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Missing features from tablets?
Fran Blakes
04-09-2012
I haven't seen any tablets with a built-in radio (FM/DAB) or TV tuner.

Are there any about?

Nearly all mobile phones these days have an FM radio.

Sometimes it's not possible to use the internet to listen to a radio stream or watch TV.

BTW: I know DAB and TV would use a lot of power...
alan1302
04-09-2012
Originally Posted by Fran Blakes:
“I haven't seen any tablets with a built-in radio (FM/DAB) or TV tuner.

Are there any about?

Nearly all mobile phones these days have an FM radio.

Sometimes it's not possible to use the internet to listen to a radio stream or watch TV.

BTW: I know DAB and TV would use a lot of power...”

Doubt we’ll see a TV built in as then you need to build in an aerial as well and a TV tuner and I can’t see anyone wanting a chunky tablet.

I am surprised by the lack of an FM radio though because as you say most phones do.
Mr. Cool
04-09-2012
It will also make the devices heavier. Mobile phones don't have FM radio either. The headphones act as the antenna.
psionic
04-09-2012
Originally Posted by Fran Blakes:
“I haven't seen any tablets with a built-in radio (FM/DAB) or TV tuner.

Are there any about?

Nearly all mobile phones these days have an FM radio.

Sometimes it's not possible to use the internet to listen to a radio stream or watch TV.

BTW: I know DAB and TV would use a lot of power...”

You can buy an add-on. This for example is coming. Don't think they're cheap though.
scruffpot
04-09-2012
I had a gigabyte T600 mobile phone with an in built free view tuner
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtoKt...feature=relmfu
was a great little phone, ok it wasn't a tablet but it had a touch screen, the usb charging point broke off the board inside..I still have it somewhere I will dig it out one day and see if I can repair it once i have some free time
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