“Keep any phone a certain way will reduce its receipt of a bar or more,” says Apple.

It’s true, says Richard Gaywood, who holds a doctorate in array antennas. The manufacturers have abandoned the external antenna. Hold the phone, especially in the area covering the internal antenna, thus affects the reception. According to tests the site Anandtech, that of the iPhone 3G loses up (by being held firmly) 14.3 against 17.7 dB and 24.6 at Nexus One to iPhone 4.

The bars do not mean much

The famous “How did you bar” is not scientific. There is, in fact, no international system. Each manufacturer is free to do his own cooking. Clearly, four bars in one may be better than five in the other. What matters is the strength of the signal attenuation in decibels (milliwatts and its variants, in dBm). Warning, it is not linear but logarithmic. This means that a “small” difference of 10 dBm results in a factor of 10 signal attenuation (and 20 dBm, or 2 nice, a factor 10 ² = 100).

Poor form Apple

Apple said they used the same formula since the first generation iPhone (some were speculating on a change with the iPhone 4 to “hide” artificially low quality network operator AT & T). Below, the graph produced by Richard Gaywood with measures of Anandtech. Com.

We see that the area corresponding to five bars is very broad: from -50 dBm (the best signal) to -91 dBm. This means that a user located near an antenna relay, the high end, five bars to rest, even with a grip and a loss of 20 dBm. However, for those in the lower range (or worse, already four bars), lose 20 dBm took him directly to a bar (a “drop in audio quality” in the case of the iPhone 4, according Anandtech) or even lose the signal. Translation: it cuts.

The real problem

All phones are so sensitive to touch. Some more than others. Except in the case of the four iPhone, things improved greatly when it is kept covered with a sheath-bumper protection. It loses more than 7.2 dBm. It is even better than the Nexus One (7.7), but less so than 3G (3.2). Clearly, with or without case, it should not be any major difference. According to Richard Gaywood (and other experts), this is the sign of a “design flaw” of the iPhone 4 in which the outer metal frame acts as an additional external antenna. It consists of two parts (top photo article). Touch the black terminal, bottom left, seems to create interference … Disappear with the isolation of a plastic (or tape and nail polish, a solution adopted by some hobbyists).

The reception of the iPhone 4 Is it better than the 3G?

Yes, according to Anandtech. “The performance is much better with the iPhone 4 in case of weak signal. I have spent many calls in areas where it was not possible with 3G, “relates the site. In sum, the new design improves the reception … A condition of accepting a case using several tens of dollars not really aesthetic. The software update from Apple will not change the problem: the famous “bar” will be just a little more representative of the state of the network. We are back to square one: do not cover the left corner of his iPhone, protected by a shell, or return it to the Apple store within 30 days of purchase for a full refund. “I expect my case free,” laughs Richard Gaywood. A gesture at this juncture by Apple.

Today that the students will provide their results to BAC 2010. Two main ways to find them and whether possibly some oral is required, go to the exam center and see the billboards or simply move to a Web consultation.

On the website of the Ministry of National Education, the results will be posted during the day based academies. A publication has become traditional, but this year can deal with disturbances. It is not in fact said that the rise in results to the ministry’s website to be highly fluid.

A strike affects the computer of Education. Following the call of four unions, the movement might be well followed. A wave of protests against including job cuts and a reorganization under the general revision of public policies with the outsourcing of certain services.

The strike will last until this evening and will also affect the results published in various media. The only certainty is that the billboards of yesteryear will be quite the appointment.

But the Elysée is much more circumspect when it comes to defending his Labour Minister, Eric Woerth, weakened in recent weeks for suspected links with Bettencourt. Claire T. also states that 150,000 euros in cash to finance the presidential campaign of Nicolas Sarkozy in 2007 were awarded to Eric Woerth as treasurer of the UMP. “It seems unfounded but it must do with the campaign treasurer,” he said. A start dropping?

“All this is true,” replied the office of Minister of Labour a little later in the morning. “The financing of the presidential campaign and that of the UMP are always made in strict compliance with rules regarding funding of political life,” the source said the Ministry of Labour.

Several leaders of the majority – Cope on France 2 or Raffarin on Europe 1, called the President to speak. “Nicolas Sarkozy is considering an intervention,” said a close to the Elysee Palace, acknowledging that “there is now brushing against a regime crisis.

Therefore , Damon Evans refused a breathalyzer test so he had to face the situation.

As a result of his problem, , at a press conference Damon Evans apologized directly to his spouse, Kerri, whom he respected an loved.

The new look of Wonder Woman is the following : dark leggings, a studded denim jacket and heeled boots , a style very close to Lisbeth Salander. The new costume was created by the  artist Jim Lee, who replaced the the red-white-and-blue themed bustier and knee-length boots , making  Wonder Woman  youthful and alike to the Amazonian Princess.

Her new look is a lot more appropriate to the 21st Century woman.

But Albie Manzo is an ambitious person and with the help of his mother he will mange to succeed  and get over his learning disability. He is an ambitious person and I am sure he can do it!

The head of the Directorate General of Civil Protection in Guatemala, Jorge Melendez, said that for the second day maintains a yellow alert, the second of four stages, which advises people in high risk areas, AP quoted.

Belize apparently avoided major damage. Emergency Management Coordinator Noreen Fairweather said on national radio that there were no reports of casualties or injuries. Those who were taken to shelters in the storm were returning to their homes.

Taking power

Although he had been demoted, Alex again became a tropical storm last night and it is estimated it could regain strength in the coming days once it reaches the Gulf of Mexico, where warm waters could increase their strength until it becomes a hurricane.

The National Hurricane Center in Miami said the vortex was Alex yesterday 135 miles south of Campeche, Mexico with maximum sustained winds of 55 kph.

According to latest projections, Alex will make landfall by mid-week on the Mexican coast of the Gulf of Mexico, well southwest of the region where a huge oil spill continues to cast oil to the U.S. coast.

Protecting ports

Mexico shut two of its major oil ports in the Gulf: Dos Bocas and Cayo Arcas, by bad weather caused by Alex. Through these ports the country shipped 97% of its oil exports, mainly to the United States.

The state oil monopoly Pemex maintained normal operations at facilities in the Campeche Sound in the southern Gulf, but remained on alert due to the proximity of the cyclone, said a company spokesman. However, Shell Oil began last Saturday to evacuate nonessential workers from its production and drilling platforms in the Gulf as a precaution before the storm.

The Atlantic hurricane season runs from 1 June to 30 November and forecasters predict that this year will be very active.

In turn, the Pacific, Celia went from being a Category 3 hurricane to a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 85 kph, the hurricane center said.

Darby, who was also a strong hurricane, weakened to a tropical storm, causing heavy rains in Zihuatanejo, Mexico.

King Juan Carlos identified the victims of terrorism as a “symbol of democracy,” Efe reported.

The Congress decided that from now on June 27 will mark the Day of Victims of Terrorism, coinciding with the 1960 bombing that killed the girl of 22 months, Begoña Urroz, San Sebastian and recent research attributed ETA.

In 50 years of murder, the terrorist group has killed more than 800 people and last victim was the French policeman Jean-Serge Nerin, killed in a shootout with members of ETA on March 16.

ETA has killed soldiers, civil guards, police, politicians, judges and hundreds of ordinary people in a terrorist spiral, half a century later and in full democracy, is still ongoing.

In the floor of Congress included a broad representation of deputies and senators from all political groups: the Spanish Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega, six ministers and senior administrators and representatives of the victims.

The president of the Chamber of Deputies, José Bono, gave a very combative speech of gratitude to the victims by their example and not to invoke “the law of retaliation.”

Fortunately it appears to be no damage or injuries in that area. It was like a scary scene  for a few seconds. Lucky of those who  were in that area .