wcndave wrote: > > Here's what I see the needs to be source wise: > > 1. Local music ripped and stored on PC / NAS > 2. Listen to Internet Radio > 3. Listen through services like LastFM > 4. Upload your collection online so you always have it wherever you are > > Then you have "how" we listen > > A) living room stereo "high end" > B) kitchen / bedroom style booms > C) On computer > D) Mobile Players > > ... > > which means we lose a load of stuff, and do not gain any significant > killer features like online collection to mobile devices or > something... > > .. > > all in all doing a market analysis of the needs versus the products does > not seem to have been high on their list... > UE Smart Radio isn't designed for people like you, as you have already noticed, it's not even designed for people who listen to premium online streaming services. IMHO, the control interface is designed for people who listen to 10-20 different internet radio stations and these people don't care much about the audio quality and most of them doesn't have an amplifier in their living room so A and B is the same and C is what they are searching a replacement for, so it's really only D that's missing but I'm honestly not sure these users even want D and if they do they just use their smart phone (if they have one). So as long as 2B is a "yes" in your example Logitech has successfully provided what their target user for UE Smart Radio is interested in. The question is just how big the 2B user category is, even if most of us doesn't think there are a lot of users who are only interested in 2B it might be bigger than we think among the masses, it wouldn't surprise me if the most common Squeezebox user today owns a single Squeezebox Radio.
So I think it's important to realize that UE Smart Radio isn't a Squeezebox and it will never be a Squeezebox (unless you manually downgrade it to Squeezebox firmware), it's an internet radio device with some premium features. Unfortunately the current price is not set according to an internet radio, it's set for a Squeezebox kind of device, which probably means that there are currently a limited amount of people who really loves it. I suspect the users who only needs something for the 2B category really is looking for devices at $99 and below. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96188 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
