Blackberry users... Read This..
Link: http://swampland.time.com/2010/10/15/blackberry-keep-our-phones-away-fro...
I have used a BlackBerry every day since the middle of 2005, and like most men, I carry the BlackBerry in my pocket. Never thought twice about it, really. Turns out, I am a moron. I should have read the fine print. Here it is, from the BlackBerry website for my Blackberry 9000 phone:
To maintain compliance with FCC, IC, MIC, and EU RF exposure guidelines when you carry the BlackBerry device on your body, use only accessories equipped with an integrated belt clip that are supplied or approved by Research In Motion (RIM). Use of accessories that are not expressly approved by RIM might violate FCC, IC, and EU RF exposure guidelines and might void any warranty applicable to the BlackBerry device. If you do not use a bodyworn accessory equipped with an integrated belt clip supplied or approved by RIM when you carry the BlackBerry device, keep the BlackBerry device at least 0.98 in. (25 mm) from your body when the BlackBerry device is transmitting. When using any data feature of the BlackBerry device, with or without a USB cable, hold the BlackBerry device at least 0.98 in. (25 mm) from your body. If you use a body-worn accessory not supplied by RIM when you carry the BlackBerry device, verify that the accessory does not contain metal and keep the BlackBerry device at least 0.98 in. (25 mm) from your body when the BlackBerry device is transmitting. To reduce radio frequency (RF) exposure consider these safety guidelines: . . . Use hands-free operation if it is available and keep the BlackBerry device at least 0.98 in. (25 mm) from your body (including the abdomen of pregnant women and the lower abdomen of teenagers) when the BlackBerry device is turned on and connected to the wireless network. [Bolding, mine.]
Now, I guess one could argue that people like me should read the online user manuals in full when they buy a phone. But it also seems that if a phone company is selling you a phone you cannot safely keep within .98 inches of your own body, they maybe should flag it for you before you get to page 17 of the online user manual. (As best I can tell, the “Getting Started Guide” that I got with my AT&T Phone did not contain this warning. Instead, under a section called, “Carry Your Smartphone,” the manual told me to “always put the smartphone in a holster,” without telling me why.)
So let my idiocy be a lesson to you all: Don’t trust your cell phone companies to actively take care of you. Read the fine print. And if you are a BlackBerry user, take it out of your pocket.
Sorry for the late reply.. am not kinda QL addict... anyhow ur curiosity level is too high. lol! i never had any side effects... even i never heard of any.. but it is always good to have some knowledge about things that are affecting us without knowing it... rite...
Always "Prevention is Better than Cure"
Samsung also have similar note in their fine print.
Better use samsung..
Although there is some debate on the topic. The radio frequencies all around you, and various types of radiation. The cell phone is non-ionizing and completely different that something like radiation from a nuclear reactor. Although your thinking might equate the two because fo the word radiation there are no conclusive studies that suggest a cell phone is the cause of any health concern. RIM's lawyers are taking the position to worn people such that if there should ever be a link to cell phone radio frequencies and human health then they are not liable. RIM really is not looking out for you, they are looking out for themselves. No different that most legal small print.
You can look here for more information and happily put your cell phone in your pocket as close to your nether region as you like.
USA FDA report on cell phone study
It's applicable for all phones.
Just out of curiosity Abdurrahman, did you suffer any ill effects from putting your Blackberry in your pocket? I had to ask because my husband and i are both blackberry users and like you, we usually put them in our pockets...
THANKS FOR THE TOPIC, APPRECIATE.
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