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Apple debuts $699 5.4-inch iPhone 12 mini
pulseimages said:Was thinking about getting the iPhone SE 2020 for the small size and Touch ID but the battery life is a turn off. Can you use Face ID with a mask though?No, not if you originally set up FaceID without the mask. However, there is an option in the "FaceID & Passcode" menu under Settings to set up an "Alternate Appearance" to include your mask.
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Apple now considers final iPod nano model 'vintage'
Beats said:I've wanted an update for almost a decade. I got bored and mocked up a concept on paper. it was a 3"x3" all screen FaceID model with bezels like iPad Pro. Wish they'd release it with an iOS Mini to support a knew dimension of apps.GG1 said:payeco said:
Sorry, but this isn’t true. The 7th gen Nano had Bluetooth and supported bluetooth headphones.GG1 said:
It may not be technically feasible to provide decent, clear FM in a phone that doesn't offer ONLY a 3.5mm jack for earphones, as the wire for the earphones is often used as the FM antenna. These iPods required ONLY wired earphones, so the FM antenna was always present. I'm not saying it's not possible, but that the audio quality would suffer without wired earphones.OutdoorAppDeveloper said:It would be so easy for Apple to include a full set of radio features to the iPhone complete with SDK ... but how would they charge radio stations a fee for you to listen to their music and ads?
“However, most notably, the iPod nano 7th Gen adds H.264 video playback support (720x576) and Bluetooth 4.0 for use with Bluetooth-enabled headphones, speakers, and compatible car stereos.”
https://everymac.com/systems/apple/ipod/ipod-faq/differences-between-7th-gen-ipod-nano-6th-gen-ipod-nano.htmlI stand corrected. But now that you got my interest, I found a teardown of this iPod, and there was no mention of the FM antenna found, even though there was a Broadcom chip for Bluetooth+FM. The full aluminum body also isn't good for an internal FM antenna (if Apple were hiding it in the printed circuit board).But can you actually use Bluetooth headphones while listening to FM? The link you gave didn't explicitly say so, but I found that they both work simultaneously only if you have something plugged into the audio jack (wired earphones or AUX cable) in order to complete the FM antenna. Without something plugged in, the FM won't work. That makes sense based on the teardown, but it is a bit cumbersome when trying to go wireless.
I have one of these. The antennae IS the wired headphones so no, you CANNOT use FM with Bluetooth. Apple would have to invent a new FM antennae.
With that said, don't you guys know Apples philosophy of moving away from analog and mechanics? Adding FM to them would be like adding a headphone jack or hardware keyboard to the iPhone.Thanks for the confirmation.For FM frequencies, which are much lower than cellular/Bluetooth/WiFi/UWB, a physically larger antenna is needed to pick up the FM signal reliably (wavelength is inversely proportional to frequency). If the iPod body were plastic, maybe an internal antenna could be used, but the long wire of corded headphones is fairly good at FM. Compare the iPod body length to the corded headphones length, and you see the problem.
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Apple now considers final iPod nano model 'vintage'
payeco said:
Sorry, but this isn’t true. The 7th gen Nano had Bluetooth and supported bluetooth headphones.GG1 said:
It may not be technically feasible to provide decent, clear FM in a phone that doesn't offer ONLY a 3.5mm jack for earphones, as the wire for the earphones is often used as the FM antenna. These iPods required ONLY wired earphones, so the FM antenna was always present. I'm not saying it's not possible, but that the audio quality would suffer without wired earphones.OutdoorAppDeveloper said:It would be so easy for Apple to include a full set of radio features to the iPhone complete with SDK ... but how would they charge radio stations a fee for you to listen to their music and ads?
“However, most notably, the iPod nano 7th Gen adds H.264 video playback support (720x576) and Bluetooth 4.0 for use with Bluetooth-enabled headphones, speakers, and compatible car stereos.”
https://everymac.com/systems/apple/ipod/ipod-faq/differences-between-7th-gen-ipod-nano-6th-gen-ipod-nano.htmlI stand corrected. But now that you got my interest, I found a teardown of this iPod, and there was no mention of the FM antenna found, even though there was a Broadcom chip for Bluetooth+FM. The full aluminum body also isn't good for an internal FM antenna (if Apple were hiding it in the printed circuit board).But can you actually use Bluetooth headphones while listening to FM? The link you gave didn't explicitly say so, but I found that they both work simultaneously only if you have something plugged into the audio jack (wired earphones or AUX cable) in order to complete the FM antenna. Without something plugged in, the FM won't work. That makes sense based on the teardown, but it is a bit cumbersome when trying to go wireless. -
Apple now considers final iPod nano model 'vintage'
It may not be technically feasible to provide decent, clear FM in a phone that doesn't offer ONLY a 3.5mm jack for earphones, as the wire for the earphones is often used as the FM antenna. These iPods required ONLY wired earphones, so the FM antenna was always present. I'm not saying it's not possible, but that the audio quality would suffer without wired earphones.OutdoorAppDeveloper said:It would be so easy for Apple to include a full set of radio features to the iPhone complete with SDK ... but how would they charge radio stations a fee for you to listen to their music and ads?
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Google paying $1 billion to publishers for content in new News Showcase
