shaboyi;687235 Wrote:
>
> nevertheless, given Airplay's momentum, I think the SB Touch doubling
> as an Airplay receiver has enormous appeal and would be a great
> selling point for it.
>
While I agree with you, I guess it's also a question of price. Would
you be willing to pay $100 extra for a Touch with AirPlay support
compared to the current Touch price ?
Or is it only of interest if it's cheaper to get a Touch(with AirPlay)
compared to get a AppleTV+Touch(without AirPlay) as separate devices ?
I'm asking because adding AirPlay to the Touch would probably mean that
Logitech have to include some extra chips in the device plus that they
have to pay a license fees to Apple, so it's likely going to increase
the price a bit. $100 was just an example, might be less or more, not
sure how high the license fees are.
AirPlay is interesting and it is cool, but I wonder how useful it
really is for music listening. Feels like the main interest would be
for people who don't have enough input in their receiver/amplifier to
connect both a AppleTV and a Touch. Because the likely usage is that
you want to play music not available in the Squeezebox universe, for
example music stored locally on the iPhone/iPad, and to access this you
would use a different app than you usually do so it's not going to be a
completely integrated experience anyway. So maybe just getting a
AppleTV or receiver with built-in AirPlay support would be good enough,
I can't imagine myself using AirPlay for my own main music listening as
that will be handled a lot better through SBS/LMS and one of the iOS
apps for remote control.
Of course, if Logitech would somehow just add AirPlay support to the
current Touch device without charging extra for it, I guess it would be
a good solution for current Touch owners as they don't need to get any
extra hardware. However, I don't think this is a likely scenario
because Logitech have to earn money on it to be able to cover the
license fees to Apple.
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