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mrao
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Hehe... SETI ( Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) enabled phones  As if EDGE & 3G were'nt enough  |
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carkitter
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Duh! When your city is 80% under water and conditions are worsening, you take your cellphone with you to let you relatives know your still alive! Refugee centres will have power sockets no doubt. You may have to wait your turn though...
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masseur
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I don't know much about this topic but I can mention that I have a Sony SRF-220 credit card size am/fm radio. It literally is credit card size and about twice as thick.
I've had it for about 12 years and it has Sony "Tune into the world" with a celebratory icon saying "40 years Sony Radio Anniversary" (sorry I can't post pics from work but can post one later for anyone interested)
anyway, the point is that this is 12 years old and the AM side has always been very good, though not as good as the FM of course, and its in an incredibly tiny package and I still use it almost every day.
So as a non-expert I'm still curious why they couldn't take even the same electronics that are in this from all those years ago and shove them into a phone, or indeed use more recent components? not that I would want AM in a phone I guess, but...
btw, I feel a little less attitude would make this thread a bit better reading 
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defensive
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On 2005-08-31 17:03:06, mrao wrote:
Hehe... SETI ( Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) enabled phones As if EDGE & 3G were'nt enough
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That really did make me laugh..
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On 2005-08-31 17:13:41, masseur wrote:
btw, I feel a little less attitude would make this thread a bit better reading
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Sorry about the attitude, guess this one's aimed towards me But I am interested in seeing your little Sony AM/FM radio if possible in the near future, tonight I think
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mustafabay
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It seems SE have listened or more likely have been thinking. So now they've teamed up with NTT DoCoMo for a phone with AM/FM and even TV. No camera though but pefect for a walkman  Get that SE?
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Kryptik
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I'm a bit of a radio freak, so much so that i haven't watched tv per se since 2004. I'd love to see an AM inclusion in phones, mostly because of the diversity of stations broadcasting on AM. In S.Africa we've few local broadcasters on AM, so i indulge myself heavily in foreign broadcasters.
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Sammy_boy
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What about SW? You get all kinds of interesting stations on there, plus of course things like the BBC World Service.
Mind you, putting SW radios into mobile phones would be a little too specialist imho
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masseur
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for those interested, here is the credit card radio I spoke of earlier. still in excellent condition and working perfectly. I'm sure it must be a collectors piece. anyway, I'm still curious that if they could put AM in this 12 years ago surely size isn't an issue for putting AM into phones today?
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BlackBauer24
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defensive
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@ masseur $60 retail price as well as seen here
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masseur
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yeah I spotted that when looking to get some info about it earlier, and also this which shows all the currently available styles
so its nice to see that its still available after all this time but really thats a bit off topic and people seem to be skirting the real issue here now.
As I said, I'm no expert so I'm keen to have my question answered
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mrao
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@masseur, That IS slim ...Hmm....then the argument of size being a possible issue in incorporating AM capability into a cellphone goes out of the window....
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defensive
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Well not so off topic anyway masseur at least it shows that technology can manufacturer small(ish) AM radio's so maybe if phones were to include them they would need to a little thicker to fit it all in.
Personally though, if you want a radio then please go and buy a radio, BUT if you would like a phone then purchase a phone and whatever extra's it may include then just be happy with it After all a phone is designed intentionally for the main purpose of emergency calls to alert yourself/others of danger.
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masseur
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On 2005-08-31 20:22:23, defensive wrote:
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Personally though, if you want a radio then please go and buy a radio, BUT if you would like a phone then purchase a phone and whatever extra's it may include then just be happy with it After all a phone is designed intentionally for the main purpose of emergency calls to alert yourself/others of danger.
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oooh, I really dislike that philosophy. So many people said exactly that when cameras started appearing in phones but I really like convergent technology, especially if I have to carry less around with me, and as the K750/W800 cameras, music ability etc now prove, each feature doesn't have to be anything less than very good or excellent.
the more I can fit into a single device the happier I am, its been happening since music centres appeared in the 70's and for me its the way forward
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defensive
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I understand what your saying over there but you have a radio in the K750i yet people moan because it has only got FM not AM as well. I also would like to carry only the one device to suit my every need but thats why I own many laptops one with built in GPRS, its perfect - not so small as a phone etc. but only an 8" screen.
But now even I am getting way off topic, lets just wait and see what the next generation of phones are like, because we all know that smart phones and camera phones are leading the way now, so maybe AM radio will just pass away silently (not if Esato has anything to do with it though by the looks of things ) and move onto streaming radio through GPRS connections etc.
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