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  1. 07-18-2010, 08:32 PM #1
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    Apple engineer warned of antenna issue a year ago.

    http://www.dailytech.com/UPDATE+Engi...ticle19049.htm

    Quote Originally Posted by Dailytech
    Life is tough as an engineer. Last year Ruben Caballero, a senior engineer and antenna expert at Apple, reportedly warned the company's top management, including CEO Steven P. Jobs, that the current production plan was badly flawed. Lacking any insulation, he recognized from experience that the antenna would likely be in for some serious issues.
    Well now you know, it sucks because Apple wanted it to be small.
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    "antenna expert"


    that's what every kid wants to be when they grow up
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    Could have sworn I saw a thread already weeks ago about them being warned of the design? Maybe it was just a comment somewhere..

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    Quote Originally Posted by STEvil View Post
    Could have sworn I saw a thread already weeks ago about them being warned of the design? Maybe it was just a comment somewhere..
    I thought this thread was that thread.
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    Quote Originally Posted by The_Beast View Post
    "antenna expert"


    that's what every kid wants to be when they grow up
    only if they played with building a ham radio as a child.

    The dream of building a way to talk to the stars, etc etc...
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    oh man

    Another thing I find funny is AMD/Intel would snipe any of our Moms on a grocery run if it meant good quarterly results, and you are forever whining about what feser did?
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    Read this somewhere in the Apple press conference thread..
    trying to think of something to put here...
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    actually you dont have to be an antenna expert to see this.


    When i'm being paid i always do my job through.
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    Quote Originally Posted by The_Beast View Post
    "antenna expert"


    that's what every kid wants to be when they grow up
    If it pays why not?
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    jobs deny this news?
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    a monkey in the QA department could haven nailed the flaw.. he just needed to hold the freaking phone..
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    this was brought up before, and in the conference jobs did deny it, but its easy for him to simply say the rumor is wrong if one tiny detail is wrong.

    its fail either way, they are too dumb to see such an obvious issue that anyone should pick up on, or they knew and didnt care, or they let their art department shape it way to late in the development process and didnt allow for any time to test or make changes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by N19h7m4r3 View Post
    Lol when you want to talk out of your ass...
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    Quote Originally Posted by nn_step View Post
    only if they played with building a ham radio as a child.

    The dream of building a way to talk to the stars, etc etc...
    Do kids dream of talking to the stars?

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    If it pays why not?
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    Quote Originally Posted by The_Beast View Post
    Do kids dream of talking to the stars?



    Do kids really take into account pay when dreaming of a future job?
    have you not heard of Star Trek and SETI

    children dream of more things than that exist in the stars...
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    Quote Originally Posted by \/icious View Post
    Lol when you want to talk out of your ass...

    isnt it the prefered apple fanboy way of talking to people????
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    Quote Originally Posted by \/icious View Post
    Lol when you want to talk out of your ass...
    ROFL! +1 lol

    Another thing I find funny is AMD/Intel would snipe any of our Moms on a grocery run if it meant good quarterly results, and you are forever whining about what feser did?
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    Quote Originally Posted by nn_step View Post
    have you not heard of Star Trek and SETI

    children dream of more things than that exist in the stars...
    yes and yes, I have heard of both


    but have children heard of Star Trek and SETI?
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    Quote Originally Posted by The_Beast View Post
    yes and yes, I have heard of both


    but have children heard of Star Trek and SETI?
    They used to, yes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by N19h7m4r3 View Post
    I thought that was the only way to the iphone was ment to be held in order to prevent drop calls.
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    antenna expert is probably just a communications/electronics engineer who happens to work on aerials a lot. Either that or someone without a degree who also works on aerials a lot.
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  25. 07-21-2010, 08:51 AM #25
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    i remember an article about a computer farm a guy used to make patents, one was for antennas, since its actually really complex mixing signal types and trying to optimize for both. so it was one of those programs which creates offspring that are slightly different and tests them out and keeps the good one (programmed evolution). the antenna he built was used for some space ship or satellite. pretty cool stuff
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