peter;352439 Wrote: > autopilot wrote: > > > people. Another reason I much prefer seperation to because i don't > like > > to have all my eggs in one basket. For example, i have prefer a > > seperate mobile phone, sat nav, camera and MP3 player - They all do > > there jobs better than an all-in-one devices, and if a better sat > nav > > comes on the market i can upgrade that and not have to also buy a > new > > phone and MP3 player which i am happy with. It would be cheaper too. > > > > > That's a popular opinion, but it's fast becoming old fashioned. > Especially with mobile devices it's a giant advantage to have only one > > device in your pocket instead of two. I used to carry a PDA (HP100LX) > and a phone around and they were a major hassle to carry arround in > your > pocket. Now, I have a smartphone that does the job of two. Much better. > > It also has a GPS receiver which I would use if the software wasn't so > > terrible. If the software were good enough I'd use it. The fact that > many smartphones are so bad at being MP3 players is due to terrible > software. The competition of the iPhone will soon force phone makers to > > improve their mp3 playing ability. It's just not that hard to do. > > I wouldn't mind a video squeezebox, but I suspect it's pretty hard to > do > right and integrate it properly with the current software. > > Regards, > Peter
I think you are missing my point. I realise digital convergence is increasingly forced upon us, but it swings both ways. I to also had a do-it-all PDA - an XDA with TomTom GPS, Opera Browser, TCPMP for video and the excellent Conduits Pocket player for audio/internet radio/uPnP streaming - for a while i thought it was amazing, but i became increasingly frustrated and ended up buying dedicated Sat Nav etc too. I have met many other people that are starting to see convergence is not the answer to everything. But the point with Smartphones is they are -portable- and i still have GPS in my mobile for the time when i dont have my TomTom unit. But thats the thing, convergence is probably great in a mobile because you carry it in your pocket. You wont be carrying an SBv (SqueezeboxVideo) in your pocket, so the benefits are not the same. My main point still stands that separation gives you much more flexibility. -- autopilot *Lounge :* Squeezebox Classic -> Cambridge Audio Azur 640a -> Mission 701's. *Bedroom :* Squeezebox Receiver -> Trends TA10.1 Class-T -> Kef Cresta 1's *Office :* Softsqueeze -> Logitech Active 5.1's. *Kitchen :* Squeezebox Boom -coming soon- *Roaming : * Squeezebox Controller -> Logitech mm28 portable speakers / Shure E2c's *Controllers :* Squeezebox Controller x 2 + Logitech Harmony one *Server :* SC7.3b (Vista 64) 'LAST.FM' (http://www.last.fm/user/domrevans/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ autopilot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1763 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54001 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
