jef;495182 Wrote: > I can't recommend it as a gift yet, or even for a guest bedroom. I was > going to order two for reasonably tech savvy friends, but decided > against it. > > The UI is hardly intuitive; people can pick up an iPod and figure it > out, but not the SqueezeBox. > > Integration with iTunes is still fair, at best. > > Primary access to stations don't work (BBC, for a glaring example). > Having to educate someone that, "Oh, the BBC on the Radio section > doesn't work, even though it says 'Staff Picks,' you need to go to this > special place, but every other station you get in the Radio place, well, > except those that you need to open this other app for..." just doesn't > fly. > > The alarm is completely unreliable if your internet connection or > server is the least bit flaky. Backup alarms do not play, even in the > US, even with a local server.
All valid points about the Radio in general. But probably of little value to the posters intended usage. UI: Seems simple enuff to me, there is a learning curve to any new product. iTunes: Stated MySB use only, iTunes is not in use. Alarm: Stated kitchen use, no alarm needed. Staff Picks: I doubt the user will limit themselves to Staff Picks (my bet is Staff Picks will be phased out in future). Ex: Staff Picks has a single stream of BBC (that I can find). Whereas going to Internet Radio > World > National Networks > BBC > All Stations gives 11 BBC streams. Or, just type in BBC within Internet Radio > Search and you get dozens (possibly hundreds) of BBC streams including sub-Menu's. No App to install for any of the above. -- toby10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72540 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
