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iPod FM Receiver Remote
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I probably wouldn't get one if I had an iPod, I don't listen to the radio that much. Though I do like the look of the tuner when it's plugged in.
I just bought a Griffin iFM to have radio on my iPod video LAST WEEK (!) but did not keep the box. I am an IDIOT, this is EXACTLY what I need. I goto the gym and the televisions setup broadcast the sound via FM frequencies, when a show I like comes on I tune in, when it's boring crap I play my gym playlist.
i was messing with this at macworld today
very slick interface
when radio is on you can switch presets but hitting the next song button on the remote and to create a preset just hold down select.
it also will show the information of the station if it is given out (ie: song names and whatnot)
very slick interface
when radio is on you can switch presets but hitting the next song button on the remote and to create a preset just hold down select.
it also will show the information of the station if it is given out (ie: song names and whatnot)
Maybe this is just a "tester" for Apple, and within a year we will see one for satellite radio. Who knows with Apple, they were very tricky.~Shard~ said:
If you have 4G, the Apple one wouldn't work anyway. If you have a 5G, I didn't know the new iFM was out. The old one used the top connector, which the new video iPods don't have.Kenny Pollock said:
Wake me up when they add an XM receiver.
Seriously, what are they waiting for? I've been drooling over the iPod since the color screen. But a color screen wasn't enough for me to buy one since I do have an old B/W one already. Then came video. Okay that's fun, woopee, but I'm not going to watch video on a 2" screen when at work I'm surrounded by television monitors all day long and can watch whatever I want, and have Tivo at home.
But satellite radio, yes yes then I would happily plunk down another few hundred on a new iPod.
Seriously, what are they waiting for? I've been drooling over the iPod since the color screen. But a color screen wasn't enough for me to buy one since I do have an old B/W one already. Then came video. Okay that's fun, woopee, but I'm not going to watch video on a 2" screen when at work I'm surrounded by television monitors all day long and can watch whatever I want, and have Tivo at home.
But satellite radio, yes yes then I would happily plunk down another few hundred on a new iPod.
Hmm... let's see, can't dock and listen to the radio simultaneously. And what was the reason for getting rid of the top control port, again...?
nagromme said:Possibly the least exciting thing that could have happened today
I guess that's true, considering the other stuff Steve presented. But I like it. It's one thing I've been missing.
Now if they could only support gapless playback, iPod whould be the killer portal music player for me.
Lau said:Two more than I can think of in the UK....
Plenty of good stations in the UK on DAB. But Apple wouldn't release a DAB radio because the Americans haven't adopted the format, bless them
Agreed-I would have liked for the iPod Radio Remote to work with the 4th gen models.aswitcher said:
Piarco75 said:
Ye! What's up with that? When they have Black iPods they should have black accessories as well.
RocksInMySocks said:
And along those lines, just as bad.....
You can't charge it while using the remote.
I think it's cool, but it sucks it won't work with my 4G clickwheel. Not fair! I have to agree with some others though - why FM radio when I have every song I want in my iTunes library. No point really. Though it does offer those who know nothing about Macs or MP3 players or computers period another incentive to go with the iPod (over other MP3 players that have FM tuner built in).
So if you use this product in conjunction with a FM transmitter both set at the same frequency, can you open up a black hole, go into the future, and bring back a 20G iPod with 2 trillion songs in your pocket? I hear that thing is 8 lbs and has a 10inch screen....
Am?!
I've been thinking of getting an iPod, and outright switching to Mac completely, and probably will now with the switch to Intel. If Apple is doing FM, will they do AM?! That would immediatly make me run out and buy one, to have videos, pictures, my music, FM AND AM, would be PERFECT! I know, different people have different reasons for switching and buying stuff, but that's what would throw me over the top and make an immediate purchase. Anyone out there think Apple will do AM also? Yeah I know...I'm a big AM fan.
I've been thinking of getting an iPod, and outright switching to Mac completely, and probably will now with the switch to Intel. If Apple is doing FM, will they do AM?! That would immediatly make me run out and buy one, to have videos, pictures, my music, FM AND AM, would be PERFECT! I know, different people have different reasons for switching and buying stuff, but that's what would throw me over the top and make an immediate purchase. Anyone out there think Apple will do AM also? Yeah I know...I'm a big AM fan.
Do you even need that headphone cable? I wonder if there's some way to hijack the iPod into making it think that it's got a radio plugged in when it doesnt...that way you don't have to spend $50 for a remote.
And why didn't they add 3G and 4G support? Who cares about color screens, they can still display info on the black n white LCD. and the have the same port on the bottom..., don't they?
And why didn't they add 3G and 4G support? Who cares about color screens, they can still display info on the black n white LCD. and the have the same port on the bottom..., don't they?
jade44V said:
hell yea. I got a mini right now. I got a PSP with a good 30 movies i bought for it so that slaps the iPid video screen around. I got my XM2Go unit in my car but if I could make that into one new unit, I will happily buy a new iPod