FM radio solutions for mobile phones

The article reports on FM radio solutions for mobile phones. Royal Philips Electronics NV has introduced an FM radio solution and an integrated FM + Radio Data System (RDS) solution for mobile devices, both are touted as the smallest of their kind in the world. The FM radio and FM+RDS are fully pin compatible, which means that Asian manufacturers benefit from the ability to make last minute swaps easy, Philips says. The ultra-small size simplifies the design process for Asian device manufacturers.