Peter;256404 Wrote: > mortslim wrote: > [color=blue] > > And isn't a laptop just as "portable" as the new controller? > > > > Of course not! > Where do you get all these 'insights'? > > Can you lay in bed and hold a laptop in one hand to control your > playlists?
While I don't hold it in one hand, because I can't afford a second Squeezebox, a laptop at the bedside running SoftSqueeze is exactly how I do about 20% of my interaction with my collection. 60% of my interaction is running SoftSqueeze at work during the day, tapping into my collection at home. The final 20% is with the actual Squeezebox, and I'd say we split the remote vs. the laptop about 50/50. I agree with other posters and even some of the Logitech people that are posting here: I don't think the remote is a viable, pocketable mowing-the-lawn, portable device. When the iPod touch gets native wifi streaming I would consider it over the SBC in a heartbeat, if for no other reason than when I leave the house I can take the iPod with me and keep playing it, where I can't do that with the remote. I have a Treo 680 and use it as my main portable music player; if it had WiFi, I would be using it this way right this second. But it doesn't, and I can't afford the monthly fees to get the data plan that would enable streaming the stream.mp3 or internet radio onto the phone. Note to Logitech regarding wifi streaming though: several people have commented that it eats the battery life. Personally, I don't have a problem with that. As long as a wifi streaming device could get 2 hours streaming, I think it would meet almost every need I have for it, whether it be working out or mowing the lawn or gardening or whatever. Again though, I don't think the SBC, even modded to, is going to fit that bill as it doesn't really seem to be meant to be subjected to a workout or a garden or whatever. And again, while I wish it was less than $150, I am interested in the headless SBR for a second room as a mostly-always-synched-with-my-SB3 device, once it's possible to set it up without the $299 remote. -- thing-fish ' Most Recent Tracks' (http://www.last.fm/user/thing-fish/?chartstyle=basicrt10) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ thing-fish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5288 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41805 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
