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Comment Re:This just in... (Score 1) 936

Actually the opposite. This is the result of having educated police officers. Not sure how it works in the US but in Canada, they go through a program in school. Educated police, don't want to dirty their hands too much, or skin their knuckles taking someone down. You don't need to be in good physical shape to push a button.

Comment Cheap antennas and connectors? (Score 1) 615

My first guess would be corrosion or some such, impeading the transmitted signal. If the connection loosens, or becomes corroded the SWR will increase because of the impeadence mis-match. The antenna is no longer ressonant so only a fraction of the full transmit power is actuallay radiated over the air.

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Comment Re:Really? No decent telephony (Score 1, Insightful) 358

Actually I miss my old BB as it was a good phone and gave me email. It may be a smart phone, but it never had the apps that the Google and Apple offerings have.
I haven't used a BB in a couple of years now so I have no idea what they are like now. I will be checking them out though on my next phone purchase as I do not want another Android or Apple phone.

Perhaps age has something to do with it, but I really need the phone functionality to do my job. It seems that every time I need to make a phone call with my Google phone, I have no battery left. They just don't keep a charge for any length of time and woe to you if you actually want to run apps on it. At any point in time, if I take a glance around the office, I will see virtually all of my colleagues at their desks with their phones permanently plugged into an outlet.

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