bobpaul
bobpaul wrote
Reply to comment by Defasher in Most phones have built in FM radios but they're disabled by the companies because then consumers wouldn't pay for online music subscriptions by J7383
A few things.
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Not all Bluetooth chipsets have FM receivers.
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If it exists, the FM receiver only works if the antenna pin is connected (generally to the headphone ground, but a dedicated antenna can also be used).
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Phones that both have a receiver AND have it connected to an antenna generally list FM radio in the specs and come with FM radio software.
With regards to the iPhone specifically, the latest iPhones don't even have a headphone jack and they certainly don't have a dedicated FM antenna. Apple claims they use a chipset that lacks FM.
bobpaul wrote
Reply to comment by AlexanderReidRoss in No more gas or diesel cars in California? State considers banning internal combustion engines entirely by ________deleted
California already makes it expensive to own anything older than 10 years and the proposed ban is "more than 10 years out". A Nissan Leaf with 20k miles on it is only $8k. In 10 years one will be able to get a much better used electric car for $8k.