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I’m not clear on why I can’t use it. (I mean other that “it’s turned off”) The argument seems to amount to “you don’t want to”. I’m sure that’s not a reason to
by more_corn 3y ago
I’m not clear on why I can’t use it. (I mean other that “it’s turned off”) The argument seems to amount to “you don’t want to”. I’m sure that’s not a reason to prevent me from using it.
- FFP999 3y agoI think we can extract a grain of truth from the bullshit of the final quotation: > "What Americans really want is the ability to stream, download and customize music playlists to meet their personal preferences," Carpenter said The carriers who get to decide (for some reason) if the hardware inside your phone gets turned on are also in the business of selling a directly competing product: bandwidth, especially for streaming.
- kj4ips 3y agoOften, there's no antenna for FM in the devices, even though they might be able to theoretically receive, and may even have an RF frontend for it. Older phones often used the ground of attached headphones as a makeshift antenna, and would refuse to operate, or just fail to receive anything.
- Mountain_Skies 3y agoIIRC, the Microsoft Zune promoted its inclusion of an FM receiver and that the included earphones were the antenna.
- WorldMaker 3y agoMany Windows Phones in the WP8/8.1 generation supported that, too, and it worked semi-well with just about any headset plugged in not just included ones.