MelonMonkey;570344 Wrote: > You don't have to convince me, I own two Squeezeboxes. However, for the > majority of people out there, you'd better believe that offering a free > software-based player is going to cost Logitech some money. > > For instance, I know a friend can't afford any of the existing > Squeezebox models right now. I'm going to set up their computer system > simply to distribute audio to their stereo system upstairs and it will > be controlled from their iPod Touch using iPeng. How much money has > Logitech made from this? $0. > > Logitech need to start putting more attention into the Squeezebox line > as they're completely off the radar now in terms of consumer and media > mindshare. Any time anything about music streaming comes up, every > reporter/blogger immediately mentions SONOS. Usually, Squeezebox is > not mentioned at all. > > I think leaving Squeezeplay on the back-burner is a good idea and > they'd better start moving on some controller-only apps for popular > handheld devices, as well as coming out with a few more player > products. There's a market for commercial software as well, but the > problem with this is that Logitech is a hardware company, and like many > of their contemporaries, they can't seem to handle a Hardware+Software > business very well, seeing software only as a support vehicle for the > hardware, instead of its most important asset. Hardware is cheap, the > value is all in software - and that's for pretty much all consumer > electronics products. > > While they're at it, they might consider making a decent web page so > people can actually find out about the Squeezebox family - the current > Logitech page is losing them a lot of sales. Compare to the Sonos > page where you can find out almost everything you want about the > product(s). Here's a neat thing to try.. Pretend you didn't know about > this forum and now go to what you might find as the official Logitech > page about Squeezbox and try to find this forum. Good luck.
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