Comments on: Quick Look: Pong iPhone Radiation-Reducing Case

By: GPS Tracking System

GPS Tracking System — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 07:11:34 +0000

As a person who literally carries his iphone with him nearly every minute of the waking day, I have serious concerns over the potential radiation released from my smart phone. It seems like a good investment to me

By: SpiceRak2

SpiceRak2 — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 07:03:41 +0000

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/cellphones

By: Bent24

Bent24 — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:39:50 +0000

@ Daryl

And you must be the dark prince himself to predict something like that!!! (wink) this product...Pure trash. Those worried about brain cancer don't carry cell phones at all. And if they do then there not worried about getting it from the cell phones. Stop worry in life and start living it.... without this ugly case.

By: Daryl

Daryl — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:08:19 +0000

Shame on all you nonbelievers and naysayers. You will all get head cancer!

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:35:22 +0000

Shame on this otherwise good blog or feeding into the garbage hype and antiscience notion of cell phone radiation.

1) Cellphone signals are in the microwave range, and are not high enough frequency to alter DNA

2) The amount of power in a cell battery is not high power enough to generate appreciable heat in the brain.

3) Save the $60 and read up on why it is not even physically possible for cell phone transmitters to cause cancer....you'll be $60 richer and will have actually learned something.

By: Bong

Bong — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:42:04 +0000

@icebike – yep, totally agree.

By: icebike

icebike — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:07:49 +0000

@Bong

This device does not contain a printed circuit board. Infact is has no active component at all. It seems nothing more than a glued in "antenna booster".

So...

Junk Science = Scam Product IMHO.

By: GeeOh

GeeOh — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:56:19 +0000

PCB=Pussies Can Buy

By: Bong

Bong — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:07:55 +0000

@Rhizome – that only makes sense if the signal is being reflected away from the head, i.e. something reflective is placed between the transmitter and the head, which is not happening here.

@Icebike – PCB stands for Printed Circuit Board – at least in common usage. Virtually every electronic device uses a PCB. It’s the platform for chips, resistors, connections, etc.

By: Rhizome

Rhizome — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:43:19 +0000

I checked out the Test data and it looks legit – Cetecom is the number one lab in the country. Also the scientist behind this product is a very distinguished guy – doesn’t look like he would put his name on something bogus. The correlation between reducing SAR and increasing TRP (signal strength) makes sense if the radiation that was absorbed by the head is redeployed for communications.

By: Icebike

Icebike — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:44:29 +0000

PCB stands for what? Poly chloral biphenal? Pretty colored back?

If it reduced radiation it would reduce range.

If it merely redirected radiation out the back it would make the phone directional, you'd get a better signal standing sideways to the cell tower.

When cell towers sense that your signal is weak they boost their signal and send the phone a command to do likewise. Translation: More radiation. More battery waste.

Even if it worked as advertised, there no proof that cellphone radiation is harmful.

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:37:46 +0000

oh and a possibly cheaper solution would be a bluetooth headset, no? plus you get to keep your nice snazzy case

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:35:46 +0000

$60.00? ill stick with cancer..

By: Tyson

Tyson — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:19:30 +0000

Pfft. This case is for pussies.

By: Bong

Bong — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:08:59 +0000

This is enormously suspicious. I'm no RF expert, but nothing in my EE background would lead me to believe that you can "draw" a RF signal away from something. Especially not with few strips of copper and gold.

I'm going to put this in the "waste of money/infomercial tech" category.

By: Will Maitner

Will Maitner — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:23:48 +0000

I have to wonder if the gold pcb acts as an external antenna. And if it does, maybe they should do a battery case to alleviate some of the 3GS’ battery issues. Then the gold pcb can wrap around the battery and not loose any signal, maybe even boost it. Unlike my Incase battery case, which kills my cell signal.