Are You Up for Modding Your Cellphone?

TheSmart PDA blog posts about a thread on the SPUG forum where a poster writes on his modifying a PalmOne Treo 650.

This project started because I wanted to built an antenna-less treo or a treo with a shorter antenna. I decided to go for the latter because it will be easier for users to upgrade by just getting an antenna and plug it in. Thus I bought an antenna and started looking at how it was constructed. Thanks to treotricks, I was able to have an idea how the antenna was made. I actually did some rough measurements on the dismantled antenna shown on treotricks website (on the monitor itself!!!) before I gotten the spare antenna and decided there may be a possibility of making it shorter. Finally received the spare antenna in my hands, broke it apart and stared at it for a while ……………………. and I realised how I could make it shorter while still using the same internal components!!

A little sandpaper and black paint did the trick. However, I don’t think the Treo looked any better with the shortened antenna. The mod made the antenna look so stubby. I’d say either keep the longer stub or do away with the external aerial entirely. In the first place, the fact that the Treo’s designers decided to keep the antenna external probably means that you should keep it that way.

At any rate, the mod apparently doesn’t touch the actual antenna elements so signal quality should be the same. If you’re interested in getting yourself one without the hassles and headaches of actually doing the mod, you can still order thru the forum. The stubs are for sale for S$50 each (about US$ 31.50).

[via CellPhone9]

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