Apple is prepping an FM radio application for the iPhone and iPod Touch. With this app, you’ll be able to tune into traditional FM radio using the iPhone or iPod Touch. The FM radio app is similar to the FM radio included in Apple’s new iPod nano that unveiled in September.
Apple also stuffed the iPhone FM radio app with iTunes purchases, so Apple can make more money from the users. You can track down songs that you’re listening on a radio station and buy them from the iTunes Mobile store if you like them. This features allows only users in the USA and the radio stations should support tagging in order for songs to be tracked. At the time of writing, the iPhone FM radio app is not yet known for its launch date.
via unwiredview
October 15th, 2009 at 11:13 am
Well there is already the iheartradio application for the iphone and itouch…….i think that works amazingly
October 17th, 2009 at 10:25 am
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October 19th, 2009 at 9:56 am
iheartradio and Pandora make this less important than for other phones possibly, HOWEVER I’m very excited to be able to tune in to the television signals broadcast at the gym and waste countless hours running while watching. That and only 2/4 radio stations I would like to listen to are available on iheartradio.
November 5th, 2009 at 10:03 am
[...] more than 100K applications on the Apple App store, it’s hard for iPhone or iPod Touch users to find the best [...]
December 31st, 2009 at 12:04 pm
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January 30th, 2010 at 9:17 am
[...] clip it on your belt to control the iPhone or iPod in your pocket. The mini remote also adds the FM radio functionality to the iPhone or iPod and have the radio stations shown on its LCD screen. You can [...]
July 24th, 2010 at 11:44 pm
Ok this sounds really nice. But what I need is to get local FM station signal and the option to record while I’m listening to it.
Any clue when will that be available?
September 2nd, 2010 at 6:48 pm
Ahem. Still waiting 11 months later…
December 2nd, 2010 at 3:26 pm
What happened to this supposedly-just-around-the-corner-app? No news for 14 months now. Pandora and all the other apps for Internet-borne radio streams can not compensate for lack of broadcast FM-signal LOCAL radio. I wonder if current iPhone/iPod Touch may lack some specific hardware components which is what prevents Apple from adding this useful function to the iOS platform…..
http://google.com/search?q=iphone+fm-radio+app
January 2nd, 2011 at 4:23 pm
I’m still lugging my iPod nano around with me because Apple hasn’t added this yet. :/
I hope we get some announcements in 2011. Maybe it will be standard feature for iOS 5??