Why no FM radio on Nexus ?

elglobie · January 25th, 2012, 05:24 AM

The Note has an FM radio , why not the Nexus ?

thegreen · January 25th, 2012, 07:05 AM

Only Samsung/Google can answer that, I guess.

I use the Tune In Radio app... Every FM station I've wanted to find is there.

NexusTootsie · January 25th, 2012, 07:49 AM

tune in radio app gives you every station everywhere. and it's a freebee. really super!

IOWA · January 25th, 2012, 08:02 AM

Personally I find FM radios to be a waste in cell phones that have up to 32 gigs memory and streaming capabilities.

trophynuts · January 25th, 2012, 08:14 AM

i used to agree that the fm radio was a waste....until last April when the town i live in was struck by tornadoes ...i live in Alabama and the state had 36 tornadoes that day. We were without power for 6 days. ....The night all of it happen when the power went off. That fm radio app on my Droid X was a life saver....

MSUgEEk · January 25th, 2012, 08:35 AM

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i used to agree that the fm radio was a waste....until last April when the town i live in was struck by tornadoes ...i live in Alabama and the state had 36 tornadoes that day. We were without power for 6 days. ....The night all of it happen when the power went off. That fm radio app on my Droid X was a life saver....

What part of Bama do you live in? We made it through those, but less than 30 miles away wasn't so lucky...east side of Athens.

Johndubbya77 · January 25th, 2012, 08:59 AM

Honestly, why use the fm radio when you can use iheartradio or tunein. Seriously great apps...

MSUgEEk · January 25th, 2012, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Johndubbya77

Honestly, why use the fm radio when you can use iheartradio or tunein. Seriously great apps...

What if you live in a coverage area gap? Can't rightly stream like that. I could probably pick up FM Stations where I work, but I barely get enough cell signal to make/receive a call, much less stream radio.

trophynuts · January 25th, 2012, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by svt_gEEk

What part of Bama do you live in? We made it through those, but less than 30 miles away wasn't so lucky...east side of Athens.

A few miles from the HSV international Airport. We got lucky as well in my neighborhood but a lot of Madison County got hit. Some friends and I went out a few days helping with cutting trees and it was crazy how much damage was done.

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Originally Posted by Johndubbya77

Honestly, why use the fm radio when you can use iheartradio or tunein. Seriously great apps...

also depending on what situation your in those apps will drain more battery power.

darklide · January 25th, 2012, 11:58 AM

The question really needs to be why no HD radio.

skiflyer · January 25th, 2012, 12:20 PM

Loved the FM radio on my DroidX - streaming is nice, but it kills the battery on 4g. Personally if I'm going to stream for an extended period of time I tend to kick down to 3g first. Given that they use the headphone wire as the antenna it doesn't take up much space inside the phone at all. Unfortunately that ship has already sailed for the nexus though, no FM radio.

quickaudi · January 25th, 2012, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by trophynuts

A few miles from the HSV international Airport. We got lucky as well in my neighborhood but a lot of Madison County got hit. Some friends and I went out a few days helping with cutting trees and it was crazy how much damage was done

Was in your neighborhood over new years.

trophynuts · January 25th, 2012, 09:17 PM

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Was in your neighborhood over new years.

hope you had a good time lol

ChrisAG · January 26th, 2012, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Johndubbya77

Honestly, why use the fm radio when you can use iheartradio or tunein. Seriously great apps...

Because not all of us have unlimited data plans. Mine is for 500 MB, and streaming radio would probably push it over the limit.

giannib · January 26th, 2012, 03:31 PM

finally a word of wisdom !

giannib · January 26th, 2012, 03:32 PM

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Because not all of us have unlimited data plans. Mine is for 500 MB, and streaming radio would probably push it over the limit.

Finally a word of wisdom!

jackburnt · January 26th, 2012, 04:08 PM

Streaming radio doesn't use a lot of bandwidth. I love TuneIn Pro (got the pro for free on Amazon)

As for coverage, let's just say I use it more camping than our regular radio as 1) I prefer the local stations 2) better cell reception than radio.

I live in Alabama too! Thankfully we didn't get hit by those tornadoes here in Auburn, but I can see the advantage of an FM radio.

pirahna · January 26th, 2012, 05:22 PM

Would be nice to have a radio at the gym because they broadcast all the tv's over a radio signal. Oh Well, I usually listen to Sirius anyways.

elglobie · January 28th, 2012, 05:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Johndubbya77

Honestly, why use the fm radio when you can use iheartradio or tunein. Seriously great apps...

Because that consumes a lot of bits and bytes...that's why I want a FM radio

jikhead · January 28th, 2012, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by elglobie

Because that consumes a lot of bits and bytes...that's why I want a FM radio

You could buy something like THIS to compliment your phone; I just ordered one yesterday. I didn't order it for the FM radio, as I use Tune In Radio app for all my local radio stations. Seeing how most phones that have a FM radio require a headset to be used to serve as the antenna; then this could be a viable option for you.

IOWA · January 29th, 2012, 01:03 AM

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You could buy something like THIS to compliment your phone; I just ordered one yesterday. I didn't order it for the FM radio, as I use Tune In Radio app for all my local radio stations. Seeing how most phones that have a FM radio require a headset to be used to serve as the antenna; then this could be a viable option for you.

Yep, requiring a headset to use as an antenna really disables some of the usefulness of an FM antenna in a phone anyway.

jikhead · February 2nd, 2012, 07:35 PM

So I got the Sony MW600 in today that I mentioned two posts above. This thing is pretty nice and so small. I'm going to write a review and put it in a different section of the forum; but wanted to mention a few quick things about the FM radio here since that's what this post was about.

The FM radio works really well. I'm currently/temporarily living back in my home town and all the local radio stations are about 50 miles away. With my Droid Incredible's built-in FM radio, I couldn't pick up any stations from here; which was sad because I think it should be able to work like any radio and pick up those stations. The Sony MW600 had no problems picking up all my stations.

One benefit I now have again, is that I can listen to all the Razorback live broadcasts via this FM radio. While I can pick up that station via Tune In Radio, I wasn't able to get these events because the university doesn't permit their live events to be streamed over the internet; they have exclusive rights for that and want you to buy a membership at their website to do this.

Just some tid-bits should someone be looking to add an FM radio to their Nexus; the WM600 is a viable option.

ChappellHeel · February 2nd, 2012, 08:36 PM

^Very interested in the Sony. Please do a review. Thanks

jikhead · February 2nd, 2012, 08:38 PM

Review is HERE.

xOutlawx · February 2nd, 2012, 09:13 PM

I was wondering about this today too. Is there a way to get the Droid X FM app file to work on the Galaxy Nexus? I tried an apk that someone extracted to use on a Droid 3, but it doesn't let me press any of the buttons, and interface is a little messed up.

simagic · May 5th, 2012, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by elglobie

The Note has an FM radio , why not the Nexus ?

I can't find an FM radio on my note.at&t version. Am I missing something. Where do I find it

kinfolk248 · May 5th, 2012, 12:28 PM

Why no fm radio? Hell, we gotta be able to make decent phone calls before we start talking about radio stations lol ...

rivera02 · May 5th, 2012, 09:25 PM

I'm sure that manufactures study usage patterns of their users, and may have found that such a small percentage of people actually use the fm radio that they will cut it out if the space is needed to achieve the form factor they want. I have had several phones with an fm radio, and i don't believe i ever used it even once. However, i know everyone uses their phones differently

simagic · May 6th, 2012, 06:36 AM

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Originally Posted by rivera02

I'm sure that manufactures study usage patterns of their users, and may have found that such a small percentage of people actually use the fm radio that they will cut it out if the space is needed to achieve the form factor they want. I have had several phones with an fm radio, and i don't believe i ever used it even once. However, i know everyone uses their phones differently

I didn't even know I was "supposed" to have an FM radio on my note, but upon reading the specs online, it said FM RADIO was on the phone

callmeox · May 6th, 2012, 12:11 PM

I tried the FM radio once on my Dinc and the reception sucked even with wired headlhones. Not sure that these phones can be all things to all people.

ShaunOfTheLive · August 16th, 2012, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by simagic

I can't find an FM radio on my note.at&t version. Am I missing something. Where do I find it

The AT&T Note does not have FM radio. Only the international version does.

Kookas · August 18th, 2012, 08:06 AM

Probably because of the cost, plus the fact that adding FM radio is like adding a T9 keyboard. It's obsolete. Don't the stations you listen to broadcast over the internet as well?