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New iPod Touch Has an 802.11n Chip

Posted by kdawson on from the more-and-more-like-a-little-tablet dept.

eggboard writes "iFixIt has discovered a Broadcom 802.11a/b/g/n chip in the just-announced iPod touch (32 GB and 64 GB) models that uses single-stream 802.11n. Single-stream doesn't get the full power of N, but it boosts speed enough that — along with space-time block encoding, a feature coming soon to Wi-Fi access points with two or more radios — the iPod touch could be an effective networked media server, for streaming and transfer, possibly through the new iTunes Home Sharing feature."

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  1. iLinkIt by the_other_chewey · · Score: 5, Informative

    WTF is this link-less entry supposed to be?

    Here's the story mentioned above:
    http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPod-touch-3rd-Generation/1158/2

  2. Re:Not how Home Sharing works by radmarshallb · · Score: 4, Informative

    Yes it is. Home Sharing has an option to allow you to automatically synchronize new purchases, but it does much more than that. You can copy any song from your iTunes library to any other machine on your Home Sharing network. For instance, I just copied a single album (ripped from my own CDs, not an iTMS purchase) from my main library upstairs onto my laptop. If an iPod were enabled for Home Sharing, it would make sense that you could do the same thing. That is, wirelessly sync whatever songs, albums, or playlists you choose to your iPod Touch.

  3. Re:Server? by ZackSchil · · Score: 5, Informative

    iPods output to televisions.

  4. Re:All this means by itsdapead · · Score: 4, Informative

    just as they won't activate the bluetooth chip inside older Ipod Touches.

    Er, they did...

    If you pay Apple 10 bucks for the 3.0 OS upgrade, that unused bluetooth chip in the second-gen iPod Touch will spring into action...

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  5. Re:Server? by Winckle · · Score: 4, Informative

    Try a better search term?

    Here's a third party example http://www.bestofferbuy.com/AVout-TV-IDChip-Cable-for-iPod-Nano-3ClassicTouchiPhone-1-p-9946.html?currency=GBP&utm_source=gbase&utm_medium=cse&utm_campaign=gbase

    And apple's official KB article http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1454

  6. Re:Server? by RedK · · Score: 4, Informative

    HDMI is only one way to connect to a TV. How bout you try to get informed before spouting nonsense : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1454.

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  7. Re:Why didn't they tell us? by icebike · · Score: 4, Informative

    Maybe because this chip really does not support N?

    Just because it is from that family of chips doesn't mean it has N.

    Look at the designator on the end of the chipset full designation: BCM4329FKUBG That BG at the end may be telling.

    I'm sure when Apple calls, Broadcom pays attention, and will burn custom chip sets, omitting any feature Apple does not want.

    the full BCM4329FKUBG designation does not appear in Broadcom's catalog. Its a custom chip.

    Besides, N requires special antennas. They were not found.

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