ModelCitizen wrote: > Well I'm 52. :-) Ah, but obviously young at heart! (so am I by the way)
> I've had iPhones for a few years now, and also have a Google Nexus 7. My > wife (whose phone I borrow as and when) has an HTC desire and son an > iPod. > We use iPeng on the Apple devices (although the latest update has > confused us and is very flaky on my 3GS) and Orange Squeeze/Logitech App > on the Androids. They all work supremely well as controllers (really > knock the spots off *all* the Logitech hardware devices in terms of > usability and ui design) and the iDevices work well as players (with > disparate docking stations). > > My favourite is the Google Nexus with Orange Squeeze (and Squeeze > Player), as the now playing screen looks so good, the app is so > straightforward and fast and the Nexus 7 a useful all round device for > having around the house (perfect screen size for aging eyes, fits in > cargo pant pockets). > > I run one server and have multiple wireless repeaters so the wireless > signal stretches over a couple of acres (to garage, workshop, barby area > and pond). > > Having looked at the iPhone 5 I suspect that the (expensive) iPhone > series is past its sell by date. With the Nexus 7 Google finally managed > to get their Android OS to iOS standard (and in many ways I now prefer > it). > > So for me, it'll be Android phone and tablets as controllers and to a > smaller degree as players from now on..... and when I've finally > finished off my house and re-bought some Naim audio stuff I'll resurrect > the Squeezebox Plus. > > Still like the Radio, Boom and Classic though but no time for the Duet > (and certainly not the hideous Controller) and the Touch is just a bit > of a white elephant (makes a nice clock though). A lot of expensive high-tech stuff there. Your 52 years have obviously been more lucrative than mine. I think you are a bit mean to the controller - it was quite cool in its day and would have been "bleeding edge tech" if it had come out a year or so earlier. However it was launched just after the first iPhone and iPod Touch so was very quickly outshone by them when used with iPeng. Its biggest problem was not its looks but its reliability - which was a disaster to begin with. Ours is still ugly, and the wheel is impossible if text searching, but it is now reliable and fine when picking music if no text entry is required. It is still used more than my iPod Touch with iPeng in our house simply because the iPod Touch has usually been snaffled by some kid and is nowhere to be found. The Controller, because it has no other use, can always be found in its dock. I will use my phone as a controller, but my wife has had the app on hers for about a year now and I often find her with the phone in one hand and the Controller in the other. You can lead a horse to water... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TheLastMan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16021 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96877 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
