I rated it 3 stars... > Squidgy fills that empty hole for us iPhone (or iPod Touch) users that > desire an integrated app to control their Squeezebox network music > players (Classic, Boom, Duet, etc). As SONOS gets there offical > release for free, we SB users have to rely upon 3rd party apps. That > said, the tremendous amount of support and versatility really makes it > exciting for us SB users - there are already 2 other apps in the works > (iPeng and a yet-to-be named other). > > First impressions with Squidgy isn't too bad, although I tend to > restart my phone before installing apps and then restart it again after > installing before first run. I launched it at work first (as I bought > it while I was there), so perhaps my experience is due to the fact that > I first launched it on a network that wasn't my home. When I did get > home and start it, I found that it had trouble initially scanning my > SqueezeCenter library (1681 albums with 10045 songs by 1340 artists). > I'm on Vista SP1 and SqueezeCenter 7.2.1 - 23630. I had to shut my > phone down again and restart the app. Also, I noticed that when my > phone goes into sleep mode it switches back to Edge, so Squidgy would > crap out. My advice is to either plug your phone in while initializing > Squidgy for the first time or turn off screen lock so it doesn't go to > sleep. > > When all was said and done, it took about 10 minutes to scan my > library. After that, it functioned as advertised. It's simple to > navigate, though slightly convoluted. You can switch the background > from black to standard iPhone white (though the default black is easier > on the eyes IMHO). You can reorganize tracks on the playlist, delete > tracks, and search via the iPhone's keyboard - a welcome relief for > those of us who use the Controller or standard SB remotes. > > There are a few quirks. It's slightly buggy and crashes to the iPhone > home page on occasion. Not frequent enough to be a deal-breaker, but > it crashes nonetheless. Also, for some strange reason PLAYLISTS don't > seem to show up as a selectable choice on the home page. WTF??? > Rhapsody support works in the US, and so does Pandora - but regarding > Pandora you CANNOT approve/reject songs on your stations. D'OH!!! > > Am I glad I bought it? Yeah, for $7.99 USD I suppose it could be a lot > worse. Overall, a good first effort that will hopefully get better with > subsequent support releases from EMCC Software Ltd. Especially since > iPeng and the other-yet-to-be named app approaches release. > Competition is good!
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