AppleInsider has revealed that iPhone 3.0 beta firmware contains information about wireless radio that next gen iPhone will use. The firmware shows that Apple will be using Broadcom BCM4329 wireless chipset in place of BCM4325 that brought WiFi and Bluetooth support in present generation iPhone. The new wireless chipset adds 802.11n support along with FM receiver and transmitter to previous generation chipset. Also the new chipset while supporting 802.11n WiFi standard consumes less power than previous generation chip.

With this new revelation many tech blogs have started to speculate that Apple will support the new faster WiFi standard as well as FM functionality in next gen iPhone and iPod touch. We think (or know) that Apple will definitely have WiFi 802.11n support in upcoming iPhone, as the iPhone update will be all about faster network speeds and higher hardware specifications. But we are also almost certain that Apple won’t add FM radio support to any of its devices this year.

Previous generation Broadcom BCM4325 chipset also supported FM and A2DP Bluetooth profile, but Apple didn’t implement those functionalities in iPhone 3G. Apple will let Internet radio stations like Pandora bring radio functionality to the iPhone. Internet is where you can get everything and Apple will aim to make iPhone more Internet friendly rather than focus on outdated technologies like FM radio.