Cormier6083 Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 iPod Touch v2 Secretly Has Bluetooth, But Will Apple Enable It? 8:46 PM on Wed Sep 10 2008 By matt buchanan In their teardown of the iPod touch version 2, iFixit found a secret surprise: A Broadcom Bluetooth chipset! Though totally unannounced and not listed on the spec page, the iPod touch's Bluetooth chipset supports 2.1+EDR. We don't know for sure yet if it has A2DP, which would let you use stereo headphones—and be another hardware one-up over the iPhone besides the built-in Nike+ functions. We've got our fingers crossed—what else would it be used for? Link >> http://gizmodo.com/5048234/ipod-touch-v2-s...apple-enable-it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNay Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yusuf M. Veteran Posted September 11, 2008 Veteran Share Posted September 11, 2008 My electronic wet dream come true. I hope this means wireless song transfer and support for bluetooth devices (i.e. bluetooth headphones). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadBoat89 Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 i wouldn't be surprised if apple charged money to activate it (aka ipod touch 2.2 firmware), just like the wireless-n enabler in macbooks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xero Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Perhaps their plans for it are unfinished and they wanted to make sure the hardware was there for a future update, so they don't totally screw over current owners with the next refresh. However they did this time around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giantpotato Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 If they copied the Samsung P2's ability to pair with a cellphone you could use the iPod Touch as a phone without being locked to ridiculous iPhone contracts. Although I doubt that would ever happen. edit: nevermind, looks impossible since the iPod doesn't have a mic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yusuf M. Veteran Posted September 11, 2008 Veteran Share Posted September 11, 2008 I was just about to say... :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cormier6083 Posted September 11, 2008 Author Share Posted September 11, 2008 edit: nevermind, looks impossible since the iPod doesn't have a mic. Not so. http://store.apple.com/us/product/MA662G/B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
instant.human Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 i wouldn't be surprised if apple charged money to activate it (aka ipod touch 2.2 firmware), just like the wireless-n enabler in macbooks it was not apples fault they had to charge some bucks for the wireless-n enabler... it was due to some legal issues, iirc. ;) interesting, nevertheless. =) we will see what it actually is in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin001 Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Are these coming in at the same price as the current iPod touch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pc_Madness Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 it was not apples fault they had to charge some bucks for the wireless-n enabler... it was due to some legal issues, iirc. ;) I kinda got the impression in that case Apple were like "yeah, buy this *cough* download it!! *cough*". But perhaps thats just me. And its an ANT chip or something, not Bluetooth http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/10/debunk-...he-nike-receiv/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
instant.human Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 I kinda got the impression in that case Apple were like "yeah, buy this *cough* download it!! *cough*". But perhaps thats just me.And its an ANT chip or something, not Bluetooth http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/10/debunk-...he-nike-receiv/ certainly they were not like "oh crap, now our poor customers have to pay! we feel so bad now!" ;) ha now that makes sense. they said the reciever was built-in. has anybody discovered anything like that "bluetooth chip" yet which could be there for nike+? if not, we know what it is. =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typhon Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Hey can you use Skype on the iPod touch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
instant.human Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 ^you cant (yet). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noroom Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Too bad it's not Bluetooth, it would've made the Touch a bit more attractive to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardsim7 Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Are these coming in at the same price as the current iPod touch? No I think they're a bit cheaper :) -Rich- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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