N800 FM radio!
 

As just discussed on maemo-users, there's an FM radio in the N800 - and a new Nokia application under development to use it:

http://www.maemopeople.org/index.php.../n800_fm_radio

Re: N800 FM radio!
 

Who should I curse, Nokia or myself?
I promised myself that no N800 till it gets a good case to be portable (worry free), plus serious stability issues are resolved.
Then, everyday, something is coming up, which make keeping that promise harder and more painful...
But, I won't give in, just yet; so damn it; damn Nokia, and yeah, damn me... :D :D

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WTF?

Are you kidding me?
I read somewhere in the www that it was a sensation when somebody found a hidden microphone in the n770...people where not expecting to find such a surprise on the n800. But, a whole FM Unit!??!? Again...WTF!?!? :D
A quicklook on my calender tells me, it is not the first of april... Hmm nice try, you are so funny, man :eek:

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Wow, this is hilarious, considering our recent conversation about the N800 and convergence; see the "How many radios do you have?" thread, in which I jokingly commented, "ironically, the Nokia 770/n800 doesn't have an AM/FM radio." Boy was I way off! Well, half off, since it's only an FM radio?

Seriously, though, I don't see myself wanting to listen to FM on my Internet Tablet. Internet Radio is acceptable, but my online music collection is even better.

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It works! Now I only need a way of starting the radio from the calendar, and I can abandon my fruitless search for a replacement for my old broken LCD travel clock radio.

(The volume is a bit low though? I have all volumes at full..)

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In regards to streaming internet radio, it's a great idea but it seems to be limited a great deal by the 770/n800 battery life. I get a very limited listening time when using internet radio (maybe my battery is too old). However... With a built-in FM radio I can simply plug in a FM transmitter to my computer and stream away for a long, long time. Granted, you can do the same thing with a FM radio but this way there's one device to read books, surf the net, check your email-- and listen to whatever on the radio. I like it! Listening to my computer right now and it's very nice.

Larry

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Wierd... FM radio? I listen to internet radio stations on the N800 and I haven't listened to an FM station in about 6 years. I suppose it may be useful when out & about (assuming you don't have SD cards full of audio or an unlimited mobile phone data connection), though not for me as most FM stations in London are rubbish!

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I like it as well... i won't use it all the time, but every once in a while I'll find this REALLY useful when I'm stranded in a hotel with nothing good on tv, and no radio and I can listen to NPR... awesome

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Looks like the earlier speculation here was spot-on.

EDIT: can't pick up a single station here at work. :(

The app sure could use a means of manually entering station numbers. Scanning and incrementally clicking don't quite cut it...

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I've always used an FM clock radio when travelling (I can't stand alarm tones for wakeup). You can't expect to find free wi-fi Internet in all hotels all over the world.. it's a quite rare find in fact. So I welcome this! (In particular if some additional coding can make this a clock radio, not just a radio..)