2010
Volume 29 : Issue 194 : "text" Format
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Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:17:41 -0700
From: Sam Spade <sam@coldmail.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: The iPhone 4 Redux: Analyzing Apple's iOS 4.0.1 Signal Fix & Antenna Issue
Message-ID: <wuKdneRa6b4omdzRnZ2dnUVZ_sudnZ2d@giganews.com>
Monty Solomon wrote:
> The iPhone 4 Redux: Analyzing Apple's iOS 4.0.1 Signal Fix & Antenna Issue
>
> by Brian Klug & Anand Lal Shimpi on 7/15/2010 12:28:00 PM
>
> In case you haven't noticed, the iPhone 4's antenna design has come
> under considerable scrutiny. In our iPhone 4 review, we investigated
> the iPhone 4 antenna and came to two conclusions. First, that iOS 4
> was displaying signal bars in an overly optimistic manner,
> compressing the dynamic range of possible signal bars users can see.
> Second, we identified a worst case signal drop of around 24 dBm when
> the iPhone 4 is cupped tightly in the left hand, covering the black
> strip and possibly detuning the antennas and adding additional
> attenuation from the presence of the hand.
>
> Since those initial measurements, we've been working tirelessly to
> both characterize the problem, fully understand the mechanisms behind
> it, and report on a number of possible solutions.
>
> ...
>
> http://www.anandtech.com/show/3821/iphone-4-redux-analyzing-apples-ios-41-signal-fix
>
Thanks to Job's panic, I got sucked in today to a one-hour update to my
old 3G iPhone. It didn't let me know that until I was trapped.
I am not an Apple fan, even less so now.
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 10:07:03 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Apple July 16 Press Conference video
Message-ID: <p06240800c866f0a98e9e@[10.0.1.3]>
http://www.apple.com/apple-events/july-2010/
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 10:30:41 +1000
From: David Clayton <dcstar@myrealbox.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Apple July 16 Press Conference video
Message-ID: <pan.2010.07.18.00.30.38.25641@myrealbox.com>
On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 10:07:03 -0400, Monty Solomon wrote:
>
> http://www.apple.com/apple-events/july-2010/
Is it just me, or is it a bit bizarre that all this hoo-haa over a little
piece of technology is happening?
I'm almost surprised that people use these things for voice calls any
more, I thought that they were basically sold on all the other things
apart from such old-fashioned use?
--
Regards, David.
David Clayton
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Knowledge is a measure of how many answers you have, intelligence is a
measure of how many questions you have.
***** Moderator's Note *****
"Old fashioned"? "OLD FASHIONED"??
David, you just made my day. Cell calls are now "old fashioned".
I can tell you how an SD 96251 works! Given a spark coil and a
doorbell buzzer, I can make a transmitter that will blank out AM
radios for hundreds of feet! I listened to "Pancho and Lefty" when
Eric von Schmidt was singing it!
I know the MORSE CODE, Dave!
Bill "Moldy Oldy" Horne
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