Very nice review, and entertainingly written. Just a few factual nits to pick, in the order they appear in the review:
1. The SB2 was released in 2005 (see http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Hardware_comparison), so you probably bought it then, and not in 2004. 2. Re "all playback formats" being gapless, for MP3 doesn't this still depend on which encoder was used (ie, LAME newer than some recent version)? 3. The Touch has not been available in the US for 12 months. Something more like 6 months (see same link as #1 above). It was _announced_ 12 months ago, but then took a long time to finish the software. See all the griping that took place in this forum from Sept 2009 to April 2010 if you don't believe me ;o) 4. fwiw, I can read the screen from 3m away _if_ it is on the larger fonts, which it automatically does when you use the remote. And my eyes aren't particularly sharp. YMMV etc. 5. Actually the Touch _does_ publish its USB or SD library on the network. It is necessary to enable Samba and file sharing, and sometimes it helps to note the obscure sharename, but it's there. Or are you only saying you can't transfer files directly from iPeng? 6. In several places you refer to running SBS on a PC/Mac. I don't know about Oz, but in North America most people think PC=Windows. It would be good to be clearer that SBS is available for Linux PCs as well. But all in all a good review, and I completely agree with the main points about the pros and cons. -- aubuti ------------------------------------------------------------------------ aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82593 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
