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> Requires extra hardware Are you sure? For comparison the iPhone uses a Broadcom BCM4325 http://www.broadcom.com/products/Bluetooth/Bluetooth-RF-Silicon-and-S

by nfg 16y ago

> Requires extra hardware Are you sure? For comparison the iPhone uses a Broadcom BCM4325 http://www.broadcom.com/products/Bluetooth/Bluetooth-RF-Silicon-and-Software-Solutions/BCM4325 http://www.broadcom.com/products/Bluetooth/Bluetooth-RF-Sili... for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, this chip also can also do FM Rx. Of course that functionality isn't exposed...

wzdd 16y ago
I doubt that Apple could expose it with a software update -- presumably to receive FM with the chip you would also need an FM antenna and attendant mainboard changes (not to mention room in the case). These things sound like extra hardware to me.
- nuclear_eclipse 16y ago
  At least on the Nexus One, your headphones are the antenna...
  - metageek 16y ago
    Same with my last few Nokia phones.
ben1040 16y ago
The N1 has a similar Broadcom chipset (BCM4329), and although the FM radio functionality is not enabled on the stock N1, it's been enabled in recent Cyanogen builds.
- jared314 16y ago
  Are there any additional licensing/regulation requirements around FM radios that would prevent them from just including it?
  - metageek 16y ago
    I doubt it, given that you can get FM radios under $10.