# Mandatory FM Tuners in Mobile Phones?

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**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [August 27, 2010, 7:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mandatory-fm-tuners-in-mobile-phones/159596 "2010-08-27T07:13:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ultradriver10000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ultradriver10000/32/7397_2.png) [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 12:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mandatory-fm-tuners-in-mobile-phones/159596/21 "2010-08-27T12:16:20Z")

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> [@Fry](#):
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> It’s never been used on a national level. On a regional level it gets used all the time.
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> I think I’ve just gotten so sick of federal scare tactics just from walking through airports and hearing “Todays threat level is… _insert random color here_” that I’m soured on the whole idea.

Every time I hear that in an airport I hope they toss in a new exciting color. Something like Sunset Orange Metallic or Arctic White. Never happens.

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**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 12:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mandatory-fm-tuners-in-mobile-phones/159596/22 "2010-08-27T12:19:18Z")

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lol I wouldn’t get on my flight if the threat level was violet

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**Author:** ![ZOMGVTEK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zomgvtek/32/5063_2.png) [@ZOMGVTEK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ZOMGVTEK)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 1:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mandatory-fm-tuners-in-mobile-phones/159596/23 "2010-08-31T13:43:10Z")

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I dont see the point of FORCING everyone to shove a FM tuner in phones. I dont even know anyone who gives a shit about FM radio. What the hell is a radio going to do in a emergency? Figgure it out.

And it is my understanding that the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, and Ipod Touch Gen 2/3 all technically have FM tuners built in for the NIKE+ functionality… Apple just decided to not use it, for whatever reason.

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**Author:** ![Carnut](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/carnut/32/7590_2.png) [@Carnut](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carnut)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 2:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mandatory-fm-tuners-in-mobile-phones/159596/24 "2010-08-31T14:19:56Z")

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:io: 🙂

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