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    Rumor: Apple Unlocking iPhone and iPod Touch's Latent FM Powers With Radio App

    New iPod Touch Teardown Reveals 802.11n, FM Transmission Hardware, Plus Room For Nano Camera

    Public Radio iPhone App Adds On-Demand Content, Accidentally Kills FM Radio

    Belkin's TuneCast GPS-Assisted FM Transmitter Is Like Putting a DVR Into a VHS Player

    This Car Bluetooth Speaker Squeezes Inside Your Steering Wheel

    Sarotech's Abigs DVP-260X Media Player Holds 320GB, Does 5.1 Audio and HDMI, Plus FM Transmitter

    Brando's Cyber Tap Radios Suck (Onto Your Shower Cubicle)

    FM Radio Antenna Lets You FM Radio It Up Without the Headphones

    Microsoft Updates Zune Accessories, Adds Third-Party Manufacturers

    Belkin TuneBase FM Finds the Best FM Frequency
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    10/13/09

    In reply to Rumor: Apple Unlocking iPhone and iPod Touch's Latent FM Powers With Radio App
    too bad the only decent station around here is the college station KSJS, which has the broadcasting wattage of about 10 ipod fm transmitters.
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    Image of mildretard mildretard
    10/13/09

    In reply to Rumor: Apple Unlocking iPhone and iPod Touch's Latent FM Powers With Radio App
    I wouldn't mind a little FM lovin' on my iPod touché. Anyone know how radio battery drainage stacks up against streaming?
     Reply
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    10/13/09

    @mildretard:

    battery life will be substantially better.

    anything wifi related is harsh on battery. my little sansa clip will go for about 20-30 hours of low volume fm, and its battery is about 1/8th the size of the ipods.
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    Image of Mitch Mitch
    10/13/09

    In reply to Rumor: Apple Unlocking iPhone and iPod Touch's Latent FM Powers With Radio App
    Wait - people still listen to FM radio??

    This is one rumor that will be true, because it's another worthless addition to the iphone. Any station worth its salt already has streaming and/or an app to listen to it.

    WHERE IS FLASH YOU BUGGERS?!
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    Edited by Mitch at 10/13/09 4:06 PM Mitch was starred Mitch was unstarred
    Image of savage3006 savage3006
    10/13/09

    @Mitch:
    yes where is flash. FM radio on the iphone? damn imagine how much worse the battery life will be
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    10/13/09

    @savage3006:

    listening over fm will drain less battery than listening to your library.
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    Image of vladdybear vladdybear
    10/13/09

    In reply to Rumor: Apple Unlocking iPhone and iPod Touch's Latent FM Powers With Radio App
    Aren't iPods the reason no one wants to listen to FM anymore? It just seems so last century. I don't see Apple doing that at all.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/13/09

    @vladdybear: They integrated it into the nano, and Apple's been catering to the FM-listening crowd for quite some time (though at a ridiculous premium for a stupid glitchy dongle). They're just as susceptible to backpedaling.
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    Edited by Kaiser-Machead at 10/13/09 4:35 PM Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of Ben Longo Ben Longo
    10/13/09

    In reply to Rumor: Apple Unlocking iPhone and iPod Touch's Latent FM Powers With Radio App
    This sounds great if only to give me access to the audio from the TV's at my gym. They stream the sound using FM transmitters-so I've been left in the auditory dark.

    With nike+, all of the workout apps and a possible FM radio this is turning into the perfect gym gadget.
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    Image of Xeno Xeno
    10/13/09

    @Ben Longo: I use the radio on my Zune all the time at the gym. It comes in very handy. Hopefully this is true, since the hardware is already there in some cases.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/13/09

    In reply to Rumor: Apple Unlocking iPhone and iPod Touch's Latent FM Powers With Radio App
    This is good, but it's just a shame that NYC has some of the shittiest FM around. Heck I'd rather listen to the Power Loon in the backwoods of Minnesota. If there was a unicorn I could feed a bowl of mercury to to kill the beast, I'd feed it two.
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    Edited by Kaiser-Machead at 10/13/09 3:45 PM Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    10/13/09

    In reply to Rumor: Apple Unlocking iPhone and iPod Touch's Latent FM Powers With Radio App
    Want the same functionality that a Zune has had since Day 1? There's an app for that.
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    10/13/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Stoking the flame. You're doing it right.
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    Image of noamjamski noamjamski
    10/13/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Wanna know where to buy a Zune? There's a map for that.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE
    10/13/09

    In reply to Rumor: Apple Unlocking iPhone and iPod Touch's Latent FM Powers With Radio App
    Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't they consider the current 32GB & 64GB iTouch's 2.5 Gen, and the 8GB is still 2nd Gen?

    Also, does that cozy above say "BLAM" on it?
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    Image of Ris Oyt Ris Oyt
    09/11/09

    In reply to New iPod Touch Teardown Reveals 802.11n, FM Transmission Hardware, Plus Room For Nano Camera
    Well, I'm surprised that no one has mentioned this... it could also be tha fact that if they included a cam on the 'touch, their iphone sales might have gone down. Because thinking about it, the camera was the thing that made me buy an iphone over a ipod touch. The fact it was a phone-inconsequential, but, the camera (+ speakers + mic) really made it feel like a superior device. ATT probably throws some pennies their way also...
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    09/11/09

    @Ris Oyt: Actually, it's been mentioned quite a few times in prior articles.
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    09/11/09

    In reply to New iPod Touch Teardown Reveals 802.11n, FM Transmission Hardware, Plus Room For Nano Camera
    Yep, about what I expected. More and more the evidence is pointing to the fact that there was supposed to be a camera but it wasn't good enough for a release.
    Giz may call it a rumor that didn't pan out but I call it a rumor that did.
    It was supposed to have a camers, camera didn't work, so the slapped an old cover (sans camera hole) on the back and called it good.
    Fully expect a mid-line up change for the touch. If your looking at the touch, wait the two months its going to take to get the camera models out. Don't buy the place keeper then bitch when the new one is released.
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    Image of Gilbert Tang Jr. Gilbert Tang Jr.
    09/11/09

    In reply to New iPod Touch Teardown Reveals 802.11n, FM Transmission Hardware, Plus Room For Nano Camera

    My sentiments.
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    Image of RT100 RT100
    09/11/09

    In reply to New iPod Touch Teardown Reveals 802.11n, FM Transmission Hardware, Plus Room For Nano Camera
    I say solder that sucker in there yourself, they even left you some space!

    pop the camera out of a nano and crack open the touch, and just set it in its spot.

    really, how hard could it be?
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    Kaiser-Machead promoted this comment RT100 was starred RT100 was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    09/11/09

    @rt¹⁰⁰: But then, how would you attach it to the mainboard, and install the software/firmware to make the touch recognize the input?
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    Image of Nick2 Nick2
    09/11/09

    In reply to New iPod Touch Teardown Reveals 802.11n, FM Transmission Hardware, Plus Room For Nano Camera
    Apple, I don't care if the case is 2mm thicker at the top than the bottom, put that auto-focus 3GS camera in!
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    Image of The_Gas_Man The_Gas_Man
    09/11/09

    In reply to New iPod Touch Teardown Reveals 802.11n, FM Transmission Hardware, Plus Room For Nano Camera
    "if you have an N router and are tired of slumming with a/b/g, this would be a big deal."
    Giz believes the iPhone will have the horsepower to take advantage of 802.11n speeds -- that 802.11g is holding it back? Hilariously absurd.
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    Image of Reno_K Reno_K
    09/11/09

    @The_Gas_Man: What? I think Giz is saying that those with 802.11n routers wouldn't have to drop the entire network down to b/g speeds just so they can connect their iPod Touch to the network.
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    Kaiser-Machead promoted this comment DrewTweetsToo approved this comment Reno_K was starred Reno_K was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    09/11/09

    @Reno_K: Does a router like that even exist? I'm pretty sure just about any consumer n router will be backwards compatible with b/g-only devices.
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    Image of KTK1990 KTK1990
    09/11/09

    In reply to New iPod Touch Teardown Reveals 802.11n, FM Transmission Hardware, Plus Room For Nano Camera
    I bet those will be activated in 4.0 and then you all will be excited when we see some other device in a touch that will be activated in 5.0.... and the cycle repeats..
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