Monday, 22 November 2004

50% of cell phones to have FM radios . .  Today, 15 percent of mobile phones sold worldwide have FM radio, and the market is set to continue to grow toward 50 percent. Because of this growing market, Philips is producing what it calls the smallest FM+RDS (Radio Data System) solution that provides listeners with a new world of interactive, user-friendly radio. The integration of RDS will enable users to view the station name, scan for a particular type of program and ensure that the receiver always tunes to the strongest signal available. More at radio.about.com [Via I Love Radio .org] U.S. Patent 6819939: The Death of Radios . .  Think I'm kidding? When NEC actually acts on their patent, who'll need radios any more? In a cellular phone, stereophonic sound reproduction of music etc. is realized by using a microphone and a speaker of the cellular phone as stereophonic speakers. By the stereophonic sound reproduction function, radio broadcasting from FM stations, streaming sound from the Internet, etc. are reproduced by the cellular phone. [Via I Love Radio .org]

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