peter Wrote: > Sure they are, but Logitech is a commercial company. If the competition > > offers N consumers will start to make buying decisions influenced by > the > lack of N. G will soon get the 'old technology' badge. It would be a > very bad decision commercially NOT to switch to N. Easily sorted. Just put a sticker on the box saying "Compatible with N-class wireless networks" Which is true, just like any other G-class device out there. 99% of people won't know or care that it isn't actually a N-class device.
MrSinatra;460955 Wrote: > i just don't understand why logitech wouldn't move to N on all products > and make them user upgradeable. hell, make it something i can ONLY buy > from logitech, its future revenue and i'd buy upgrades as needed. Probably because things aren't that simple, especially for the older IP3K players. Ubicom would need to release a drop in replacement for the G wireless card in the SB3 (for example) and issue updated software for the IP3K processor to handle it. Logitech would then need to include this in the firmware. Then you have two questions: 1. Is there enough space in the firmware for the new drivers? 2. If there is, can both sets of software live side by side? Introducing new technology to a mature line like this is no trivial task. Then you have the new players which I would presume have embedded wireless hardware as opposed to add on cards. This will not be somethign that can be changed. Yes there is far more possibility for Touch and Radio to support new wireless hardware as they are littel linux systems and far more flexible. But I suspect support would become a complete nightmare. -- funkstar my collection: *1*x squeezebox radio *1*x squeezebox touch *1*x squeezebox boom *2*x controller, *1*x receiver *2*x sb3 (sliver/black), *1*x sb2 wired (silver) *1*x sb (black), *1*x slimp3 (with rear shield) interested in any others if you have them! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67882 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
