> Nor do I want to carry around the equivalent of a tablet PC to run my > audio system Not sure what you mean by this. The Nokia 770 is considerably smaller than the Sonos remote (135x78x14mm vs 165x97x24mm) and around half the weight (185g vs 360g). The screen is also much better (larger and higher res), and of course it does things other than just control your music system. I've used the Sonos remote, and the first things that struck me about it were that it was really heavy, kinda chunky, and slow.
> I'd rather have a smaller device with a context-sensitive UI brilliantly > designed to the task, which in this case is navigating a variable number > of songs, albums, playlists, categories, etc. So we're in agreement then! The Sonos remote is too big, heavy and slow. 770 & slimserver it is! > Apple didn't invent the jog wheel -- I saw it on Sony VCRs over 20 years > ago -- but they adapted it admirably (IMHO) to host navigation functions > in a simple but effective way. I'm no fan of Apple and it's proprietary > formats, but I have to give credit where it's due. We'll have to agree to disagree. Jog wheels are great, but the thing on the front of the ipod is _not_ a jog wheel - it's a circular laptop trackpad. The first gen ones were actual wheels, and I quite liked them, but the current ones are far too inaccurate and lack physical feedback. I hate them (YMMV, of course). Take a look at the front of the Transporter - now THATS a jog wheel! -- radish ------------------------------------------------------------------------ radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27824 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
