I know that its a little late trying to influence the actual product. But for me stuff like backlit buttons and a workable snoozebutton is really important if I'm going to replace my trusty (yet lousy) alarmclock-radio with something that costs ten times as much. Probably the knob does the trick ok, but a dedicated button is the obvious choice for snoozing. And for the button-light: Did the designers/market researcher/whatever ask themselves if the users are going to put the radio in the bedroom and use it with lights out? Probalby they did and still left out the light. Will it save money during production? Yes but likely less than a dollar. I don't get decisions like that... But anyway I'm not saying I'm not going to get it anyway but they're definately drawbacks.
And now finaly the link that made me write this rant. Its a translation of a review of a pretty direct competitor. Not less than seven times it is mentioned/emphasized that it has a snoozebutton. The crucial word is not translated by google, so: Snoozeknap=Snoozebutton, Snoozeknappen=The Snoozebutton. http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=da&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fgear.comon.dk%2Fnyheder%2FPure-Siesta-Flow-clockradio-Hyldest-til-soevnen-1.241469.html&sl=da&tl=en&history_state0= -- Muele BR Mogens 2 Controllers, 2 Receivers, 1 Squeezeplay. Running off old 800 mhz IBM T21 Thinkpad. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Muele's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21310 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67409 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
