Thread: Who is going to make a geek phone?
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geneven is offline geneven
2011-06-24 , 00:04
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Originally Posted by Texrat View Post
This geek would have loved to have used the N900's FM transmitter, but in my area there was too much interference on available bands. Sounded like crap.

So, yeah, this is a feature that IMO could be safely dropped. Cars are increasingly equipped with bluetooth anyway.
My main car, a 1990 Subaru, is not equipped with bluetooth. Its receiver seems to be messed up. So without FM transmitter, I would be totally unable to listen to The Economist mp3 in my car.
By the way, I reduce interference by (a) closing my antenna to as short as I can, and (b) putting my N900 in the ashtray next to the radio. Works well for me.

By the way, those of you who think that FM Transmitter is so useless, you might check out, say, Flying J's on the Americian interstate road system. These combo gas stations/ restaurants/ convenience stores actually sell COMPETING BRANDS of FM transmitters in the stores! This indicates to me that FM transmitters are in more demand than you realize.
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