FM radio might come on Windows Phone 8 devices after update

11 December, 2012
Rumor has it the alleged Apollo+ update will bring back the FM radio support and app.

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windowsrage Droidrage jokes anyone

at least google is open about the fact that their product is still not fully developed

    Now a lot people will be happy, cause missing a radio on the WP8 phones was a big disaster according to them.

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      • Anonymous
      • dW2
      • 11 Dec 2012

      Observer, 11 Dec 2012Wew! . .you got a new chopping board. :D made me lol very much :D

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        • bEK
        • 11 Dec 2012

        AnonD-39892, 11 Dec 2012And android is doing everything symbian did years ago... An... moreSymbian had gotten most of the things right. Had proper file system management. Proper transfer and networking protocols including VPN. But it was a locked down platform. It was built for a crippled platform ARMv6 and that's why it had such performance issues during the S60v5 era. The Broadcom SOC in the S^3 models took care of that part though.

        However, while it was good, it was good only for its time. For example it had no native wifi tethering mechanism (JoikuSpot is a third party hack ;) ). Only Symbian signed apps could be installed on phones (The cert-key self signing people used was another hack). It also had no USB host support(Host support is different from OTG). Also codec support on most Symbian devices was terrible and the hardware decoding wasn't made available to third party players.

        Android fixed all these issues. Also Android is pretty modular, you can replace/customise everything from the launcher to the messaging app to the browser. It can do pretty much anything you can want from a handheld device. Symbian was more constrained.

        The only thing symbian could do better than Android was call recording. Atleast Nokia phones had a dedicated API for recording phone calls. Android uses a kernel hack for this to work (very ugly). Android doesn't really compete with symbian. It is actually symbian's successor in my opinion as far as the mobile world is concerned. In fact it is wayyy better than the "OS" M$ decided to release.

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          AnonD-84053, 11 Dec 2012No it's notno its not. Only android s great to lag to confuse n to get easily affected by malwares.

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            • Andrei
            • La5
            • 11 Dec 2012

            Great news. Glad I bought a Windows Phone.

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              • 32G
              • 11 Dec 2012

              what! no FM radio until now? this is a joke right? even the cheapest phone has FM radio!!

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                • 11 Dec 2012

                Sukha, 11 Dec 2012Its the best ever mobile based OS to work on!No it's not

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                  • 11 Dec 2012

                  wardroid, 11 Dec 2012Might come? Wow what a future... I've just change my ... moreWew! . .you got a new chopping board. :D

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                    • 11 Dec 2012

                    Anonymous, 11 Dec 2012Yes, WP8 would achieve a feature parity with Android ginger... moreAnd android is doing everything symbian did years ago... Android is nothing new and not that 'great' as fanboys think it is.

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                      AnonD-85006, 11 Dec 2012He is not jealous, he is afraid, afraid of the change.ahahaha i guess youre right :-)

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                        AnonD-86517, 11 Dec 2012It s not that if fm radio s added now WP is a amateur. So i... moreI dont get what you are saying, Im just recommending the article from wpcentral.com and im a fan of windows phone.

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                          AnonD-58170, 11 Dec 2012and why you came here? your forum and thread are over there... moreHe is not jealous, he is afraid, afraid of the change.

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                            AnonD-50083, 11 Dec 2012This is not a forum. This is a news site with an interactiv... moreyes i agree, a news site where this news is dedicated to windows phone


                            sorry for the wrong word

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                              • 11 Dec 2012

                              Its the best ever mobile based OS to work on!

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                                yeah, 11 Dec 2012Dead OS - what a waste of resources. In the world of technology, OSs begin by being 'dead' for a while. They slowly begin to show signs of life, as WP started doing so faster than Android :)

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                                  I must said Wow...

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                                    AnonD-71308, 11 Dec 2012Watch out android, windows phone is getting better everyday.very good

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                                      • a3t
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                                      AnonD-58170, 11 Dec 2012and why you came here? your forum and thread are over there... moreThis is not a forum. This is a news site with an interactive comments section. He can be here making fun of WP's lack of features as I go over there and make fun of Android's mess of an OS.

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                                        AnonD-88117, 11 Dec 2012Click this link www.wpcentral.com/first-ota-update-windo... moreIt s not that if fm radio s added now WP is a amateur. So if in android they introduce native video call wat ll u say. First of all 4.2 jb s de most buggy version. You google n learn n come to WP thread...