Comments on: The Romance of Radio Rediscovered on the iPod Nano http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2009/09/24/the-romance-of-radio-rediscovered-on-the-ipod-nano/ News, views and tough love for radio. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:06:51 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: pkm http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2009/09/24/the-romance-of-radio-rediscovered-on-the-ipod-nano/comment-page-1/#comment-996 pkm Sat, 22 May 2010 09:07:04 +0000 http://www.radiosurvivor.com/?p=1133#comment-996 cclem : Maybe including a "hd radio" decoder would increase costs where as an FM chip is "cheap as chips". my old creative zen,and philips go gear have FM tuners. When an apple product has a missing feature and they later add it, its like the world has entered a new epoch? PKM NZ cclem : Maybe including a “hd radio” decoder would increase costs where as an FM chip is “cheap as chips”.

my old creative zen,and philips go gear have FM tuners. When an apple product has a missing feature and they later add it, its like the world has entered a new epoch?

PKM
NZ

]]> By: Jennifer Waits http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2009/09/24/the-romance-of-radio-rediscovered-on-the-ipod-nano/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Jennifer Waits Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:34:57 +0000 http://www.radiosurvivor.com/?p=1133#comment-31 Thanks for the comments! It's been a long time since I've listened to radio on a portable device (I remember listening to FM radio on my Walkman back in the day...even on an airplane, which is sadly no longer allowed) and this definitely seems like a great way to make radio portable again. Thanks for the comments!

It’s been a long time since I’ve listened to radio on a portable device (I remember listening to FM radio on my Walkman back in the day…even on an airplane, which is sadly no longer allowed) and this definitely seems like a great way to make radio portable again.

]]> By: cclem http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2009/09/24/the-romance-of-radio-rediscovered-on-the-ipod-nano/comment-page-1/#comment-30 cclem Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:40:07 +0000 http://www.radiosurvivor.com/?p=1133#comment-30 As a veteran Broadcaster of 30 years, I applaud Steve Jobs and Apple for adding an FM tuner to the iPod with it's "Tivo" abilities to pause and reverse live Radio! However I can't help but think; Why just analogue FM? Why not IBOC "HD FM Digital Radio"? Don't misunderstand. I'll take this 1st step bringing back Radio to listeners who have been listening to their own iPod mixes and not even knowing FM existed till Apple brought it back. However, this continues to demonstrate completely that Digital Terrestrial HD Radio is a bogus flight of fancy which this iPod upgrade proves so entirely. As a veteran Broadcaster of 30 years, I applaud Steve Jobs and Apple for adding an FM tuner to the iPod with it’s “Tivo” abilities to pause and reverse live Radio!

However I can’t help but think; Why just analogue FM? Why not IBOC “HD FM Digital Radio”?

Don’t misunderstand. I’ll take this 1st step bringing back Radio to listeners who have been listening to their own iPod mixes and not even knowing FM existed till Apple brought it back.

However, this continues to demonstrate completely that Digital Terrestrial HD Radio is a bogus flight of fancy which this iPod upgrade proves so entirely.

]]> By: buffalochipz http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2009/09/24/the-romance-of-radio-rediscovered-on-the-ipod-nano/comment-page-1/#comment-29 buffalochipz Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:35:25 +0000 http://www.radiosurvivor.com/?p=1133#comment-29 I bought a new Nano yesterday specifically because it had an FM radio. My understanding is that the only reason Apple decided to finally include one was to increase iTunes purchases. When you can see the artist and title of a song while it's playing on the radio (if the station utilizes the Radio Data System) they hope you buy it for 99 cents later on. I guess that's why there's no AM radio as it's pretty much music programming-free. I bought a new Nano yesterday specifically because it had an FM radio. My understanding is that the only reason Apple decided to finally include one was to increase iTunes purchases. When you can see the artist and title of a song while it’s playing on the radio (if the station utilizes the Radio Data System) they hope you buy it for 99 cents later on. I guess that’s why there’s no AM radio as it’s pretty much music programming-free.

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