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Groove1670
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My understanding is that doesn't work in Apple phones.
You are correct, but the app could be modified if Apple worked with the developer (Emmis Communications). The headphone jack is still a issue.
My understanding is that doesn't work in Apple phones.
You are correct, but the app could be modified if Apple worked with the developer (Emmis Communications). The headphone jack is still a issue.
“The problem is I’ve got a friend on the Apple board … and they’ve got so much arrogance,” Smulyan said. “We will need the entire industry to put pressure on them to make progress.”[/I]
When it comes to Apple anyway, ain't going to happen, because people who use their phones like an integrated part of their anatomy can care less about receiving FM radio.
Of course radio industry folks like Jeff would like to have access to people with phones. When it comes to Apple anyway, ain't going to happen, because people who use their phones like an integrated part of their anatomy can care less about receiving FM radio.
The percentage of those might actually care, amount to the same percentage as those who are DX hobbyists.
As a for-profit company, my guess is Apple doesn't consider crisis or emergency use as something that drives device sales. Probably because the vast majority of their consumers don't either.
So much for all the altruistic aspects of the FCC..
I don't think it's that small, but...
The question then is: Did Apple set out to make radio irrelevant or did radio make itself irrelevant?
Either way, it bodes ill for communications during emergencies.
Think about the new IPAWS/CAP EAS endec units......yes, MOST have built-in radio tuners (or can be added......)...BUT....CAP is an INTERNET-BASED system (ie., IPAWS servers)...
Maybe the "new theory" is.....in the event of the "Big One" (read: nukes.....!), the Internet will be more immune to EMI than radio - even FM....
Those of us old enough to remember Conelrad....know how SEVERELY flawed the plan was from the get-go....even 50kw on 640 or 1240 AM won't go far near "ground zero".....!!!!