Cellphones are dangerous/not dangerous, hospital edition redux

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motoman @ Sep 7th 2007 6:20AM

Why doesn't anyone realize it's the GSM/TDMA/IDEN phones that do this?

It's not CDMA!!!!!

WAKE UP!!

How come now one ever reports that?

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I think you're right about this. I just cancelled my Sprint PCS phone, good riddings btw, but I never had the issues I had with an older iDen phone from Nextel. The same stuff has resurfaced with my GSM iPhone. I was at the hospital getting tests done and had to move my phone because it was interfering with the older computer equipment. I also notice it interferes with my car stereo like my old Nextel phone did. So, you're right more than likely.

BUT, Engadget brings up a good point of what does "affected" mean. So, while it may cause that funny noise on speakers, it may not kill Aunt Nellie when she's in the hospital.

Oh, and even if my iPhone makes noises over other speakers, I don't really care because it's about 1,000 times better in performance than my Spring PCS Samsung A900 that dropped calls like a certain Senator dropping toilet paper.

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robert @ Sep 7th 2007 12:17PM

maybe because its from the BBC? which means it comes from the UK where CDMA doesnt exist (except as the 3G part of gsm phones)

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stearic @ Sep 8th 2007 7:13PM

Even if it's the bbc doing the article, it was dutch people doing the testing. It's tests like this that screw people over because it's a test that involves half the field (well atleast here in the us) and then makes a bold broad statement that it's all cellphones when it's clearly not.

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