in defense of mherger... i happen to think that creating a piece of hardware with server onboard IS a big deal, and important. from the very start, i wondered why all clients HAD to be thin? the touch proves this is not necessary, and i think it opens up a market for people not big into computers, but big into music.
technically its also a big shift to create an embedded non-webui ver of server in the hardware. i'd say that goes beyond evolutionary, as it is a radical change in philosophy. my beef is that i don't understand how they expect it to be used? if you want to control it, it needs to be near you, but if you wnt it on the stereo, it needs to be near that, presumably out of arms reach. i wonder if its truly appropriate for the new customer? and even more broadly, i worry that "audio only" devices are a niche market, soon to be trumped by A/V network media players/adapters? i think its obvious that computer/net video is the next big thing, and they all will allow audio, so how many people will go for the redundancy here? not realy making my point, but interesting, esp considering prices: http://www.tomsguide.com/us/streaming-media-player,review-1479.html -- MrSinatra www.lion-radio.org using: sb2 & sbc (my home) / sbr (parent's home) - sbs 7.5b - win xp pro sp3 ie8 - p4(ht) 3.2ghz / 2gig ram - 1tb wd usb2 raid1 - d-link dir-655 - 35k mp3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72512 _______________________________________________ beta mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/beta
