DaveWr wrote: > Logitech is a company with shareholders, they will not have killed off > the Squeezebox line as an oversight, but on the basis of success and > profitability. > > IMHO the major problems with squeeze stuff has been engineering and > marketing. > > Conceptually the idea is good, but the implementation have always > required a geek approach to support the product. Features have > disappeared as changes have been made to support newer features. The > direction of the product has lacked coherency, the duet should have > cleaned up in the mass market, but the configuration and operation > compared with say Apple TV, too much for retailers and users to handle. > > The marketing is Logitech's fault. There was/is none. Audio and > entertainment products are sold through a given set of retailers. Some > of those did take the product on, but very few sustained that approach. > Marketing monies disappeared, leaving distribution to Internet and > computer retail only. > > Frankly unless the plug and play nature of the product could be improved > radically, along with appropriate price levels, I think the product has > little future no matter who owns it.
According to the Logitech market analysis I saw, the growth is in the radio type devices, smaller, cheaper, built in speaker and amplifier, low power where even someone with dementia could operate them. Logitech are going for the growth segment and abandoning the stand alone high rez Touch and Transporter type products. Admittedly updating the SqB range with firmware has usually led to some type of complication. With this new approach they simplify for the user and eventually they'll probably go to subscription mode as well, where there will be a monthly fee to enjoy the device. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gadgety1's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33223 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97364 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
