On Friday 05 August 2005 15:20, MeSue wrote: > Colin Burn-Murdoch Wrote: > > how about a SqueezeBox-BoomBox > > I would LOVE a Squeezebox Boombox to take out by the pool with me. In > fact, I searched this forum just the other day to see if this idea had > ever been tossed around--didn't turn up this thread, though. > > I'd want the ability to run it on AC power in addition to batteries. > Actually, I'd even buy one if AC power was the only option. Before I > bought the SB2, I was looking at both the Linksys and HomePod network > players because they both had built-in speakers. Despite the poor > reviews, I stupidly bought the HomePod and ended up returning it. It > was horrible!
I've been playing around with whether or not some of the more advanced cell-phones would fulfill this role. Obviously it would only work on headphones (unless you used some active extension speakers), but it is definitely starting to look like everything that might be required is already there (mp3 players, browsers, connectivity - inluding 802.11b on the larger nokias). Would effectively give you a small walkman with direct access to your music collection. Might be interesting to see what would happen if you tried a cut-down skin of softsqueeze on a java-enabled phone as well... Alex _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
