reception question

[Badhorsie]

ok i've had my 650 for about a month and since the day i came home with it i cant seem to use it inside with out having breakup. before i had the 650 i had a Motorola Razor and it was perfect inside with no external anntena, and the 650 has an external anntena. is this normal or not. by the way i have Cingular.

thanks for the help.

[xdayveedx]

I used to have a Motorola, the V551. Which is just like the razor. But my treo 650 has no problems. I have noticed that the treo doesn't get as good as reception, but i have never had it drop out, or break up, but because the treo doesn't get as good as reception as we like, it just might the the area.

[kabeyun]

Originally Posted by Badhorsie

ok i've had my 650 for about a month and since the day i came home with it i cant seem to use it inside with out having breakup. before i had the 650 i had a Motorola Razor and it was perfect inside with no external anntena, and the 650 has an external anntena. is this normal or not. by the way i have Cingular.

thanks for the help.

Hard to say without knowing where you live versus Cingular's coverage area.
Here's a thread on determining signal strength. There's also an app called SignalMeter, developed by Shadowmite, which tells you your RSSI, a measure of signal strength.

I don't see it up on his site anymore, but it's freeware (non-commercial), to here it is. Good luck.

-K