Samsung patents combo phone antenna / USB charger
The crafty engineers at Samsung haven't given up on their lil' stubs -- the company has just received a patent for integrating a USB or FireWire plug into a stick-out antenna, allowing you to charge or sync your phone with ease. We don't know what Sammy is planning to do with this, but that illustration is giving us hope that it's about to release a new take on one of our all-time faves, the Ericsson T39m.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Anthony @ Jun 15th 2007 8:08PM
I'm so glad someone's returning to the good old days of external antennas.
Now Samsung- could you do me another favor? How about 1 hr talk times, 12 hr standby & phones as big as a shoe? That would really be great.
Jonathan @ Jun 16th 2007 3:53PM
Um, first, antennas are ugly.
Second, how the hell is that usb plug going to support the phone? How is this practical?
My usb ports are on my monitor's side. Will the usb support the phone in midair like I would need?
My other usb ports are behind a usb adapter, so the phone wouldn't fit behind it. Or, theres that one on the back of my computer, but it wouldn't really fit there, either.
What the f?
Jackson @ Jun 16th 2007 6:45PM
Its pratical because you don't have to carry around a cable, wait for the slow speeds of bluetooth, charge the phone, easy acess to the phones memory so you can put stuff on it
Stop whinging about where your USB plugs are. Get a Mac there is a lovely USB port on the back of the keyboard.