Matthew Fries wrote...

>Alright, I have been seeing so many commercials about this thing and =
have
>wondered how it could possibly work.
>
>In case you have not heard of it, the "internal antenna" looks to be a
>thin piece of gold foil...

[snip]

>Is this in fact just a bunch of hooey, or does it have any credability =
as
>a valid device?
>
>What do you think?

I think it works (for the seller) as follows:

1.  Gullible customer forks over $29.95 or whatever for one of
    these things and slaps it onto his cellphone;

2.  Customer doesn't notice any improvement, and begins to feel
    sheepish for having been a dolt;

3a. Customer continues watching those advertisements, seeing that
    ditzey blonde frown and shake her head at one cell phone (the
    one that's not ringing) and then smile at the other cell phone
    (the one with the "internal antenna", which is ringing), and
    begins to wonder if he installed the device wrong; or

3b. Customer doesn't want to feel like a dumb rube, so he begins to
    imagine that the device is actually doing something for his
    reception; and finally,

4.  By the time enough people get around to filing consumer fraud
    complaints with the authorities, the principals have fled to
    the Bahamas.

Not sure, and I may be completely wrong, but I think that's how the
"internal antenna" works.

Dave

--
http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different
ways.  See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.