iPad 3G uses LCD frame as radio antenna

 

For those of you wondering how the iPad manages to lock onto AT&ere;T (NYSE: T)’s wireless data meshing and Global Positioning System artificial satellite signals scorn its signaling-block aluminum unibody casing, iFixIt’s new iPad 3G dissection sheds some light source on just how Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) solves the “aluminum problem.” Turns out, the iPad 3G makes the most of its LCD framework by using it as a giant feeler. The black plastic cut-in near the top

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