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Israel Bans Imports of iPads Pending Certification of Wi-Fi Power Output

dumell said:
This is nothing new, this goes for every device with WiFi.

The European version of Apple products, such as the iPhone, follows European regulations and is certified by a European authority the same way that the FCC certifies compliance with US regulations.

If the device is certified by the FCC, it has a FCC logo on the back (or bottom) and if it complies with European regulations it has a EC logo. The iPhone sold in Europe has both the FCC and EC logo as it complies with both.

Customs officials only need to check for the EC logo to see if it is in compliance with European regulations or not.

But it cuts both ways. The EU requires weaker transmitters but allows for more channels than the US so a WiFi device designed to make the most of the EU standard could very well get confiscated by US customs as it would contains a WiFi transmitter not in compliance with FCC regulations - and you know how strict the the US is about FCC compliance.

UPDATE: now that I look at the photos of the US iPad, it looks like it has a CE0682 logo next to the FCC logo. That should mean the current iPad is an international model and the only one there is going to be and that it complies with EU radio transmitter regulations.
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Fortunately, we've already established that.
 
I'd venture it's all down to security. If certain security measures are set up around known output levels of signals, and then something shows up that negates that effectiveness, it would obviously be a concern in a land where even cellphones as detonating devices are a prime weapon.
I'm sure that no-one here knows what Mossad and other anti-terror experts might have identified as a possible loophole in security.
 
cdinca said:
Then this
",which are different from American standards,"

should have been
"(which are different from American standards),

it is the writer's job to avoid obfuscation.
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It is only politics so if my wifi transmeter in my USA blackberry not permited in Israel so what shall I do when I am on business trip?
 
Connect The Dots . . .

WHY HAS ISRAEL BANNED APPLE's iPAD?

As everyone knows, Apple and Google are Currently Battling.. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/14/technology/14brawl.html

Google co-founder Sergey Brin is noticeably Pro-Israel... http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/983810.html

Brin and co-founder Larry Page have opened 2 Google offices in Israel:
One In Tel Aviv and one in Haifa.

MOVING RIGHT ALONG

Google plans an iPad "killer" http://www.pcworld.com/businesscent...n_unique_position_to_deliver_ipad_killer.html

LET'S GO FURTHER WITH THIS

"Apple has long lacked a strong presence in Israel.

Nehemia Peres, the son of Israeli President Shimon Peres, bought the company that has exclusive rights to sell Apple products in Israel, iDigital.

Israel's first Apple store opened in Tel Aviv in January 2009.

iDigital couldn't be reached for comment about the ministry's decision to ban imports of the iPad."

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100...0852.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_LEFTWhatsNewsCollection

/musings...
 
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