AndyC_772;207632 Wrote: > The problem with the Squeezebox and the mass market is the price. £199 > for a music player is just plain unaffordable for many, and looks > awfully expensive alongside, say, an Ipod video at £150. I can buy a > PDA with wi-fi that's good for a lot more than music for less. > > As anyone in the industry will tell you, it's all down to volume. > There's no real reason why, built in high enough quantities, a product > like the Squeezebox couldn't be sold for half, maybe even a quarter of > its current price. That's the challenge - not giving it more gadgets > and gizmos for nerds and audiophiles.
Depends how they want to position it in the market. But I think we can expect price drops. But, like cliveb pointed out, one of the main obstacles is: the Squeezebox isn't user-friendly enough. -- Nostromo ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nostromo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6322 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35881
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