brmiller1976
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I'm not making fun... I'm just wondering why one would want FM (low fidelity) in the age of streaming HD. It just seems to me to be like a complaint that a phone lacks a floppy drive, really.
I'm not making fun... I'm just wondering why one would want FM (low fidelity) in the age of streaming HD. It just seems to me to be like a complaint that a phone lacks a floppy drive, really.
Better yet, I can carry my WP7 along with my WP8 just so I can listen to radio stations, but this doesn't make too much sense either.Even with capped data, streaming audio is low-bandwidth. You can even stream over EDGE.
And if you're using a smartphone without a SIM card or WiFi, why not just get a cheap PDA with a built-in radio?
Finally, I do think it's similar, as PCs once shipped with floppy drives and now no longer do.
I promise I'll let you get the last word, so here is my (hopefully) last response.The marginal cost of the radio hardware and software was likely not worth the marginal benefit from it. If millions of WPs with built-in radios added $1 in cost per phone, but only a few thousand users actually use it, it makes economic sense to eliminate the feature and use the resources on something that would benefit more people.
Ok, ok, ok... Forget what I said last time about you getting the final word... This time I really really mean it"The hardware is already there"
There's an FM crystal in the 8X and 920? Didn't realize that.
Ok, ok, ok... Forget what I said last time about you getting the final word... This time I really really mean it
Wasn't sure if you were serious about not being aware.
https://developer.qualcomm.com/sites/default/files/snapdragon-s4-product-overview.pdf
Its in the specs of page 1 and 2.
If it is the case that all the hardware is there, I'm sure some intrepid developer could code an app to use it pretty easily.
No one will be able to code for the FM radio. Here is why:IF the hardware is there, I agree. Someone will come up with a solution to leverage it. IMHO, that could be nice. It would let me listen to my sports talk stations without using data, while I am at work.
Hi brmiller, this is not a good analogy. Now if the phone had a floppy drive and software was used to disable it..., that would be a good analogy. Consider if your manufacturer made a car that had FM/AM radio, but the dealership disabled it because they wanted you to pay for their Satellite radio service. This is a much better anaology.
As far as streaming.
1. It cant be done everywhere.
2. It can't be done without a sim card/(data service)
3. All stations are not available.
4. Most carriers charge or throttle data.
You are whining about a niche feature. Most people only care that they have at least 32gigs of local memory for music and podcasts. Personally, I can't stand the radio. That mainsteam music makes me want to drown infants in a burlap sack. Give me some heavy metal (that no north american radio station plays btw, I can only take so much of AC/DC and Alanis Morosette (sp?)) and I couldn't possibly care less that FM radio is gone.