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I'm not particularly believing the claim that communicators have a range of over a light year. If someone can give an example please put it back in. --JiMternet 19:45, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure the canon distance is 500 km. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.16.224.110 (talk) 20:28, 6 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Communicator badges

There is a reference to a first and a second version of said badges and their use at specific seasons of DS9 and other shows, but no clear statement of how different they are exists at the current version of the article. Luis Dantas (talk) 06:23, 26 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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I have added a quality assessment rating and importance rating to this article. Feel free to change them as the article improves! Also, feel free to add more issues to the list below, and strike them out (~~strike~~) when they're completed. — OranL (talk) 00:16, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Notable issues

The article needs some sources. (Perhaps from the Trek Encyclopedia or another such publication?)
The existing references need cleanup.

Communicator Range and Mechanism

The current page states, "Communicators use subspace transmissions that do not conform to normal rules of physics in that signals can bypass EM interference, and the devices allow nearly instantaneous communication at distances that would otherwise require more time to traverse." I've not seen any source to substantiate the claim that handheld communicators use subspace for transmission (shipboard does), nor have I ever seen a handheld communicator used in any situation in which faster than light communication would be beneficial. Communicators don't get used to communicate beyond planetary orbit. In the original series, a cobbled together communicator appeared to work on an EM frequency. The statement on the page does not have a source for its claim. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pooua (talk) 18:38, 24 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Person-to-Person (?)

The article should explain if communicators contact a specific party based on voice instructions, or if the communicator contacts "everybody" on a party line, and of course this explanation must be sourced to a Reliable Source. Also, it should explain how the system determines which communicator or station to contact. If Kirk and Spock swap communicators, will they get each other's communications? And do communicators have any personalization so their owners can get the right one quickly? —Anomalocaris (talk) 20:48, 4 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Linking to Humane's AI pin?

The article should contain a link to the recently released Ai Pin from Humane Inc. which was launched on November 9, 2023. The device seems clearly inspired by the Star Trek Communicator. Ckepper (talk) 18:01, 10 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]