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Nov022009

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DateNovember 2, 2009 Comments Off

Turn the Table Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009, Netcast 952

For this week’s Turn The Table Tuesday Leo talked about the 5BARz Road Warrior. This is a cell signal booster for your car, home, office, or hotel room. Leo said it’s not tiny --/Dimensions: 5.0” x 4.75” x 1.35”   /Weight: 1 lb (0.45kg) but it’s portable and powerful enough to maintain your cell connection anywhere you can plug in. There’s no installation, but it does need power, either AC or 12 volt via your car’s cigarette lighter. It’s for people who need to be in touch via cell phone but go to areas where for some reason they just can’t get a signal. That’s when you plug in 5BARz, when you need a boost for faster Internet services, including 3G, and stronger signals for better cell phone reception calling out, or receiving calls. Works on your cell phone, PDA, and data enabled laptops. In your car: Simply plug into cigarette adapter, dock your phone and you’re set. In your home or office: Simply plug into power supply, pull out dock’s stand, dock your phone and it’s ready. While you're traveling you can use 5BARz at your hotel. Just plug it in and dock your phone. Their website says: 5BARz Road Warrior is the one product that promises 5BARz of coverage for all cell phones on all nationally advertised cell phone plans. Works with virtually any mobile device. Provides the signal strength you need to stay connected to: Cell phone voice calls, instant messaging, mobile web browsing and e-mail Specifications: Maximum input power: +20 dBm / Output power: .25 watt average /1 watt maximum peak  / Frequency bands: Full band US Cellular and full band US PCS /System gain Cell/PCS: 40/45 dB, self-optimizing /System noise figure: 5 dB nominal at maximum gain / Remember: The 5BARz Road Warrior is not a wireless device. It needs a connection to a power supply. Kit includes everything you need to take 5BARz where ever you go: 5BARz Road Warrior dashboard unit Cigarette lighter adapter, Phone dock with USB 2.0 Adapter, AC Wall power supply. Price: $299.99. And it’s exclusively available at this site:

http://www.repeaterstore.com/cellynx/5barz-road-warrior.html

Hear this Netcast: www.twit.tv/dgw952