Brent Harding <br...@hostany.net> wrote: > I don't think the iPhones ever had one. The radio might be part of the chips > in there, but Apple disabled it somehow to where we can't turn it on. I > think this is something exclusively for Android phones, but it would require > headphones or a cable hooked to speakers to use for its antenna, so it > wouldn't be real useful when the broadcasters say one would need it most on > those TV ads because most of us don't carry wired headphones around.
If you have reliable Internet access, however, you can listen to any of a large number of radio stations via streaming. A friend introduced me to the TuneIn radio application (http://www.tunein.com/), available on the Web as well as for iOS and Android devices. It works well with VoiceOver under iOS. The larger story here is that the Internet is gradually superseding other communications technologies. At the moment, it doesn't handle broadcast scenarios well: an individual audio stream for each listener is very inefficient. On the other hand, peoples' listening habits are changing. Unless it's a news program or a live event, I want it "on demand", on my schedule, not on a broadcaster's schedule. All I have at the moment is a mobile phone and an Internet connection - that's surprisingly sufficient (and I've been a radio listening enthusiast for decades). -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
