[mjays]

I'm quite excited about the new Lumia, but alas I won't be giving up my N8 until Nokia release a Lumia phone with an FM Transmitter.

It allows me to play music in any car I go in and any radio that I happen to be near without any cables or addon gadgets.

One thing is for sure, I will always use Nokia, I can't stand apple products. Too restricted and too controlled.

[podgerodge]

Agree.

Bringing out the Lumia's without Fm transmitter is bizarre.

It means I have to keep my N8 for now instead of upgrading.  Like you I want a Nokia but I ain't purchasing until a phone comes along with the features Nokia previously offered me.

[RussU]

Gonna gave to disagree on this one. FM is a dying technology, Bluetooth A2DP does the job better.

[MvM1988]

No! FM is still much better as every old school radia as well as the new ones can play it. my car is quiet new but the radio doesn't have Bluetooth....

[MvM1988]

But same situation. everyone I know right now just keeps his nokia because of the music advantage of having an FM transmitter...

@NOKIA: Please don't be so stupid to give up on one of your very rare USPs!!!!!!!!!!

[foxmeister]

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RussU wrote:

Gonna gave to disagree on this one. FM is a dying technology, Bluetooth A2DP does the job better.

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I Agree with this, I had the N900 and N97 both with FM transmitters

It was very hard to find a Frequency that was empty. even some of those had bleedover from adjacent stations

And even after I'd found a suitable Frequency, Driving up the road changed that as I started picking up local radio stations again. The FM Broadcast band is getting too crowded to make this a useful option

[podgeandrodge]

Well some people will want it - 3 on here and some people won't - 2 on here.  That's the nature of features.

But if (and it's only hypothetical) the messages on here were a percentage representative of "all potential purchasers of a Lumia 800" then Nokia have lost a lot of sales over leaving out 1 feature.

Whatever the overall percentage that will not purchase a Lumia without a FM transmitter - Nokia will certainly sell less Lumia's without it.  That's a fact.

[rich]

Like my N8 FM transmitter, but I'm also used to several years of plugging my phone in directly via a jack. So I can survive the Lumia not havng it.

Anyway it'll be a constant transition for us all.....

http://conversations.nokia.com/2012/03/16/only-mobiles-can-keep-us-moving-says-ford/?cid=ms_converse...

[tzaq93]

I would love to have an new lumia 800 but I can't give up the FM Transmitter and the Sleeping Screen of my Nokia C7. My next phone will be 100% Nokia 808. I don't want to buy a new phone that has less features ( + no microSD, no Mass Storage connection)

[Shoey5]

....Or until you buy a car that supports Bluetooth

As more cars support Bluetooth Intergration, FM Transitters are becoming a dying technology....

[Infms]

Agreed! My kitchen radio doesn't have a Bluetooth receiver or AUX in. FM receivers are ubiquitous. It's that simple

[singhnsk]

Actually it is Microsoft which is keeping the FM transmission away. windows phone 8 is already here and it still doesn't supports FM functionality..
To what i know, hardware wise, new Lumia's have the necessary hardware its just software which doesn't support it.