pippin;354239 Wrote: > Why does it have to be officially sanctioned? > Maybe it's enough if it's good?
An officially sanctioned app tends to have all of the functionality or bells and whistles. That said, if a 3rd party developer (or forum member) can come up with a worthy offering, I'd happily slap my $9.99 USD down for it on the iTunes App store. Or take it free... as the the Sonos offering came about. ds2021;354245 Wrote: > You can try Pippin's iPeng plugin to witness the potential for > differentiation. It is significant. > > For me, iPeng's simultaneous multi-player control is a revolutionary > improvement. In my experience, this is necessary. As soon as Pippin distributes the iPeng plugin as an official app via the iTunes App store, I'd be happy to. In the meantime, I'd rather not have to jailbreak my iPhone. tamanaco;354250 Wrote: > ...I find this iPhone Controller app "cute", but not a "real" solution > as a "remote" for home use. With the current generation of WiFi chips > (including the one in the iPhone) maintaining WiFi connection for > prolonged periods is an easy way to quickly drain the phone battery. > Not to mention that using the phone for both receiving calls and as a > remote is very inconvenient. .... This argument is simply ridiculous. I carry my iPhone in my pocket with me at all times. To be able to take it out at any time anywhere in the house and access SqueezeCenter and all of my Squeezeboxes would be far from "cute". It would be freak'n kick arse. Battery life and the WiFi chip used in the iPhone has never been a problem for my use on my home network. I come home, it hops on the network when I wake it up from standby - ironically alot *FASTER* than my Duet's Controller if it's sitting in sleep mode off of the charger. It lasts throughout the day/night. Do you even own an iPhone/iPod Touch? At any rate, the person that this setup would appeal to would find it incredibly useful and an excellent complement to the Controller. 99% of the people out there don't walk around with a Controller in their pocket. An iPhone on the other hand.... There have been a hundred times when I left my SB playing in the livingroom and decided that I wanted to turn it off or adjust the volume/track while in the basement. Having left the Controller in the livingroom on the charger, I would love to be able to launch an app on my iPhone (that resides in my pocket) and go to town. And as far as incoming calls - no worries - that's the beauty about having a device that not only serves as cell phone but a gazillion other things as well. Answer the call, finish the conversation, and then resume jamming to your tunes. What's the big deal? I can think of no reason why this isn't a good idea, aside from Slim/Logitech worrying that it will take away from Controller sales - in which case that's too bad... ...but Sonos did it... ;^p -- EnochLight ------------------------------------------------------------------------ EnochLight's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3392 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54336 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
