Greg Friedman;255246 Wrote: > > On the other hand, the Nokia N800 has all of these capabilities of the > controller and much more (touch screen, built-in camera for video > conferencing, FM radio, Opera, multiple expansion slots, ...). The N800 > currently retails for as low as $239. With its touch screen and > on-screen keyboard, it has the potential to smoke the competitive > offerings (namely Sonos), but it isn't achieving this with the > SlimServer web-browser based experience. I would love to see a native > $29.99 app from Slim which brings the features and performance of the > new controller to the N800/N810. Sling Media (SlingBox) has gone this > direction with custom apps for a variety of platforms, and I think it's > a great model. >
Well, the way I see it is that this is an all new platform for slim, and they have to start somewhere. They could have offered a client for e.g. the iphone, n800 and symbian, but multiplatform developement takes more time, and anyway those devices are currently mostly used by the gadget nerds. Instead they chose to start by creating a stand-alone fully integrated system which anyone can buy immediately have a fully working, more or less, plug and play system. The price is set lower than comparable products. Moreover the entire platform is open, so anyone is free to create a better and cheaper solution, or extend the current one. What more can we ask for? The only answer I have to this question is a gift in terms of a miraculously low priced device. That didn't happen, but I think slimdevices are being very fair anyway. Enough sucking up. Can I get a discount now :) Bjørn -- bhaagensen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bhaagensen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7418 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41813
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