Thanks a lot for the e-mail, Dean -- it clarified a lot of things for me, and I'm definitely excited about the new products. Keep up the great work.
On Jan 5, 2008 9:49 PM, dean blackketter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To clear up a little bit about the new product announcement. > > There are two new hardware products, the Squeezebox Receiver and the > Squeezebox Controller. These are available separately, but when > bought together the bundle is called Squeezebox Duet. > > Squeezebox Receiver is based on the existing Squeezebox 2/3 hardware > platform with the same amount of memory, CPU speed, wireless card, > etc. In fact the firmware that's running on it is essentially the > same as on the classic Squeezebox. It lacks a headphone jack and > uses a different (but quite good) DAC. In place of a VFD display it > has a single button with an RGB LED behind it. The color of that > button is under software control and indicates if the device is > connected and working properly. The button acts as a pause/unpause > control, or if you press and hold, puts the Receiver into setup mode. > > Squeezebox Controller is exactly the same hardware that folks from > the community have been testing under the code-name "Jive Hardware > Beta", as discussed here: http://forums.slimdevices.com/ > forumdisplay.php?f=19 > > It's based on an entirely new ARM-based hardware architecture and a > new software platform which has been under development as the Jive > software and will be renamed SqueezeOS. > > The Controller uses its built-in 802.11g wireless to talk to > SqueezeCenter and/or SqueezeNetwork as an alternative way to control > your Squeezeboxen or Transporter and has nice 2.4" display and enough > buttons to navigate and play your music on your other devices. > > The Controller also has a small built-in speaker and headphone jack > which are used for sound effects for the user interface. Future > software updates could make the Controller a player itself, streaming > your music (or any of the internet radio or music services on > SqueezeNetwork) to the headphone jack. If and when that software > update happens, the Duet bundle would be like getting two players in > one box. > > There's also an SD card slot in the unit, an IR transmitter, a 3-axis > accelerometer and an expansion port on the bottom. What software > features get added depends largely on what the community comes up > with, there's already a bunch of neat applets and other software that > have been created during the beta program. > > I'm REALLY excited about these new products. Folks have been asking > for a couple of new products from us for a while: a less expensive > Squeezebox and a remote with a display. We did that. > > But it gets better. The Squeezebox Controller is based on a totally > new and open platform for software development. In the same way that > SqueezeCenter (nee SlimServer) was a platform for our community to > create new ways of listening to music, Squeezebox Controller and > SqueezeOS are platforms for building new ways of controlling your > music and more. > > You ain't seen nothing yet. > > -dean > > > _______________________________________________ > discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
