According to the video above, holding your phone in the wrong manner can dramatically drop reception — a similar charge as to that aimed at Apple over the "antennagate" brouhaha. While the issue doesn't seem to be identical — the iPhone lost its signal through attenuation from bridging a gap between two antennae, and this seems to be from covering an antenna too much — it does … [Read more...]
Dell Responds To Venue Pro Wi-Fi Issues
Dell Venue Pro users are having issues connecting to protected Wi-Fi networks, and Dell has done some research and found the cause: We have confirmed that the Wi-Fi connectivity issue that was reported in blogs like Boy Genius Reportand Ubergizmo resulted from a software glitch during Dell's manufacturing process. The issue affected some of our initial phone shipments and was … [Read more...]
Dell Venue Pro, Others Experiencing WiFi Issues

According to several reader reports at BGR, Dell Venue Pro users are experiencing trouble connecting to a protected WiFi network. This issue might also be affecting HTC HD7 owners. Reader submissions complain they receive a message stating "your phone couldn't reach the Wi-Fi network". No reports from Samsung Focus owners, myself included. How about you? Having trouble … [Read more...]