That's true. I pretty much listen to most stuff streaming these days except
for the little bit of TV, news, etc that isn't always available online, but
the actual AM or FM radio itself isn't something we probably need inside of
a phone. I agree that something has to be come up with to make this way
forward more efficient because using tons of bandwidth to send tons of
copies of the same thing could be what makes things slow once it takes off
to a point where it largely replaces broadcasts.
----- Original Message -----
From: "'Jason White' via MacVisionaries" <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2015 5:08 PM
Subject: Re: radio and iPhone 5S
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).
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