west_sounds;524214 Wrote: > > > Software is always changing I would have thought that it has to be best > to make hardware that can be used with what ever is the user wants or > what the fashion is at the moment. > > Hopefully Logitech will read some of this and take it on board.
Ok - you've got your wish. The Squeeze setup is pretty well documented - the hardware can be used with what ever software author wants to support it. It's not a hardware problem, it's a software problem. It's up to the software authors, like Albumplayer, to step up if they want to provide customers the ability to use third party hardware. Or they can wait until Logitech sees a customer demand for that specific application large enough to buy its way into the development plan. Or for an independent author to create the integration - depends on how open the ISV is with their internals/APIs. Logitech can either focus on improving the SBS UX or becoming dependent on the viability, popularity and goodwill of third party ISVs. That's a pretty hard business case to make. From what I've seen the priority is on 1) Good hardware 2) Functional Software 3) Extensibility to other music player/managers (iTunes) and services - Pandora, Last.fm, etc. As time moves forward the plan should be a well balanced approach - new hardware to open new market segments and retain current markets, better software to improve UX and more options with third party software and services. Without an unlimited budget they are faced with the traditional triangle of project management - schedule (time), resources and scope. The new releases of the Radio, Touch, SBS 7.4x and new applications indicate that this is the route Logitech is taking and either unexpected problems with resources or scope are impacting schedule and delaying the Touch. I'd certainly bet that getting the Touch out the door is priority 1 at this point, since hardware is the basic revenue driver. -- JeffHart "You know, I'm all for progress. It's change I object to." Mark Twain SBRx5, 1 Boom, 1 Controller, 1 iPhone w/iPeng ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JeffHart's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=23791 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76038 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
