Having installed Telcanto on a pocket-pc, I now use it almost exclusively to browse/play my collection. The integration with SlimServer is terrific, and it's fast & simple enough for my family. I know a pocket-pc is another expense, but it definitely changed my impression of the SB.
One limitation I've found is that Telcanto hasn't integrated access to some of the plugins. I particularly miss not having access to the MusicMagic, Biography & AlmbumReview plugins from within the Telcanto application - so I occasionally switch back into a web-browser to access these. It's simple enough to pull up the Biography or AlbumReview links from my favourites list, but I find it a pain to browse through to a song just to kick off a MusicMagic mix. One other desirable feature is missing is the ability to browse by artwork - but having experimented I know that most Pocket-PCs don't come with enough memory to display more than 20 covers at a time without choking. Malcolm, who writes Telcanto, mentioned on the support website that he was considering developing a PC-based application to do the same - this might address many of the issues raised here, but would still leave the issue of access to plugins. I suppose some messages of encouragement wouldn't do any harm - provided people are willing to pay a nominal fee. Natan -- netim3 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
