Radio War

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The R.I.A.A. is butting its nose in your gizmos again. This time, it is trying to get the government to mandate all electronic gadgets including cell phones to come with F.M. radio. - I don't know what to think of this. Radio can come in handy in the case of emergency, telling you where to go if the brown and stinky hits the osculating and blowing. According to some articles, the chips that include radio only cost ten cents to insert, it is the copyrights (or copy-fights) that make radio expensive. - Yet, it is more government control over what goes into people's gizmos. Some want their phones dirt cheap, and do just one thing, make phone calls. They don't want their phones to do everything except make PB and J sandwiches. That's why the little Jitterbug phones are so popular, that and their huge buttons that are so easy to see. - Most people have radios coming out of their ears...literally. Many MP3 players already have the AM/FM tuners installed (and ignored). My little MP3 player does. - I personally use Shoutcast for my music fix, which is a form of Internet radio, as where I live getting FM or AM terrestrial broadcasts is an exercise in futility. I don't pay for satellite, I'm too cheap. - Your opinion?