I don’t have specific links but if you search for FM Radio Apps in the Apps 
Store you’ll get a link to the hardware dock required.


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the ground and not the electric light 1’s.”



> On 3 Oct 2017, at 10:10 am, joe quinn <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> how do you get this dock connector?
> 
> On 10/2/2017 11:53 AM, Travis Siegel wrote:
>> See, this is the kind of thing that makes no sense to me.  
>> Why should I have to purchase anything extra when the hardware already 
>> supports the function.  I have no idea why apple has refused to enable the 
>> fm radio capabilities on the iPhones, and I can't figure out why folks think 
>> it's a good idea to buy an extra piece of hardware to accomplish the task.  
>> Apple did the same thing with the earphone jak, claiming it's old 
>> technology, but what it really is (for them at least) is more harware sales, 
>> because now if you want to use headphones on the new iPhos, you need to 
>> purchase another component to make it happen.  This is just stupid, and 
>> doesn't make any sense, and doesn't do anybody any favors.  The fm radio 
>> falls in the same category.  It's stupid not to enable it, it doesn't affect 
>> anything, and so what if it doesn't work as well as a stand-alone radio, it 
>> still works, and could easily be used as a selling point, like a lot of the 
>> android devices do.  I liked the fact that my android tablet had fm 
>> capabilities, and used it a lot.  You can't use that capability on IOS 
>> unless you jailbreak the phone, and that is (once again) just stupid.
>> 
>> On 10/2/2017 4:42 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
>>> Actually I’m surprised at just how many phones there are out there on the 
>>> market without FM radio facilities.
>>> So the older phones have capabilities for FM radios? Up until now taken any 
>>> talk of that with a grain of salt given just how much other rubbish we hear 
>>> about iPhone these days.
>>> As for a phone not having a FM radio being a critical point? I’m not sure I 
>>> go along with that.
>>> FM radio sets are so good and cheap these days so why not just go out and 
>>> buy one, at a fraction of the cost of a new iPhone and surely - anyone 
>>> preparing an emergency kit whilst travelling - would have some sort of 
>>> radio on hand though I’m not sure I’d pick just a FM set, possibly 
>>> something with multi bands such as a cheap and reliable World Band radio 
>>> which can be held in the hand.
>>> I can assure you that carrying one of these would be well worth it given 
>>> the FM radios in phones - given my experience - just don’t perform too 
>>> well, yep for local stuff there okay but - if disaster strikes - you may 
>>> need something better than that.
>>> Anyway its an interesting discussion and the whole idea of FM radios in 
>>> phones hasn’t been abandoned, take the Nokia 3310 and the other Nokia 
>>> Android phones which are around now, I believe they all have FM radio 
>>> facilities.
>>> Further to this - if you believe it absolutely critical that your iPhone 
>>> have a FM radio - then a dock connector can be purchased to carry out this 
>>> task.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> **********
>>> “For the gardener nothing is more handier than bombs, I mean the 1’s you 
>>> put in the ground and not the electric light 1’s.”
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 2 Oct 2017, at 9:48 am, Iaen Cordell <[email protected] 
>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/28/16379316/fcc-iphone-fm-radio-activation-r
>>>>  
>>>> <https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/28/16379316/fcc-iphone-fm-radio-activation-r>
>>>> equest-ajit-pai
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