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"Internal Antenna" for your cell phone

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Old Nov 25, 2001 | 11:05 AM
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I saw a commercial selling those. Does that really work? Anybody have that?
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Old Nov 25, 2001 | 11:16 AM
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I heard it is crap.
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Old Nov 26, 2001 | 05:36 AM
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Just buy a Nokia. They come with them.
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Old Nov 26, 2001 | 06:19 AM
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They don't work that well....if you could get it for less than $10.00 then get...if not....not worth the extra.
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Old Nov 26, 2001 | 01:55 PM
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I have pretty crappy reception at my house and was wondering if these things worked too. Sounds too good to be true to really work.
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Old Nov 26, 2001 | 07:52 PM
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I wish it worked. My reception sucks.
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Old Nov 26, 2001 | 08:19 PM
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A brilliant product from a marketing prospective!
No one thinks that their cell phone has good enough reception.

And everyone is willing to pay like 5 bucks (or 10) to try something.

Costs like maybe a buck to produce and package.

When it doesn't work (suprise!) people just throw them away - no one would bother returning something that cost them so little - not worth the time or effort.
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Old Nov 27, 2001 | 05:13 AM
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The local tv news did a report on these on their "Does It Work" segement. And guess what? It did NOT work. They tried the Internal Intenna on two different cell phones and the signal reception did not change one bit after they put on this antenna. So, don't waste your $$$$.
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Old Nov 27, 2001 | 11:38 AM
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I can't believe they're allowed to sell that crap.
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Old Nov 27, 2001 | 12:09 PM
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that sux...i was considering purchasing one cause i have crappy reception around my neighborhood but if this doesn't help how can they continue to sell it.
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