MrC;644972 Wrote: > > eliminating the hardware team, cutting the development to the bone, > eliminating all but one Q/A guy, discontinuing 3 items from product > line, reducing it to 2.
Sure there have been cuts and I don't believe the last few releases has done what Logitech would have hoped for(but maybe Squeezebox is fairing better than the Revue, at least the Squeezeboxes seem to be holding their price much better). These are tough times financially for lots of the Western World and everyone is tightening their belts and cutting back to the core essential things. http://www.logitech.com/en-us/speakers-audio/wireless-music-systems I see 3 if not 4 current products(Release): Transporter(July 2006) Radio(September 2009) Touch(April 2010) *Revue(November 2010) Discontinued(Release): Slimp3(August 2001) Squeezebox(November 2003) Squeezebox2(April 2005) Squeezebox3(November 2005) Receiver/Controller(March 2008) Boom(August 2008) Radio replaces Boom Touch replaces Receiver/Controller replaced SB3 replaced SB2 etc This is updating of the product line with a new player released basically annually the past few years. With Squeezebox and Revue seeming to be getting wrapped more closely into the same product line now. I don't see Logitech exiting the networked media player market. It appears they are moving towards the industry standard upnp for better or worse and including image and video support. This is all still a forwards direction, maybe slowed but not stopped. I'm sure Logitech have plenty of staff to create new hardware when it is time for a refresh. Cant a device hang around for longer than 12 months now? :p -- bits ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bits's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13375 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89143 _______________________________________________ beta mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/beta
