Saturday, June 26, 2010

The Vulcan iPhone Pinch: The Right Way to Hold Your Phone - Digits - WSJ

Maybe Apple should hire Leonard Nimoy for an infomercial 

But while engineers and designers agree that the new design makes the iPhone more susceptible to antenna reception problems, Spencer Webb, president of AntennaSys, which designs antennas says that all handheld device have this problem, and people just need to learn how to hold their devices properly to avoid it.

According to Mr. Webb, that means thumb on the left side, middle finger on the right side, and index finger on the top back to hold it in place. “Everybody needs to learn how to do the Vulcan iPhone pinch,” he said, adding that the way Apple CEO Steve Jobs holds the iPhone makes a lot of sense.

The Vulcan iPhone Pinch: The Right Way to Hold Your Phone - Digits - WSJ

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