Vineel Shah wrote:
> Do you know why the Palm VII has that long antenna? Other devices using the
> same technology and network have smaller, fixed antennae. It would be
> interesting to find out.
The antenna in a "swing out" style is there for two reasons as I have been told. The
first is that an antenna sticking out without
any other metal around it gets better reception. It also functions as a switch to
turn the radio on. Overall, this extends
battery life since there is a significance to the appearance and feel when the radio
is turned on to make the user more aware that
the device is on the network.
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