When we initially saw Nokia’s N78 back in Feb at GSMA 2008, it was revealed that the handset would be equipped with an FM transmitter so you could easily stream music from you handset into your car stereo via the FM radio receiver. However, we just got the phone for review at our Tech2 labs and I'm sad to report, that the Indian version of the N78 will not feature an FM transmitter in the music player options.
The reason for this being – a few countries, including India consider it illegal to operate radio transmitters without a license. As ridiculous as that may seem, it's quite true. Although the odd thing is there are a few other products in India, like Intex’s EUP-802 FM Modulator that work on the same technology and Sony Ericsson W980 that I recently previewed also came with an FM transmitter option (though it was a test piece and there's no word on whether or not SE would actually incorporate it into the handset when it launches officially) why didn't Nokia include it for us?
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...yeah belkin has a product and hcl too sells an fm transmitter for around 700....
