HD RADIO COMES TO THE IPHONE! Yipee!
Nick Name
Two months after Apple announced it would begin including an analog FM
receiver in the iPod nano, a new $80 accessory will allow iPhone and
iTouch users to receive HD stations. It helps Apple close the gap
with Microsoft’s Zune, which includes a built-in HD Radio.
Priced at $80 and sold exclusively at Radio Shack, the Gigaware
Navigation Control HD Radio Receiver accessory enables iPhone and iPod
Touch devices that run Apple 3.0 software to receive HD Radio for the
first time. The accessory works with a free application that can be
downloaded from Apple’s app store. Users plug their headphones
directly into the accessory, which allows the headphones to act as an
antenna to receive HD broadcasts.
It’s iBiquity’s first foray into the mobile market and its third in
the portable market, on the heels of Best Buy’s Insignia NS-HD01 and
Microsoft’s Zune HD.
The application software features a manual tune wheel or auto-seek
option and the ability to connect with friends through e-mail, Twitter
and Facebook. Users can also preview content currently airing and
directly select a main station or multicast channel stream, in
addition to bookmaking their favorite stations and multicast channels.
An iTunes Tagging button on the Gigaware navigation accessory also
allows users to “tag” songs for future review and purchase via iTunes.
Larry Weil
5e8e1b...@d21g2000yqn.googlegroups.com:
> HD RADIO COMES TO THE IPHONE.
>
> Two months after Apple announced it would begin including an analog FM
> receiver in the iPod nano, a new $80 accessory will allow iPhone and
> iTouch users to receive HD stations.
Is this device AM-FM, or is it FM only? The release says nothing about
this.
leansto...@democrat.com
Yet another reason to not get the iPhone. Combine HD with AT&T, throw
in a little lack of push email, and you have a really crappy product.
John Higdon
Larry Weil <kc...@mac.com> wrote:
> Is this device AM-FM, or is it FM only? The release says nothing about
> this.
HD on AM is dying, if not already dead. iBiquity has basically dropped
promotional support for the practice.
Apple was very smart to not tie up resources in its products for HD
Radio (the future of which being definitely not assured), but rather
allowing those few users who care to buy a third-party adjunct.
--
John Higdon
+1 408 ANdrews 6-4400
AT&T-Free At Last
Nick Name
<leanstothel...@democrat.com> wrote:
> Yet another reason to not get the iPhone. Combine HD with AT&T, throw
> in a little lack of push email, and you have a really crappy product.
>On Nov 10, 4:43 pm, John Higdon <hi...@kome.com> wrote:
> In article <Xns9CBFD18BBC6kc1ihmac...@216.168.3.30>,
> Larry Weil <kc...@mac.com> wrote:
>
> > Is this device AM-FM, or is it FM only? The release says nothing about
> > this.
>
> HD on AM is dying, if not already dead.
That would not be the reason. I don't think an iPhone has enough room
for an AM...nor a way to deal with the issues of having an AM in an
iPhone.
Nick Name
<leanstothel...@democrat.com> wrote:
A crappy product? The iPhone? Are you nuts?
The iPhone should be available from other providers besides AT&T next
Spring.
HD Radio Farce
"How to get HD Radio on your iPhone"
One way to get HD Radio on your iPhone:
1. Go to Radio Shack or its online store
2. Spend $80
3. Download the free HD Radio app
4. Carry your slim and beautiful iPhone around with a bulky and
clunky adapter wherever you go
Another way to get HD Radio on your iPhone:
1. Download any radio station app since virtually all stations that
have them feature their HD channels on them - all for free, no extra
gadgets required
2. Enjoy
In the former case, we're trying to sell audiences (and ourselves) on
a technology, all other considerations be damned.
In the latter case we're trying to bring audiences fresh content
regardless of any technological obstructions, obligations, or
behavioral hoops.
Which would YOU do?
Well that depends on whether you're in the business of selling
audiences or the business of selling HD Radio chips.
This is not about what we want, it's about what consumers want.
I don't know about you, but I vote that we do NOT treat our audience -
and the thoughtful folks in our industry - like fools.
(By the way, I'm no more excited about the Sirius XM gadget that turns
your iPhone into a satellite radio for $120).
http://www.hear2.com/2009/11/how-to-get-hd-radio-on-your-iphone.html#comments
BFD - just another gadget, along with the rest of the iPhone
accessories, that will be collecting dust, along with the Accurians,
if RS even stocks them anymore. Why do you think Jobs only added a 50-
cent ANALOG FM tuner to the new Nano for tagging? Think Apple would
be so stupid to pay iNiquity licensing and chipset fees to directly
add a power-hungry device that barely works. Apple should have never
opened that door to those scamming maggots at iBiquity - Apple will
never be able to get rid of them
HD Radio Farce
> Nick Name <l...@gawab.com> wrote in news:cf583bd4-930e-4af9-9c2e-
> 5e8e1b08a...@d21g2000yqn.googlegroups.com:
>
> > HD RADIO COMES TO THE IPHONE.
>
> > Two months after Apple announced it would begin including an analog FM
> > receiver in the iPod nano, a new $80 accessory will allow iPhone and
> > iTouch users to receive HD stations.
>
> Is this device AM-FM, or is it FM only? �The release says nothing about
> this.
It appears that iNiquity has given up on AM-HD.
HD Radio Farce
>
> - Show quoted text -
My kids hated the iPhone - decided to get Blackberrys under Verizon.
HD Radio Farce
"HD's Killer App Goes Poof!"
"You’ve probably heard that Apple’s new iPod Nano will have an FM
tuner with iTunes tagging built in. Lost in radio’s coverage of the
announcement was its impact on HD Radio... Apple’s deal with iBiquity
was just a test. They wanted a system that could sell more downloads
and trump Rhapsody, and HD was the perfect guinea pig. They already
had tagging on the entire iPod line. With the kinks worked out, now
all they had to do was add an FM tuner to the iPod. Which they did
with the new Nano... Make no mistake. This move was not designed to
help radio. It was designed to give iTunes a revenue boost... And HD?
Apple knows how many downloads HD generated for iTunes. Maybe that’s
why they didn’t bother adding an HD tuner to any of the new iPods."
I think this article about covers it - LOL!
HD Radio Farce
"HD's Killer App Goes Poof!"
"You’ve probably heard that Apple’s new iPod Nano will have an FM
tuner with iTunes tagging built in. Lost in radio’s coverage of the
announcement was its impact on HD Radio... Apple’s deal with iBiquity
was just a test. They wanted a system that could sell more downloads
and trump Rhapsody, and HD was the perfect guinea pig. They already
had tagging on the entire iPod line. With the kinks worked out, now
all they had to do was add an FM tuner to the iPod. Which they did
with the new Nano... Make no mistake. This move was not designed to
help radio. It was designed to give iTunes a revenue boost... And HD?
Apple knows how many downloads HD generated for iTunes. Maybe that’s
why they didn’t bother adding an HD tuner to any of the new iPods."
Yipeee!
Nick Name
Sounds like a Win/Win for MS and iBiquity!
Bring on the power increase!
Nick Name
Sound like a Win/Win/Win for the consumer, MS and iBiquity!
Choice!
Nick Name
Not really, it just difficult to get an AM radio in a computer
teachnically and physically.
Nick Name
Sound like a Win/Win/Win for the consumer, MS and iBiquity!
Choice!
Nick Name
Sounds like a Win/Win for MS and iBiquity!
Nick Name
That's assuming everyone has a smartphone.
It's also assuming there is a cell or Wi-Fi signal available. Radio,
by it's very nature reaches hard to get places.
HD Radio lives!
Nick Name
Sounds like a Win/Win for MS and iBiquity!
leansto...@democrat.com
What part of no push email don't you understand? What part of
vulnerable to man in the middle attacks do you not understand? What
part of no physical keyboard do you not understand? What part of no
replaceable battery do you not understand?
If you examine the iphone, seriously it's crap. I do hand it to Apple
for marketing a 3rd rate phone on the nastiest of all cellular
providers, and convincing people it's great.
Nick Name
<leanstothel...@democrat.com> wrote:
> On Nov 10, 6:18 pm, Nick Name <l...@gawab.com> wrote:
>
> > On Nov 10, 3:47 am, "leanstothel...@democrat.com"
>
> > <leanstothel...@democrat.com> wrote:
> > > On Nov 9, 7:15 pm, Nick Name <l...@gawab.com> wrote:
>
> > > Yet another reason to not get the iPhone. Combine HD with AT&T, throw
> > > in a little lack of push email, and you have a really crappy product.
>
> > A crappy product? The iPhone? Are you nuts?
>
> > The iPhone should be available from other providers besides AT&T next
> > Spring.
>
> What part of no push email don't you understand? What part of
> vulnerable to man in the middle attacks do you not understand? What
> part of no physical keyboard do you not understand? What part of no
> replaceable battery do you not understand?
Wbhat part of "LOTS of great APPS" do you not understand?
What part of "you are in the minority" do you not understand.
Most people don't care about these issues. As a matter of fact,
Blackberry just copied the 'no physical keyboard' feature.
I agree about the replaceable battery, but it is a small price to pay
for a great phone. I also hate AT&T coverage, but that exclusive deal
is coming to an end.
Apple got it right! Right marketing, right size, cost, apps, etc.,
etc.
leansto...@democrat.com
Great apps? Yes, I can't make any farting sounds on my blackberry, but
I have triple encryption going handset to handset. Hey, I'll take
security, you can have the fart sounds.
The Blackberry "no physical keyboard" was a flop. Newer models have
the keyboard.
Nick Name
Yes, that's why the ipHone is selling like hotcakes.
> The Blackberry "no physical keyboard" was a flop.
But the iphone, pone of the hottest selling products still has one.