Unoffical empeg BBS

Quick Links: Empeg FAQ | RioCar.Org | Hijack | BigDisk Builder | jEmplode | emphatic
Repairs: Repairs

Topic Options
#48022 - 26/11/2001 19:56 cellphone antenna booster
borislav
addict

Registered: 30/04/2000
Posts: 420
Loc: Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Hi,

I recently got a new cell phone on eBay and the seller threw in a free antenna booster. It's a little sticker with some metal traces on it that you are supposed to put between the battery and the phone and it's supposed to improve reception. Anybody know if these things actually work? It seems to me that if something so simple had measurable effect, the phone manufacturer would have built it in.

Thanks,
Borislav

Top
#48023 - 26/11/2001 19:59 Re: cellphone antenna booster [Re: borislav]
tfabris
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31563
Loc: Seattle, WA
You are correct. The so-called antenna booster is nothing more than a sticker.

Some people will do anything for a buck. What's worse is that some people will actually pay money for these things.
_________________________
Tony Fabris

Top
#48024 - 27/11/2001 07:17 Re: cellphone antenna booster [Re: borislav]
robricc
carpal tunnel

Registered: 30/10/2000
Posts: 4931
Loc: New Jersey, USA
I definitely agree with Tony. These things are a tax on people who don't understand physics.
_________________________
-Rob Riccardelli
80GB 16MB MK2 090000736

Top
#48025 - 27/11/2001 12:32 Re: cellphone antenna booster [Re: borislav]
eternalsun
Pooh-Bah

Registered: 09/09/1999
Posts: 1721
Loc: San Jose, CA
Perhaps those things work for analog phones?

Calvin

Top