Comments on: Which cell phones are the most radioactive?

By: Steve Lampen

Steve Lampen — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:51:22 +0000

One respose talks about these devices (especially Blackberries) interfering with other devices. It is very common for them to interfere with microphones (wired and wireless) and that is because the Blackberries (and similar devices) also product LOW frequency interference which is very difficult to shield against. It is very common, in a boardroom or conference call, for people to put their Blackberries on the table right next to the microphone they will be using. So at least one major microphone manufacturer is working on new designs of boardroom or conference-call microphones to reduce or eliminate this problem. We (Belden) already make microphone cables to reduce/eliminate this effect. They are called “Starquad” microphone cables and we make three different sizes.

By: Tosa Halv

Tosa Halv — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:26:50 +0000

The iPhones were not intentionally left off. They just were not in the top 10 of bottom 10.
For the record … iPhone (0.97 W/kg) and iPhone 3G (1.39 W/kg)

Valerie (author of this article) mentions techrepublic as a souce so I found this on their website.
http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/hiner/?p=2888&tag=content;leftCol

By: Mickey Walker

Mickey Walker — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:31:45 +0000

Well! Now that we have that all cleared up, thanks to the resident expert, this subject, which started out to be a humorous observation, can now be closed. Some poeple take themselves WAY TOO SERIOUS!

By: panzrwagn

panzrwagn — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:20:56 +0000

The headline and copy are very much in error. Cell phones are NOT radioactive. The frequencies at which they operate are 1000 times less than those required to create Alpha, Beta, or Gamma ray ionizing radiation (radioactivity). They do however emit RF radiation an entirely different thing, and that is what is being reported on.

Next time do a little research on the radiation spectrum or take a high school physics class.

Verizon and AT&T use entirely different radio and encoding technologies which may explain the experience of having interference only with some carriers phones. In the case of Verizon, it is CDMA, which is only used in about 8% of cell phones worldwide and is not backwardly compatible with emerging 4G.

By: Tony Bass

Tony Bass — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:14:26 +0000

All the phones with internet access capability from any carrier cause the interference to some degree. I haven’t found any that won’t do it.

By: david

david — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:48:46 +0000

between Verizon Wireless and AT&T, the AT&T phones are the ones that interfere with electronics. The Verizon phones don’t bother any of my equipment. Oh…I have a DJ service and as far as I can tell….only AT&T stuff does this!

By: Mickey Walker

Mickey Walker — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:42:46 +0000

Are we the only people that read this crap???

By: Mickey Walker

Mickey Walker — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:42:08 +0000

Just interviewed with RIM/Blackberry today. I really wanted to bring this subject up but decided to let it slide. Guess I need a job.

By: Richard Tooker

Richard Tooker — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:41:03 +0000

That’s funny. My iPhone creates the same noises from my PC when I lay it too close to the PC on my desktop. I don’t think the iPhone is immume to the problem either if that noise is an indication.

By: Mickey Walker

Mickey Walker — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:09:05 +0000

Are you kidding? This story was paid for by IPhone! For longest time I always wondered why my Blackberry caused feedback on my Desktop every time it updated. Guess I know why now.