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August 05, 2007
Apple, you done me right.
One of the few complaints I've had with the iPhone is that it failed to work with the Kensington iPod FM Transmitter/Auto Charger that I bought just about two months before I bough the iPhone.
But the good news is that the 1.0.1 iPhone firmware update last week that fixed a recently discovered security flaw, also included several other (undocumented) fixes. Among those, is a fix to allow the iPhone to "now play music through many previously incompatible car
adapters and other external speakers originally designed for the iPod." Including my Kensington FM transmitter. After reader the above post, I ran outside to test it. Sure enough, I can now listen to the music and podcasts on the iPhone when I drive to the office and take a road trip.
Couldn't come at a better time, since after attending the wedding of my friends Tim & Sharon in San Francisco next weekend, I've rented a Mustang convertible to drive down Pacific Coastal Highway to spend a few days sitting on a rock in Monterey staring at the ocean until my mind goes blank.
The only downside is you still have to switch the iPhone into Airplane Mode while listening to music piped through the radio, which means you can't make or receive phone calls while using the FM transmitter. Apparently the GSM signal and FM signal don't get along too well. Oh well. At least while I'm on vacation, I really don't want to make or receive calls anyway. :-)
Posted August 5, 2007 06:48 PM
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