Re: [slim] The next streaming music solution from Logitech

2011-10-21 Thread callesoroe
Zten;664165 Wrote: I think it is still a good question. It seems cell phones are now the competitor and not just a squeezebox remote control. With ZUMOCAST on the Droid Bionic (aka MOTOCAST on the Droid Razr), my phone basically becomes a squeezebox. I can stream any and all of the same

Re: [slim] The next streaming music solution from Logitech

2011-10-18 Thread Zten
I think it is still a good question. It seems cell phones are now the competitor and not just a squeezebox remote control. With ZUMOCAST on the Droid Bionic (aka MOTOCAST on the Droid Razr), my phone basically becomes a squeezebox. I can stream any and all of the same songs from my computer

Re: [slim] The next streaming music solution from Logitech

2011-10-15 Thread TiredLegs
pippin;663347 Wrote: I've got Apple products days before the official release in two cases. Directly from Apple. As a normal customer. You hear from people who had the same with iPhone 4S this time, too. Apple are not perfect, too. That just proves my original point: Apple products don't

Re: [slim] The next streaming music solution from Logitech

2011-10-14 Thread amcluesent
Anyone seen anything on this? There's very little stock of Touch in retail channel. Could be a new product or just Logitech shuttering the unit. -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile:

Re: [slim] The next streaming music solution from Logitech

2011-10-14 Thread Mnyb
amcluesent;663294 Wrote: Anyone seen anything on this? There's very little stock of Touch in retail channel. Could be a new product or just Logitech shuttering the unit. I just ordered one more :) there is no shortage of them in Sweden ( yet ). You never know with Logitech, we know that

Re: [slim] The next streaming music solution from Logitech

2011-10-14 Thread andyg
Let's just say that watching how Apple ships over 1 million iPhones from China, pre-loaded with the latest version of software, all arriving on the same day... it really puts Logitech's supply chain (and most others I imagine) to shame. -- andyg

Re: [slim] The next streaming music solution from Logitech

2011-10-14 Thread TiredLegs
andyg;663318 Wrote: Let's just say that watching how Apple ships over 1 million iPhones from China, pre-loaded with the latest version of software, all arriving on the same day... it really puts Logitech's supply chain (and most others I imagine) to shame. Apple products don't all arrive on

Re: [slim] The next streaming music solution from Logitech

2011-10-14 Thread andynormancx
TiredLegs;663324 Wrote: Apple products don't all arrive on the same day. Apple just does the best job of making sure (under penalty of withholding future shipments) that none of boxes go from the stockrooms onto the retail shelves until the appointed time. The million iPhones were are

Re: [slim] The next streaming music solution from Logitech

2011-10-14 Thread signor_rossi
mbg;663050 Wrote: I think we may have to wait for the Revue to fail and then hope they don't kill Squeezebox along with it. One of the first nails is in the coffin, as Intel has decided to move away from the set-top box strategy (see below). The new strategy sounds something like using a

Re: [slim] The next streaming music solution from Logitech

2011-10-14 Thread pippin
TiredLegs;663324 Wrote: Apple products don't all arrive on the same day. Apple just does the best job of making sure (under penalty of withholding future shipments) that none of boxes go from the stockrooms onto the retail shelves until the appointed time. I've got Apple products days

Re: [slim] The next streaming music solution from Logitech

2011-10-13 Thread garym
Goodsounds;662968 Wrote: Maybe you mean that they mostly don't announce new products until soon before they announce a forthcoming release date. that's exactly what I mean. -- garym System 1: Vortexbox Appliance (1.10) SbS 7.6.2 Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet

Re: [slim] The next streaming music solution from Logitech

2011-10-13 Thread mbg
I think we may have to wait for the Revue to fail and then hope they don't kill Squeezebox along with it. One of the first nails is in the coffin, as Intel has decided to move away from the set-top box strategy: Intel has shut down its Digital Home Group and will no longer make chips for

Re: [slim] The next streaming music solution from Logitech

2011-10-13 Thread pippin
Revue can't fail, it has already failed. -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote and *New: iPeng for iPad*, at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777

Re: [slim] The next streaming music solution from Logitech

2011-10-13 Thread mbg
pippin;663056 Wrote: Revue can't fail, it has already failed. Right, but they don't know it yet. The next version of the server software has improvements mostly targeted at the Revue, at the cost of potentially making the Squeezebox part of the software more difficult to use or more bug-prone.

Re: [slim] The next streaming music solution from Logitech

2011-10-13 Thread kakklank
Goodsounds;662968 Wrote: I'm not sure there's any difference between making something public and making it official. Maybe you mean that they mostly don't announce new products until soon before they announce a forthcoming release date. That's the same thing most companies do most of the

Re: [slim] The next streaming music solution from Logitech

2011-10-12 Thread garym
ad6922;662943 Wrote: It has been a while since the last products in the squeezebox-line have been added by Logitech. I am curious if there are any new products planned as successor on the current products. Anyone seen anything on this? no, and they never (well almost never) make anything

[slim] The next streaming music solution from Logitech

2011-10-12 Thread ad6922
It has been a while since the last products in the squeezebox-line have been added by Logitech. I am curious if there are any new products planned as successor on the current products. Anyone seen anything on this? -- ad6922

Re: [slim] The next streaming music solution from Logitech

2011-10-12 Thread SaharaCez
It's time a next-gen Boom (or whatever they want to call it) gets released. Something portable with decent amplification and DUAL built-in speakers, AAC-friendly. If not, Logitech will see their market nitch dry up, especially with IPhone and Android phones' Wi-fi capabilities becoming much

Re: [slim] The next streaming music solution from Logitech

2011-10-12 Thread pski
garym;662944 Wrote: no, and they never (well almost never) make anything public until it is official. As in NEVER like the Duet -- pski real stereo doesn't just wake the neighbors, it -enrages- them.. It is truly the Golden Age of Wireless

Re: [slim] The next streaming music solution from Logitech

2011-10-12 Thread Goodsounds
garym;662944 Wrote: no, and they never (well almost never) make anything public until it is official. I'm not sure there's any difference between making something public and making it official. Maybe you mean that they mostly don't announce new products until soon before they announce a