July 13, 2005
Broadcast to FM Frequency with iPAQ
My cubemate just picked up a cool little device for his iPod that allows him to broadcast his songs to an FM frequency, so he can play it on his car stereo or pretty much wherever he’s got an FM radio available nearby. Sweet, huh?
Well, it got me curious as to wondering… can this be done with an iPAQ? Apparently it can.
I’m sure this is old news by now and I’m years behind, but this is certainly on my must-buy list. Apparently it takes the signal from the headphones jack and then broadcasts it with the device to an open FM channel, which you specify on the device.
Now if someone would just invent the ability/capacity to either play USB jumpdrives in your car stereo or somehow connect them to an iPAQ type device. I know that USB works on a Master/Slave relationship and the slave (USB device) requires power—an iPAQ is a slave device. But if they could somehow make an attachement to alter that relationship and provide power through an adapter… think of the cool capabilities you’d have. 2 GIG storage for your iPAQ. Man, that’s just something that needs to be created. Or even a USB hub/adapter for your iPAQ that could act as a master controlling all your devices and allowing your iPAQ to access them all.
‘Course at that point, I guess I might as well just get a laptop, eh? Now if I only had 2 grand to blow.
July 13, 2005, 1:19 pm
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Jamison said,
July 13, 2005 @ 11:05 pm
The iPod shuffle has an accessory that you plug it’s USB end into and then it transmits FM. It’s just for the shuffle though