DaveWr wrote: > I don't blame the situation on external developers but the strategy (or > lack of) from Logitech. There was no protection of Logitech value, > consequently no business case. As soon as derivation of players > appeared on third party software products, there was an inevitable issue > for Logitech. I have no issue with these developers they did what is > natural, but it was bound to have consequences. I wouldn't invest in a > business that has no protected intellectual property anymore. The gate > are open to all. > The third party player apps are targeting a different use case than the Squeezebox hardware, they aren't competing, Logitech doesn't have a portable offering, instead the Logitech hardware and third party apps are working in a symbiosis making the Squeezebox hardware even more attractive. The number of people who get a smart phone Squeezebox app and put it in a docking station instead of getting a real hardware Squeezebox is not significant, people use these third party players to listen to their LMS music in rooms/contexts where Logitech doesn't offer a suitable hardware. Also, even if they would compete, Logitech would get an extremely attractive docking station solution if they produced and sold a great iPhone/Android docking station to be used with these third party player apps.
An iPod Touch + good docking station is definitely more expensive and more ugly than a Squeezebox Radio, so it's not even a cheap solution, unless you already have a spare iPod Touch to always have in the docking station. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96371 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
