tamanaco;355346 Wrote: > I'm really taken by the devotion of iPhone users. This is a compliment. > I guess my issue with the "iPhone" or any cell phone as a remote is > that I get too many calls and emails. Even after hours. After I get > home from work I put my phone on its charger and don't want to go near > it for fear that I might end up doing some more work. Or with the > current downsizing trend I don't want to get the news that I'm one of > the lucky ones selected for an extended vacation. I want to be left > alone while I'm at home listening to my SqueezeBox. In my case, I see > the iTouch as a better option for the Sonos solution. I agree about the > touchscreen interface of the iPhone/iTouch... it leaves a lot to be > desired as I compare with a traditional remotes with physical buttons. > Call me old fashion, but I want buttons in my remote. As I said before, > for me listening to music is more of a "passive" activity than an > "interactive" one. I want to hold a beer (an IPA preferably) on one > hand and the remote on the other and without looking at the remote > lower/raise the volume or skip to the next song. I am not one of those > folks that can handle a touchscreen with one hand without looking at > it. Having to use two hands to use my remote forces me to put down my > beer. That's a no, no... after a long day. I have played with the > Phillips Pronto and with the not too popular Harmony 1000. These had > ergonomically efficient "physical" buttons for certain frequently used > functions. I don't see these in the iPhone/iTouch. Not having at least > a comfortable volume up/down button would drive me up a wall. > Touchscreens are the trend, but I'm afraid that it also has its > limitations as a remote. A combination of ergonomically placed buttons > and a touchscreen would be best. Seeing all these iPhones I'm > thinking I need to go to touchscreen school.
I might not be as popular as you, but I have never gotten a phone call on my iPod Touch <grin>. My iTouch lays around like the SB Controller would (use to), and my iPhone is usually on my person, so it can be used at a moment's notice as well (although there is that chance someone might call me on that one). I'm not a fan of Apple's but this really is slick as a controller. I like physical buttons on my remotes too, but is not a remote. It's a controller with a view into SC, without having to look at the front panel of my SBs, or even be in the same room. I'm quite sure touchscreen school would be a very short class for someone like yourself. So if we can just get a native iPhone/Touch app, life would be truly grand. iPeng is nice, and pippen did a great job with it. But being a Safari app, it can never match the performance and smoothness of a well done native iApp. There simply is no down side to this. Those who don't "get it", don't have to get it. Sonos, and their users, seem to have gotten it however. -- PRGeno ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PRGeno's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=718 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54336 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
