3rd Gen iPod Touch Stripped Down, WiFi N And FM Transmitter Discovered

iPod — 11 September 2009
3rd Gen iPod Touch Stripped Down, WiFi N And FM Transmitter Discovered

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Don’t kill me for saying this, but iFixit is on a ‘tear’ lately when it comes to stripping down Apple products.  Just yesterday we saw the inards of the brand new iPod Nano (with camera) and now they’ve stripped apart a 3rd gen iPod Touch.

And guess what they found?  Inside the device is a Broadcom BCM4329 chip, which supposedly supports 802.11n (the latest iteration of WiFi) and the ability to transmit the iPod’s audio to a nearby FM radio.  This isn’t the first time we’ve heard murmurs of a handheld Apple product including an FM transmitter so pardon me when I say it’s not a huge surprise.

Oh, and all those rumors regarding an iPod Touch cases with a camera.  It looks like they weren’t too far off the mark, because according to iFixit there is enough room to include one.

[via Crunchgear]

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  • http://www.cellphones-reviews.com/ iGeek

    why is it the iphone is always behind the bloody ipod touch, it should be the other one, and we won’t get any of the upgrades until next june, it’s ridiculous.

  • http://www.cellphones-reviews.com/ sezilla

    “If Apple enabled 802.11n in the iPod touch, we could see a lot of new uses come to the device, including video streaming, wireless sync/home sharing, on-device video rental, and many other possibilities.”