Next-Generation iPhone Theoretically Capable of FM Radio Reception and Transmission?

[SFC Archer]

Hey thanks I ll pm you! But, a. I am in Europe and what is more important I run on airplane mode when I jog cause I think I be had enough emf radiation on my cell already so I appreciate the added benefit of the harmless fm signal, if there was one.

Statioms can be loaded from anywhere in the world. Unless your wearing your iPhone on your head while you run, EMF radiation is the least of your worries. You have a better chance of getting hit my a driver talking/texting on a cell phone then you do catching cancer from the iPhone. The iPhone would be in your pocket or where ever you store it now.

If you want to stream your station just ask and I will see if its there, if not, i will see if we can load it. Its up to you.

Happy miles!!!

 

[MrCrowbar]

if the iPhone can transmit FM.... then say goodbye to the radio as we know it. so much interference will be produced. i dont know that Apple would include this feature with that risk at stake...

Some of the more expensive Walkman phones have the FM Transmitter built-in. Pretty neat to have the music on every radio in the house, perfectly in sync. I imagine it would turn into static if you leave the room. And the battery is empty pretty quickly. And your genitals are exposed to some actual radiation...

 

[azajohns]

Bring on the FM radio! I know many have no need for it, but as a heavy commuter, listening to internet radio is way too impractical considering download caps and reception issues.
I've never understood Apple's reluctance for this, imagine if apps like Shazam could incorporate a radio, it would only lead to more iTunes sales.

And question: if such a thing were already possible by jailbreaking, wouldn't someone have done it by now?

 

[jons]

Is there anything the new iPhone hasn't got?!

You just wait, half the rumors will be wrong.

Though I have really been wanting an FM transmitter in my iPhone, so this would be awesome.

 

[gnasher729]

FM would be a killer feature.

They should add it to the Palm Pre then

Though I have really been wanting an FM transmitter in my iPhone, so this would be awesome.

FM transmitter would make it impossible to sell in most of Europe.

IMO what they really need to add is a compass. Google Maps would be a hell of a lot more useful if after locating myself with GPS, I could tell which direction I'm facing. If you're in an area you don't know and there aren't any street signs then its easy to walk in the wrong direction for a minute or so until you can see that you're gps dot is going the wrong way.

GPS is not capable of finding your orientation. It can determine your location, and as soon as you are moving, it can determine which direction you are moving in. So you would have to start walking before it can tell you the direction, but most definitely not walking for a minute. A few meters should be enough. GPS could also not determine whether you are walking forwards or backwards, only your direction. It doesn't matter to GPS how you hold your iPhone.

 

[zlinger]

!#@!

 

[ipoppy]

I heard the iPhone will have a random rumor generator as well. Sounds like this is just the phone for you.

ROFL

 

[iSamurai]

i would really love an iphone with FM radio

but this would mean that the itunes store sales will decline a portion perhaps.

 

[cantueso]

battery?

Am I the only one thinking that the new iphone/touch will need a backpack whit plutonium? (OMG this message is now being monitorized by the NSA, FBI, CIA and MI6).

 

[ThE.MeSsEnGeR]

IMO what they really need to add is a compass. Google Maps would be a hell of a lot more useful if after locating myself with GPS, I could tell which direction I'm facing. If you're in an area you don't know and there aren't any street signs then its easy to walk in the wrong direction for a minute or so until you can see that you're gps dot is going the wrong way.

Wish granted!

 

[Harun]

At&t

Funny, I was wondering why it wasn't incorporated into the iphone initially. Well, I'm glad it will have it now. This iphone is going to be phenomenal. But I will not budge again until Apple affiliates itself with a company other than AT&T. Economy or not, AT&T are rip off artists.

Agree, stay with AT&T and they won't get me.

I don't feel like hiring a lawyer full time to fight their billing department.

 

[jw2002]

That sounds like communism to me.

Huh? Not by a long shot. The market doesn't want FM in an iphone/ipod. If it did, then the clamor for it would have been huge, and iphones/ipods would have sold in much smaller numbers. Apple controls like 80% of the mp3 player market, and even if they added FM, it probably wouldn't budge that market share at all.

Adding FM/AM is feature bloat. Lots of people have offered up interesting niche possibilities for FM in the iphone, but it would end up being a rarely/never used feature in the vast, vast majority of devices. Apple is not in the disaster preparedness business, so it's not like people are going to make an iphone purchase decision because it will keep them tuned in during a natural disaster.

Finally, all of these dead and dying media (FM, AM, XM, Sirius) are becoming more passé every day. They are old style one-way media. That's not what Apple hand held devices are about, so it is doubtful that Apple would ever implement dedicated hardware to support these dying formats.

 

[jon86]

I would like to see FM receiving enabled in the next iPhone, as listening to FM will use none of one's data allowance. In the UK, O2 has a 1 GB per month data allowance FUP. While at work, I can easily listen to 6 - 7 hours of music. This means my 1 GB per month limit is going to be eaten up pretty quickly if the music I listen to comes from Internet Radio streaming sites.

EDIT: I now understand that it is theoretically 'unlimited', however, in the T&C it specifically says that it forbids streaming.

 

[iphonerain]

3 things missing

I always thought mms, low megapixel and lack of radio transmission were the only three things missing from iPhone. Since they fixed the first, is attemping to fix the second, and is now perhaps adding the last feature... well, I am completely hooked. Devoted! I hope it's true!

 

[IronRoses]

May i be the first to say....about bloody time too

Next it'll be java and flash support. Still the fanboys will piss themselves with excitememnt and claim that apple had to wait to make it perfect.

******** i say. Apple will only put flash on the iphone when it is needed.

I will never buy an iphone untill they have native flash support.

Kinda defeats the whole idea of having a full web browser but no flash.