Marc Sherman;139488 Wrote: > > I'm starting to think that Slim should work out an OEM deal with Nokia > > or another vendor of one of these devices, not because it would make > them any significant amount of money, but just so that they can check > off that box on their feature list: "Available graphical remote for > people who want to compare our feature list to Sonos'". > > - Marc
If they do that, I want a(nother) free pony. ;) FWIW, as the person probably most familiar with the Nokia 770 as a slimserver remote-- if you did a side-by-side demo of the 770 controlling a squeezebox and a Sonos remote controlling a Sonos, I'd have to guess the user experience would go hands down to Sonos. To me, the principal reason for this is that the 770 is a first-gen device that still has some quirks. That said, it's a reasonable alternative to the Sonos, allows you to use the (IMO) superior squeezebox/slimserver, and I can promise that I'm dedicated to building on the Nokia770 skin's UI (as well as the Touch skin, now largely under my stewardship). One of the great selling points, to me, of the Slimdevices software model is allowing average schmoes like myself to contribute original ideas/interfaces to the user experience. Sonos might have put a ton of $$ into developing an proprietary solution, and give them their due--it's a sharp looking solution-- but I'd be bummed if my only outlet to changing/enhancing a feature to the product would be asking the company to fix it. With Slim, I can actually fix it myself. I know not everyone can/wants to interact with a company in that fashion (what? I paid for this thing, and now you want me to work on it???), but isn't it cool that there is an organically assembled bunch of open-source developers tinkering with this thing and enhancing its feature list? I use the Nokia 770 for two main things now (though it can do so much more): as a slimserver remote, and to make phone calls using Gizmo Project. I don't recommend using a Sonos remote for making phone calls ;) cheers, #!/ben -- bklaas "the Nokia770 skin guy" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bklaas's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27824 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
