Belkin announces GPS-assisted FM transmitter for iPhone

Belkin on Thursday announced the upcoming TuneCast Auto Live, an FM transmitter for broadcasting your iPhone's audio through your car's stereo system.

The TuneCast Auto Live hardware will function much like that of current TuneCast models, letting you choose a broadcast frequency manually or using Belkin's ClearScan station-seeking technology. The new TuneCast will plug into your car's accessory ("cigarette lighter" jack) and charge your iPhone.

However, you'll also be able to control the new device using a free iPhone app, ClearScan Live, downloadable through the iTunes App Store. The application will allow you to change the transmission frequency, save presets, and rate frequencies in your area. It will also be able to take advantage of the iPhone's GPS functionality to determine your geographic location and then present you with the best "known" clear frequencies for that location based on your ratings and those of other TuneCast Auto Live users.

Belkin says the $80 TuneCast Auto Live will be available in "early fall." The iPhone app requires iPhone software 3.0, as Belkin says it is the first application to use the 3.0 software's capability to work directly with a hardware accessory. The transmitter hardware will also work with the current iPod nano and iPod classic.

[via MacWorld]

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Belkin announces GPS-assisted FM transmitter for iPhone

Belkin on Thursday announced the upcoming TuneCast Auto Live, an FM transmitter for broadcasting your iPhone's audio through your car's stereo system.

The TuneCast Auto Live hardware will function much like that of current TuneCast models, letting you choose a broadcast frequency manually or using Belkin's ClearScan station-seeking technology. The new TuneCast will plug into your car's accessory ("cigarette lighter" jack) and charge your iPhone.

However, you'll also be able to control the new device using a free iPhone app, ClearScan Live, downloadable through the iTunes App Store. The application will allow you to change the transmission frequency, save presets, and rate frequencies in your area. It will also be able to take advantage of the iPhone's GPS functionality to determine your geographic location and then present you with the best "known" clear frequencies for that location based on your ratings and those of other TuneCast Auto Live users.

Belkin says the $80 TuneCast Auto Live will be available in "early fall." The iPhone app requires iPhone software 3.0, as Belkin says it is the first application to use the 3.0 software's capability to work directly with a hardware accessory. The transmitter hardware will also work with the current iPod nano and iPod classic.

[via MacWorld]

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iPhone 3.0 to Support FM Radio/Transmitter, Wireless 802.11n

Wireless radio component specifications contained within beta distributions of iPhone 3.0 firmware reveal support for a new chip enabling low power 802.11n that's bound for Apple's third-generation iPod touch. It's therefore also likely to be included with new iPhone models.

The version of the existing Broadcom chip that supplies WiFi and Bluetooth on existing models jumps from BCM4325 to BCM4329, according to resource files reserved for a third-generation iPod touch. The component upgrade adds new support for 802.11n features, including the ability to find and join 5GHz networks. 

Existing iPhone and iPod touch models only support 5GHz 802.11a networks, or 2.4GHz 802.11b/g networks, forcing users who want the top speed of 802.11n (available on all MacBooks) but compatibility with 802.11b/g networks (to use the existing iPhone) to set up a 2.4GHz compatible network. That compromise forces the wireless network to deal with interference from other networks on the often crowded 2.4GHz band.

Apple's latest generation of AirPort base stations added new hardware support for dual-band networks, allowing both fast and slow devices to connect to independent 5GHz and 2.4GHz signals at the same time. However, this isn't possible with previous AirPort base station hardware, or when setting up an ad-hoc WiFi network from a notebook, for example.

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iPhone 3.0 to Support FM Radio/Transmitter, Wireless 802.11n

Wireless radio component specifications contained within beta distributions of iPhone 3.0 firmware reveal support for a new chip enabling low power 802.11n that's bound for Apple's third-generation iPod touch. It's therefore also likely to be included with new iPhone models.

The version of the existing Broadcom chip that supplies WiFi and Bluetooth on existing models jumps from BCM4325 to BCM4329, according to resource files reserved for a third-generation iPod touch. The component upgrade adds new support for 802.11n features, including the ability to find and join 5GHz networks. 

Existing iPhone and iPod touch models only support 5GHz 802.11a networks, or 2.4GHz 802.11b/g networks, forcing users who want the top speed of 802.11n (available on all MacBooks) but compatibility with 802.11b/g networks (to use the existing iPhone) to set up a 2.4GHz compatible network. That compromise forces the wireless network to deal with interference from other networks on the often crowded 2.4GHz band.

Apple's latest generation of AirPort base stations added new hardware support for dual-band networks, allowing both fast and slow devices to connect to independent 5GHz and 2.4GHz signals at the same time. However, this isn't possible with previous AirPort base station hardware, or when setting up an ad-hoc WiFi network from a notebook, for example.

Continue reading @ Apple Insider

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