Trade groups oppose proposal to require FM in mobile devices

Reuters ^ | 19 August 2010 | Grant Gross

[Erik Latranyi]

Trade groups representing consumer electronics makers and mobile carriers have voiced opposition to a recent proposal by the radio and recording industries to require all mobile devices in the U.S. to include FM receivers.

[Erik Latranyi]

These scum in the radio industry nearly destroyed satellite radio by delaying the merger of Sirius and XM for over a year. Now they want to use the government to mandate every mobile device has an FM receiver.

I am tired of dead industries looking to the gov't for help.

[oblomov]

>>I am tired of dead industries looking to the gov’t for help.

I’m tired of the government being big enough, and corrupt enough, to help them.

[DainBramage]

Uhmmm....its not a dead industry for spanish stations.

[11Bush]

Make them include AM radio, where all those nasty conservatives have a voice, and this will go away chop-chop.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I'm embarrassed to admit, that even though I have a masters in electrical engineering, I had read the article to figure out what the headline meant by “FM”. I mean FM is so totally 20th Century.

[KarlInOhio]

The buggy whip manufacturers demand that all cars be steered and braked with leather reins and accelerated by striking the hood with a whip.

Will there be a minimum quality and amplification required, or will the FM radios be as bad as many are now where it seems like the designer just put in the FM chip but left out the antenna so you can only receive the station if you are within a half mile of the transmitter?

[photoguy]

My EVO 4g has an fm radio. You need headphone for an antenna. Never used it. I stream Pandora or Slacker instead.

[TexasFreeper2009]

well ... the insurance industry was successful in getting government to force people to buy their products... why not FM radio too?

I mean the constitution is clear that the federal government has the obligation and right to force us pleebs to buy any product they wish, I mean... federal power is limitless right? /s

[longtermmemmory]

it is the equalization of opportunity act (atlas shrugged)