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Old Oct 2nd, 2008, 12:21 PM   #1
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Heard this on the radio this morning
On a tech talk show,that someone who took a new Ipod touch appart and discovered it has Blue tooth and an FM radio capability built in. Is this old news to anyone or not? Seems Apple will put out Firmware updates to activate these 2 features in the futur...
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Old Oct 2nd, 2008, 12:34 PM   #2
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Old news.
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Old Oct 2nd, 2008, 02:29 PM   #3
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On a tech talk show,that someone who took a new Ipod touch appart and discovered it has Blue tooth and an FM radio capability built in. Is this old news to anyone or not? Seems Apple will put out Firmware updates to activate these 2 features in the futur...
The chip is there because it's probably cheaper to use an existing chip for its other functionality than to buy a custom chip without Bluetooth and FM Radio. It doesn't mean Apple will add that functionality.
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Old Oct 2nd, 2008, 03:25 PM   #4
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So this means iPhone's have the same capability?

If I could get some free radio on my iPhone that would top it off! Some CBC radio one in the evening is always good.
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Old Oct 2nd, 2008, 06:28 PM   #5
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Hi, Is this Rev. 1 Ipods too??
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The chip is there because it's probably cheaper to use an existing chip for its other functionality than to buy a custom chip without Bluetooth and FM Radio. It doesn't mean Apple will add that functionality.
I am with the other guy...I want FM radio for CBC radio! Arghh...I can't get into PodCasts for some reason. Hammering through to get them just isn't intuitive and just like News it seems human nature to prefer a "Now" or "Live" feeling - that your getting the news source in the immediate.

Do Rev. 1 iPod's Touch -es have this built in. Come SJ - don't be chicken...just add the capability if it is software dammit!

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Old Oct 2nd, 2008, 10:14 PM   #6
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The radio show is
Tech Bytes, on 88.5 FM, (Ottawa station,sorry everybody else,) at around 07:10 every morning. He will talk about the Ipod touch + hidden features tomorrow morning. (Friday)
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Old Oct 2nd, 2008, 10:21 PM   #7
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I want to be able to get FM on my Touch. Isnt there a guide for how to do this already?
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Old Oct 2nd, 2008, 10:43 PM   #8
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Didn't they speculate one of them might be used for the Nike+ system?
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Old Oct 3rd, 2008, 06:41 AM   #9
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Isn't the Apple radio gadget still compatible with all iPods? Actually just checked: works with everything except 'touch and 'phone
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Why not just get the FM Radio Remote? I have one.
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