Posted September 11, 2009 by Christen Costa in iPod
 
 

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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Christen Costa

 

Grew up back East, got sick of the cold and headed West. Since I was small I have been pushing buttons - both electronic and human. With an insatiable need for tech I thought "why not start a blog focusing on technology, and use my dislikes and likes to post on gadgets."

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