Does iPod Touch 2.0 have Bluetooth Chip?
Author: Raveesh Mayya // Category: Bluetooth, Broadcom, iPod Touch 2.0Now, I was one of the first Indian buyers of iPod Touch 2.0 in September 2008 when one of my friend working in Chicago, USA bought me one when he flew to India. I was looking out for the latest features of iPod Touch 2.0, browsing the websites and I was surprised to come across a discussion: "Does the latest iPod Touch have Bluetooth chip?" !!
Some rich buggers from USA dissected the iPod Touch 2.0. This is how it looks.
Dissected iPod Touch 2.0
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Surprised??
Photo Courtesy : Engadget, Gizmodo
Facts :
- iPod Touch 2.0 indeed has a Broadcom BCM4325 Bluetooth 2.1+EDR chip. This is a single chip from Broadcom which has WiFi, Bluetooth and FM.
- The Nike+iPod feature (for Technojogging), which is based on a proprietary low-power 2.4GHz communications protocol called ANT, works on 2.4 GHz frequency, awefully close to Bluetooth's Bandwidth (which is 2.4 Ghz as well).
- The Bluetoooth feature is DISABLED in the iPod for obvious reasons. They don't want people to share music illegally.
- Probably, they will enable the Bluetooth, the day they figure out how to enable file sharing without violating the DRM.
Apple might probably never enable Bluetooth or FM. Or even if they do, it is definitely with one of their 10$ firmware updates. What a business tactic!!
