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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Quickertek antenna promises to boost Time Capsule's range]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/17/quickertek-antenna-promises-to-boost-time-capsules-range/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/17/quickertek-antenna-promises-to-boost-time-capsules-range/</guid><description><![CDATA[That has got to be one of the shadiest sounding names in the business. Especially with the spelling of "tek" thrown in there.<br><br>So is its range that bad out of the box that it would need a $130 antenna?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Allan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 17th 2008 1:11PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Quickertek antenna promises to boost Time Capsule's range]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/17/quickertek-antenna-promises-to-boost-time-capsules-range/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/17/quickertek-antenna-promises-to-boost-time-capsules-range/</guid><description><![CDATA[Good god that wiring is hideous.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[happy_penguin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 17th 2008 1:11PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Quickertek antenna promises to boost Time Capsule's range]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/17/quickertek-antenna-promises-to-boost-time-capsules-range/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/17/quickertek-antenna-promises-to-boost-time-capsules-range/</guid><description><![CDATA[I have this patented guys. We'll see how far they can get with this one... I just can't believe they took my idea.<br><br><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/myntee/Engadget/photo#5178884033114553458" rel="nofollow">http://picasaweb.google.com/myntee/Engadget/photo#5178884033114553458</a><br><br>Check the reference.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[myntee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 21st 2008 7:55AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Quickertek antenna promises to boost Time Capsule's range]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/17/quickertek-antenna-promises-to-boost-time-capsules-range/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/17/quickertek-antenna-promises-to-boost-time-capsules-range/</guid><description><![CDATA[Not such a great deal, thats the same antenna I got with a $15 Airlink MIMO card.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian f]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 17th 2008 1:15PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Quickertek antenna promises to boost Time Capsule's range]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/17/quickertek-antenna-promises-to-boost-time-capsules-range/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/17/quickertek-antenna-promises-to-boost-time-capsules-range/</guid><description><![CDATA[So not only is the FAKE "server grade" harddrive Apple promised a  Hitachi "dektop grade" - "deskstar"  harddrive  (rather than the true server grade "ultrastar"...<br><br>...the damn thing has pitiful wifi  abilities too...<br><br><br>I will never ever purchase an Apple product.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Flashpoint]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 17th 2008 1:15PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Quickertek antenna promises to boost Time Capsule's range]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/17/quickertek-antenna-promises-to-boost-time-capsules-range/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/17/quickertek-antenna-promises-to-boost-time-capsules-range/</guid><description><![CDATA[Ah, another Flashpoint anti-Apple rant.  You're way beyond a hater, dude.  You have serious issues to manage to summon up such venom over a base station.  But hey, at least it's inanimate objects you're after...if it were people I'd fear we had a budding genocidal dictator in our midst.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[DT]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 17th 2008 1:26PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Quickertek antenna promises to boost Time Capsule's range]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/17/quickertek-antenna-promises-to-boost-time-capsules-range/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/17/quickertek-antenna-promises-to-boost-time-capsules-range/</guid><description><![CDATA[Yes, you hate Apple, we get it. You do realize that by responding to every single even vaguely Apple-related article on Engadget, all you're doing is upping the comment count, thus indicating popularity, thus causing Engadget to run more Apple-related articles?<br><br>Also, have you actually tried using Time Capsule (he asked knowingly?) Yes, I know you haven't. So why are you suggesting it has "pitiful wifi abilities?" Can you prove that? Please prove it, then come back and talk.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zak]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 17th 2008 1:26PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Quickertek antenna promises to boost Time Capsule's range]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/17/quickertek-antenna-promises-to-boost-time-capsules-range/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/17/quickertek-antenna-promises-to-boost-time-capsules-range/</guid><description><![CDATA[Hard drive = mass magnetic field. Not good for WiFi. Need external antennas.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[David]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 17th 2008 1:44PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Quickertek antenna promises to boost Time Capsule's range]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/17/quickertek-antenna-promises-to-boost-time-capsules-range/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/17/quickertek-antenna-promises-to-boost-time-capsules-range/</guid><description><![CDATA[Ihave leopard on my workstation and I have tried using Time Capsule but as you know it requires a storage drive to be used. I've used it in theserver room]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Flashpoint]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 17th 2008 2:00PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Quickertek antenna promises to boost Time Capsule's range]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/17/quickertek-antenna-promises-to-boost-time-capsules-range/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/17/quickertek-antenna-promises-to-boost-time-capsules-range/</guid><description><![CDATA[why spend $130 on some sketchy ugly antenna when you can spend $99 on an airport express and get more range, more functionality and it'll be prettier?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[jeffmc]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 17th 2008 1:18PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Quickertek antenna promises to boost Time Capsule's range]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/17/quickertek-antenna-promises-to-boost-time-capsules-range/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/17/quickertek-antenna-promises-to-boost-time-capsules-range/</guid><description><![CDATA[That is a very, very good point. You can use an Airport Express as a wireless network extender, and it has more functionality than an antenna, in addition to being cheaper.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zak]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 17th 2008 1:29PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Quickertek antenna promises to boost Time Capsule's range]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/17/quickertek-antenna-promises-to-boost-time-capsules-range/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/17/quickertek-antenna-promises-to-boost-time-capsules-range/</guid><description><![CDATA[Why even stop at that, get one of those linksys WRT54G's for 50$ and set it up with some custom firmware to make a network extender.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[XGM]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 17th 2008 5:09PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Quickertek antenna promises to boost Time Capsule's range]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/17/quickertek-antenna-promises-to-boost-time-capsules-range/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/17/quickertek-antenna-promises-to-boost-time-capsules-range/</guid><description><![CDATA[@Len<br><br>Go with a WRT54G and nix gigabit ports, 802.11n and integrated hard drive?<br><br>No thanks ...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 17th 2008 11:13PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Quickertek antenna promises to boost Time Capsule's range]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/17/quickertek-antenna-promises-to-boost-time-capsules-range/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/17/quickertek-antenna-promises-to-boost-time-capsules-range/</guid><description><![CDATA[Jeez what a lame setup.<br><br>They even left a grommet on it and fed the wiring through the keylock! <br><br>That's just sad. At least make an easy to connect design that seals the keylock hole, to make it look at least like it should be there.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[blueeyesm]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 17th 2008 1:33PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Quickertek antenna promises to boost Time Capsule's range]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/17/quickertek-antenna-promises-to-boost-time-capsules-range/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/17/quickertek-antenna-promises-to-boost-time-capsules-range/</guid><description><![CDATA[Er. Too expensive. Rather get better linksys 600 router + external hdd.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[David]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 17th 2008 1:45PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Quickertek antenna promises to boost Time Capsule's range]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/17/quickertek-antenna-promises-to-boost-time-capsules-range/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/17/quickertek-antenna-promises-to-boost-time-capsules-range/</guid><description><![CDATA[You can simply buy a $99 Airport Express for even more range -- but here's the incredible part: in order to use the Quickertek product you have to completely disassemble the Time Capsule to install the thing, and pay $130 for the privilege!!! This is a needless product.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Len]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 17th 2008 2:01PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Quickertek antenna promises to boost Time Capsule's range]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/17/quickertek-antenna-promises-to-boost-time-capsules-range/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/17/quickertek-antenna-promises-to-boost-time-capsules-range/</guid><description><![CDATA[Totally agree. It would make more sense to get the new Airport Express and set it up somewhere in the middle to boost the signal. But I have my wireless network reaching my garage with little signal loss and that is like 150 feet away....What kind of person needs such a huge range?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ericdano]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 17th 2008 2:14PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Quickertek antenna promises to boost Time Capsule's range]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/17/quickertek-antenna-promises-to-boost-time-capsules-range/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/17/quickertek-antenna-promises-to-boost-time-capsules-range/</guid><description><![CDATA[Beat me to it buddy]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gareth Burleigh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 17th 2008 7:09PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Quickertek antenna promises to boost Time Capsule's range]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/17/quickertek-antenna-promises-to-boost-time-capsules-range/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/17/quickertek-antenna-promises-to-boost-time-capsules-range/</guid><description><![CDATA[Wouldn't this type of hack work just as well on a non-Time Capsule Airport Extreme (n)?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[DrTheopolis]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 17th 2008 3:03PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Quickertek antenna promises to boost Time Capsule's range]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/17/quickertek-antenna-promises-to-boost-time-capsules-range/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/17/quickertek-antenna-promises-to-boost-time-capsules-range/</guid><description><![CDATA[I would get if they modded the whole thing to have the antennas come out from the case itself and make it all internally modded and all in white and if it only added 90$ to the original cost.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[~~Tito~~]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 17th 2008 6:44PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Quickertek antenna promises to boost Time Capsule's range]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/17/quickertek-antenna-promises-to-boost-time-capsules-range/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/17/quickertek-antenna-promises-to-boost-time-capsules-range/</guid><description><![CDATA[Surely a $100 Airport Express in the black spot is not only a cheaper option, but a bit more elegant than the Radio Shack gang rape scenario Quickertek have on offer.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gareth Burleigh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 17th 2008 7:07PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Quickertek antenna promises to boost Time Capsule's range]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/17/quickertek-antenna-promises-to-boost-time-capsules-range/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/17/quickertek-antenna-promises-to-boost-time-capsules-range/</guid><description><![CDATA[I just checked out the range in my apartment building.<br><br>50% signal strength loss through one wall + 12 feet in my apartment<br><br>20 feet down the hallway one way.<br>And about 30 feet the other.<br>Outside I'm getting about 40 feet.<br><br>At the same time I pick up THREE a/b/or g signals from the office building 600 feet away.<br><br>I can easily see the value of the antenna.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[dean-l]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 9th 2008 9:12PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Quickertek antenna promises to boost Time Capsule's range]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/17/quickertek-antenna-promises-to-boost-time-capsules-range/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/17/quickertek-antenna-promises-to-boost-time-capsules-range/</guid><description><![CDATA[Not happy with Quickertek, I purchased one of their quickie Jr antennas and couldn't ever get it to work, see the report here.<br>www.tmishop.com/Quickertek.htm<br>not a trustworthy company IMHO]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ron micjan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 19th 2008 3:30PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>