Nice to hear from you again Ben. I trust you've found a better company to work for, having left Logitech.
I have to admit that I am not sold at all on this UE direction. And what a naff name. It sounds like a noise that is made when sniffing a rather smelly sock. I fail to see how this is going to become a mass-market device. It looks the same as a SB Radio, but has a lot less functionality, and a total reliance on a permanent internet connection to function. If it is marketed as an internet radio device (and there's plenty of competition with other internet radios and DAB radios), why bother with local music playback at all? It will be pretty rubbish if it can't even do BASIC things like random play, smart playlists, ratings, etc, that most people these days come to expect. Where's the killer feature that will entice people to pick this. What things will this product do that competitors products don't do? Radio has/had a useful niche use, as part of a family of devices. On its own, it is less appealing. What did the SB Radio retail at, compared to the UE? It seems UE is more expensive than a product that is 3 years old. I dread the day that my SB2 fails, as it's perfect for me in the bedroom. I dread the day that my Transporter fails, as it's perfect in the HiFi rack in the lounge. Likewise for my Booms and Touch in their respective rooms. I don't really use by SB Radio much (I should do more washing up, I guess!) but it's good in the kitchen. Anyway, I won't be going down this route. I suspect most people round here with SB kit won't be either. Why buy new kit that has less functionality? People who have SB equipment and have figured out how to install it and use it I suspect will continue to until the devices fail. People who found the devices too hard to use will have moved on by now to alternatives from other companies. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Philip Meyer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=95 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96188 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
