Comments on: Verizon’s RAZR V3m Radiation Levels Were Altered, Increased http://www.phonenews.com/verizons-razr-v3m-radiation-levels-were-altered-un-altered-3754/ Providing complete coverage of the wireless industry, cell phone news, and future 4G technologies. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:12:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Going Cellular » Mobile Notes: MMS leaks, Radiation, Bluetooth mirror, iPhone supplyhttp://www.phonenews.com/verizons-razr-v3m-radiation-levels-were-altered-un-altered-3754/#comment-17144 Going Cellular » Mobile Notes: MMS leaks, Radiation, Bluetooth mirror, iPhone supply Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:02:14 +0000 http://www.phonenews.com/?p=3754#comment-17144 [...] at a radiation risk. According to PhoneNews.com, RAZRs with firmware versions 01.19.07 and 01.19.05 bump radiation levels past FCC standards. It is recommended that anyone who has bought a RAZR take it to a Verizon corporate store for a [...] [...] at a radiation risk. According to PhoneNews.com, RAZRs with firmware versions 01.19.07 and 01.19.05 bump radiation levels past FCC standards. It is recommended that anyone who has bought a RAZR take it to a Verizon corporate store for a [...]

]]> By: Christopher Pricehttp://www.phonenews.com/verizons-razr-v3m-radiation-levels-were-altered-un-altered-3754/#comment-17036 Christopher Price Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:11:22 +0000 http://www.phonenews.com/?p=3754#comment-17036 Someone needs to switch to decaf. Someone needs to switch to decaf.

]]> By: burton1976http://www.phonenews.com/verizons-razr-v3m-radiation-levels-were-altered-un-altered-3754/#comment-17033 burton1976 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:49:16 +0000 http://www.phonenews.com/?p=3754#comment-17033 Hey Chris, first off this is not a fanboy defense - however, in the interest of good "journalism" (which you or your site obviously know nothing about), would you please remove the graphic of the Sprint RAZR in your post and replace it with a Verizon RAZR. To the untrained eye - or the simple conspiracy theorist (both of which many of your readers have exhibited signs of), a gaffe like that could land Sprint in the same bed as Verizon when it comes to these abnormal radiation levels...and there have been no signs pointing to Sprint as having that problem. Do you want to have your readers think something that is not true? It would be irresponsible for your site to keep the graphic up. Might I suggest a Verizon logo? A Motorola logo? Both would be better than something that has nothing to do with the story. Secondly, you must have won a high school newspaper contest for headline writing, or someone told you that you were good at it (which you're not). The problem is that this headline reads like National Enquirer, not New York Times. When the headline says that levels were "altered, increased", you allow the reader to assume that someone tweaked them - as a sinister move. (and not good for web hysteria) But in reality it was obviously a bug in the software that allowed radiation leakage all the way to the still acceptable (though higher) FCC limits. The headline, in the interest of good journalism should read something like this: Verizon's RAZR V3 Firmware Has A Bug, Radiation Pushing Acceptable Limits Just my 2 cents... Hey Chris, first off this is not a fanboy defense – however, in the interest of good “journalism” (which you or your site obviously know nothing about), would you please remove the graphic of the Sprint RAZR in your post and replace it with a Verizon RAZR. To the untrained eye – or the simple conspiracy theorist (both of which many of your readers have exhibited signs of), a gaffe like that could land Sprint in the same bed as Verizon when it comes to these abnormal radiation levels…and there have been no signs pointing to Sprint as having that problem. Do you want to have your readers think something that is not true? It would be irresponsible for your site to keep the graphic up. Might I suggest a Verizon logo? A Motorola logo? Both would be better than something that has nothing to do with the story.

Secondly, you must have won a high school newspaper contest for headline writing, or someone told you that you were good at it (which you’re not). The problem is that this headline reads like National Enquirer, not New York Times. When the headline says that levels were “altered, increased”, you allow the reader to assume that someone tweaked them – as a sinister move. (and not good for web hysteria) But in reality it was obviously a bug in the software that allowed radiation leakage all the way to the still acceptable (though higher) FCC limits. The headline, in the interest of good journalism should read something like this:

Verizon’s RAZR V3 Firmware Has A Bug, Radiation Pushing Acceptable Limits

Just my 2 cents…

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