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It soulds to me like the cellphone either acted like a reflector (unlikely shape for that),or the antenna was very effecient for extending the WI-FI.

Kind of a neat experiment to try phish is to...

Check this out phish: http://www.overstock.com/cgi-bin/d2.cgi?PAGE=PRODUCT&PROD_ID=737852&cid=25608&fp=F#

It is an a/b style card and the ones I have seen in the past do have an antenna...