Ipod Wifi reception weaker than 90 year old granny

Is there a way to increase the ipod touch reception of wifi?
I live right next to a park, so close I open my back gate and I am in the park. One of my normal summer activities is sitting in the park tapping away on my laptops on the internet while my boy plays. Well, we got him this Ipod touch 4g (a pretty penny spent for a fancy 21st century walkman mind you). After reading about it I was excited to see it had wifi and I could use yahoo messenger to contact him while he was in the park (you know, so I can stay on the couch watching 2 1/2 men).
The ipod doesnt get enough reception after 20 steps into the park, so unless he is just outside the gate it has no connection. Odd, I've been in a friends house using my wifi signal and they live on the opposite side of the park... I just dont get why my other electronics can read the wifi, yet my ipod cannot. I'd love to ask apple support - but you sly guys, requiring us to pay just to even ask a question.
So on the net I browsed for answers, and found old posts telling of an app you can get that adjusts the reception power in the settings (you know, same way you raise the power of your wifi router signal, which is the first thing i tried to resolve the issue - which got it the bars, but still no connection). So hey, it gets wifi inside our house where its pointless (you know, in the house is where we have 5+ computers, why use an ipod inside for the net). Back to the app... the last replies mention how apple removed the app from their store.
So... have I just missed the proper fix posts on the net or is the wifi reception just hopelessly weak?
PS - I did a test, had my 90 year old grandma stand by my back door and holler to my son in the park. He heard her. Then I tried to IM him, but nope, no signal. So my conclusion is the Ipod touch wifi reception is weaker than my 90 year old grandma.

They sell high-gain antenna for wifi routers. I would try one of those. Some have directional features so you can aim them where you are. Otherwise, there is nothing you can do since you can't change anything on the iPod.

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