Apple Unlocking iPhone/iPod Touch’s FM Powers With Radio App?

6:25AM October 14, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

9to5Mac hears that the iPhone and iPod are getting a radio app like the iPod nano’s that’ll be able to play FM radio in the background. It’ll be integrated with the iTunes store, supposedly, so you can buy songs you like.

The hardware capability for FM radio does exist in some models — the current iPod touch and iPhone 3GS have FM transmitters, and the 2nd-gen iPod touch also has a chip that’s capable of receiving FM signals, though it uses it for Nike+ stuff.

It’d make sense to add more software parity across the line, but who knows — no date is given for when we might actually see this FM radio app. [9to5Mac

Comments

  • Bennish

    October 14, 2009 at 12:10 PM

    Welcome to 1995

    • GGP

      October 14, 2009 at 12:32 PM

      I just got an iPhone 3GS, so it has a FM radio chip in it, but currently no way to play FM radio? crazy.

      • Radiac93

        October 25, 2009 at 5:42 AM

        Not necessarily, just like the 2g model of the touch, they have just now enabled the bluetooth function by releasing a 3.0 software update..

        I think they just don’t want to activate every extra option at once, so they don’t have to ‘invent’ new stuff every time they release a new model..

        just my point of view.. :)

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