On Sep 23, 6:34 pm, "David Eduardo" wrote:
"Steve" wrote in message

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Not by either iBiquity or receiver manufacturers. Those who were
discussing
this possibility were speculating, and we could have had better data by
calling Miss Cleo.

Explicity and frequently by iBiquity.

Again, at a 2005 meeting of all or PDs and GMs, I asked, "when is a low
power chip going to be available to allow portables and luggables?"

The CEO of iBiquity said, "non is available, in development or being
planned." He then went on to describe the power consumption of DACs and how
he hoped the offshoot of devices like the iPod would eventually create more
efficient chips and that the technology could be applied to HD.

That's weird. I wonder why he'd yank your chain that way? He was
probably just joking around.


I can find no reference to this. In 2004, the only chipsets were
literally
prototypes for very limited production sepcialt radios.

Look harder.

Nothing was said in '04 about portable devices except "we hope they can
figure this one out."


This is incorrect. A great deal was said and the expectation was that
they'd be available very soon.




Actually, not according to the CEO of Samsung, who predicts that their
chipsets will be among the most expensive.

In correct. The new chipsets will be considerably less expensive than the
existing ones. See press releases on iBiquity website.

Not according to Samsung. They predict that the chipsets will be very
expensive indeed.

No, they don't.

Actually, they do.