iPhone 4 has an FM receiver

[sleyeu]

http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPhone-4-Teardown/3130/3

it sayd there the iphone has an fm reciever. (i believe the other iphones and ipod touches have too. oh and ipad )

So is there any chance we will see FM radio instead of internet radio? That would be great...

 

[TuffLuffJimmy]

I dunno. Apple is really weird about radio. The iPod nano finally got radio in the last revision, so maybe one day Apple will make the FM radio available for developers.

 

[sleyeu]

is this enabled in a jailbreak?

(Apple should learn from jailbreaks) >:/

 

[MT0227]

Between MP3s, Pandora and SAT Radio Apps....who even listens to FM radio anymore?

 

[fishmoose]

Between MP3s, Pandora and SAT Radio Apps....who even listens to FM radio anymore?

People who are outside of cell coverage one would have to assume.

 

[Knowimagination]

Between MP3s, Pandora and SAT Radio Apps....who even listens to FM radio anymore?

I listen to radio in the morning and right now streaming it through iheartradio kills my battery a lot more than using an fm tuner would

 

[gotosleep!]

Between MP3s, Pandora and SAT Radio Apps....who even listens to FM radio anymore?

at my gym you need an FM reciever to listen to any of the 15 different TVs.
i've been a member two years now and still to this day have never been able to listen to the shows i watch while i work out. i'd love it if the iP4 has an fm tuner...i'm tired of reading closed captioning!

 

[ianray]

I wonder if the all of the required support hardware (antenna etc) is hooked up?

Of course FM radio is one use. But with low-level APIs, developers might be able to develop interesting Apps -- since this is yet another "sensor"...

 

[iDAG]

at my gym you need an FM reciever to listen to any of the 15 different TVs.
i've been a member two years now and still to this day have never been able to listen to the shows i watch while i work out. i'd love it if the iP4 has an fm tuner...i'm tired of reading closed captioning!

This is the only reason I take my iPod nano to the gym. Sometime for the music but mostly to listen to TV. It would be great if I only needed to carry one device!

 

[sinsin07]

Between MP3s, Pandora and SAT Radio Apps....who even listens to FM radio anymore?

How many US citizens would you say have a Sat radio, as opposed to how readily available FM radio is? FM is not dead yet. If you live in an urban area, you would know that.