> My new Nokia 6010 has an interesting and somewhat annoying habit. If
>> it's anywhere within a 5 foot radius of my PC speakers, I can hear it
>> periodically transmitting something ...
> Now, _why_ this stuff is being picked up on the PC speakers -- that's
> a whole nuther story.
The little song that GSM phones sing seems to be in a low enough frequency range that it's picked up inductively by just about any audio system. My car has a shelf under the radio, and if I put the phone there, the radio picks up the song. Often on conference calls with speakerphones, we have to remind people not to put their GSM phones close to the phone because we'll all hear it singing.
Regards,
John R. Levine, IECC, POB 727, Trumansburg NY 14886 +1 607 330 5711 snipped-for-privacy@iecc.com, Mayor,
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