mortslim wrote: > In order for Logitech to be more mass market, it should lower the price, > turn up the volume and get rid of the LCD screen to keep the cost down > (it's more efficient to put control into the user's hands on already > owned multi-purpose devices,like iPeng on the iPad and the iPhone). mortslim wrote: > Here are examples of Logitech products that dont have a screen and > should be able to adapted to Squeezebox funtionality: > > "Logitech Wireless Speaker Adapter for Bluetooth Audio Devices" > > http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Wirel.../dp/B004VM1T5S > > "Logitech Wireless Boombox for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch with > Bluetooth" > > http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Wireless-Boombox-iPhone-touch/dp/B005KQ2O26/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1345493365&sr=8-3-fkmr0&keywords=%22Logitech+Wireless+Boombox+for+iPad%2C+iPhone+and+iPod+touch+with+Bluetooth%22 I'm probably missing something, or maybe the other thread about "'Better-Logitech-products-than-the-Squeezeboxes' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?95977-Better-Logitech-products-than-the-Squeezeboxes)" has come full circle here. By those examples it looks like Logitech has already done what you suggested in the earlier post. The price is low, control is from the assumed-to-be-already-owned mobile device, and judging by the 4.5 star Amazon reviews the mass market loves them. The content issue is somewhat solved because that is provided via the source, and there are apps for Deezer, Pandora, Spotify, Stitcher and lord knows what for the iPad and other mobile devices. I could see using them in certain settings, though not as SB replacements.
So what adaptations to SB functionality would you propose? I see three things missing. One is wifi / ethernet. A second is decent quality audio hardware (DAC, better circuits, digital outputs on the speaker adapter, better amp and speakers on the boombox). Go down that road and kiss your cost savings goodbye, because they all cost a lot more than the dime-a-dozen LCD screen. Third is the flexibility and scalability of LMS software. If I'm sitting in a suite (or a suit) at Logitech HQ, my question would be why adapt them at all to be SBs? This kind of product may be exactly the kind of thing Logitech knows how to produce, market, and support. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95603
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