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Now that smaller, more power-efficient HD Radio chips are available, the ones found in HD Radio portables like the Insignia HD and Zune HD, iBiquity is telling wireless executives those chips will work in cellphones too.

The SiPort® SP1010™ Terrestrial Digital Broadcast Receiver is a highly integrated CMOS tuner and baseband chip. This multiband single-chip receiver enables Digital Radio and Digital Data Services from terrestrial broadcasts on popular mobile platforms.

When iBiquity’s Jeff Jury was asked when we could see HD Radio in cellphones, the estimated was 2012 but the company is trying to accelerate that to 2011.

credit photo & text: SiPort

iBiquity Digital displayed several new demos and products at the NAB Radio Show in Philadelphia. In addition to the new Zune HD and Insignia HD portables, iBiquity had several personal navigation demos showcasing HD Radio’s real-time traffic capabilities.
Real-time navigation devices using HD Radio technology deliver traffic and concierge services like gas station prices, movie listings, sports scores, stock quotes, school closings, and emergency alerts.

The idea of an FM receiver in the iPhone has excited many a commentator over the last several years, apparently that may be changing when iPhone 3.0 hits some time in the next 8 – 10 months…..more