The Cell Phone Junkie Show #115

The Cell Phone Junkie Show #115 1:08:45
Show Notes
Lots of Sprint news, more 3G announcements from T-Mobile and the
iPhone gets a software update.

Palm Centro

Cell Ranger Thoughts

News
Sprint Nextel still struggling
Hesse says he wanted to lose customers
Sprint caps data starting in 30 days
Sprint in talks to sell iDEN network
T-Mobile Q2 numbers
AT&T boosts intenational coverage, new data plans
Verizon follows
FCC clears VZW acquisition of Rual Cellular
AT&T/iPhone comes to Vermont
VZW rolls out Rev A. PTT service
T-Mobile launches 3G in Las Vegas
Excuses for poor driving, texting?
Air traffic controller uses SMS to guide in plane

Devices
Best Buy getting Touch Diamond soon?
More CDMA Touch Diamond details
Touch Diamond sales to hit 1 million this month
Diamond available in Canada on 8/14 via Telus (CDMA)
Bell Mobility getting first CDMA Touch Dual
Blackberry Bold now available in Chile
Blackberry Thunder 9530 on Verizon October 13th
Nokia E71 on buy.com
Nokia E71 suffering from RF issues
E71 no issues with RF
iPhone production up to 800,000 per week
Motorola Alexander
Sidekick Slide outed from T-Mobile’s lineup

Software
iPhone firmware update 2.0.1
2.0.1 on iPhone 3G un-unlockable
PDA Net for Palm OS updated
HTC Touch Rom upgrade for Bell Mobility customers
T-Mobile App store coming soon

Questions/Comments
Comment from Liban
Comment from Thomas
Comment from Harry
Question from Ralph

Crazy Sri Lanka law

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Cell Ranger Thoughts

After 3 days of testing with the Cell Ranger at my office, I am going to have to send it back.  As you’ll see in this video, I am still having problems with the iPhone getting a signal in my office.  The problem seems to be that even though the Cell Ranger is boosting the bars of my phone, the signal is not good enough to carry a call.

Also, not really shown in this video is the fact that the Cell Ranger only provides about 1 foot for me of signal boosting coverage.  If I hold the phone up to my head, (2-3 feet from where it plugs in) the signal goes down to 1 bar.

This is not to say the the Cell Ranger woldn’t work for someone else, it’s just not working for me in my particular situation.  Your mileage may vary.