Re: [slim] Bye bye to Boom and Transporter....

2010-05-17 Thread funkstar
pfarrell;548102 Wrote: What drivel. The SB1 still works, and its firmware hasn't been ugraded in five years. The SliMP3 still works and it hasn't been updated for even longer. I wouldn't have put it like that Pat, but I do agree :) -- funkstar '[project log] funkstars digital lifestyle'

Re: [slim] Bye bye to Boom and Transporter....

2010-05-17 Thread aubuti
pablolie;548099 Wrote: Has it? Every SBS upgrade -including 7.5- has always upgraded the firmware on my SB3s, which makes me wonder if they'll stay compatible with future SBS versions if the firmware is no longer upgraded. Well, maybe if you upgraded from 7.3 to 7.5, but if you went from 7.4

Re: [slim] Bye bye to Boom and Transporter....

2010-05-16 Thread pablolie
Mnyb;544576 Wrote: ... This has been the practical situation for a long time regarding classic (aka SB3 ) .. Has it? Every SBS upgrade -including 7.5- has always upgraded the firmware on my SB3s, which makes me wonder if they'll stay compatible with future SBS versions if the firmware

Re: [slim] Bye bye to Boom and Transporter....

2010-05-16 Thread Pat Farrell
pablolie wrote: Has it? Every SBS upgrade -including 7.5- has always upgraded the firmware on my SB3s, which makes me wonder if they'll stay compatible with future SBS versions if the firmware is no longer upgraded. What drivel. The SB1 still works, and its firmware hasn't been ugraded in five

Re: [slim] Bye bye to Boom and Transporter....

2010-05-13 Thread funkstar
sander;546204 Wrote: I always thought the radio was in essence the boom 2. No a Boom 2 would be stereo I think. The Radio might gain a new core and interface, but it looses on sound and volume. -- funkstar '[project log] funkstars digital lifestyle'

Re: [slim] Bye bye to Boom and Transporter....

2010-05-13 Thread jay_cee_in_da_house
The audio out of the Radio is acceptable, but it doesn't hold a candle to the Boom. I hope they continue to have a high-quality-speaker product like the Boom. -- jay_cee_in_da_house jay_cee_in_da_house's Profile:

Re: [slim] Bye bye to Boom and Transporter....

2010-05-13 Thread brucegrr
richman;547219 Wrote: Is the boom being discontinued? Yes or no? Please post link supporting that info, because other places on web are linking to this thread, saying this shows they are getting rid of Boom and transporter. Is this TRUE? This is not an official Logitech forum. It is a

Re: [slim] Bye bye to Boom and Transporter....

2010-05-13 Thread kdf
Is this TRUE? NO. Read the bugzilla link, as it doesn't even need 'official clarification' beyond what's there. It only mentions stopping devel efforts for older 'ip3k' hardware players. Officially, you get what you have now. This doesn't preclude third party patches, at least for

Re: [slim] Bye bye to Boom and Transporter....

2010-05-12 Thread dennis55
Quadrophonic Booms.:) dennis maggior;544777 Wrote: Wow. The SB3 and transporter have been around for a while, but the Boom, it feels like just yesterday it came out. I hope they come out with a replacement for the Boom and don't rely on the Radio. The Boom is an awesome

Re: [slim] Bye bye to Boom and Transporter....

2010-05-12 Thread khoadley
Mnyb;544576 Wrote: But as this are old slim devices almost everything is done by the server anyway, so you won't notice in most cases. ... For the SB3 I see no problems, it is very functionally stabilized not many bugs to speak of. Am I right in saying that this closure also covers the

Re: [slim] Bye bye to Boom and Transporter....

2010-05-12 Thread sander
Phil Leigh;544567 Wrote: Looking forward to Boom 2 (and maybe Touch 2 with twice the CPU and RAM...) I always thought the radio was in essence the boom 2. With the alarm problems on the boom the developers have hinted there was essentially no more room on the firmware to fix the alarm

Re: [slim] Bye bye to Boom and Transporter....

2010-05-12 Thread Phil Leigh
bebop;544565 Wrote: Seems that the ip3k based products are EOL :-( From bugzilla http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=9618 : What|Removed |Added Status|NEW

Re: [slim] Bye bye to Boom and Transporter....

2010-05-12 Thread Mnyb
It is not as dramatic as it looks the server will still support them but no new things will be added to the firmware. But as this are old slim devices almost everything is done by the server anyway, so you won't notice in most cases. This has been the practical situation for a long time

[slim] Bye bye to Boom and Transporter....

2010-05-12 Thread bebop
Seems that the ip3k based products are EOL :-( From bugzilla http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=9618 : What|Removed |Added Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution|

Re: [slim] Bye bye to Boom and Transporter....

2010-05-12 Thread maggior
Wow. The SB3 and transporter have been around for a while, but the Boom, it feels like just yesterday it came out. I hope they come out with a replacement for the Boom and don't rely on the Radio. The Boom is an awesome product. It was a product that I didn't realize I needed until it came