Since this thread last reared its head, I bought, and subsequently returned, a Sangean WFR-20. The build quality was good, the speakers great, but the firmware was a little buggy. The deal breakers for me were it had trouble with Twonkyvision, and the alarm was lacking (no snooze). Additionally the only interface on the unit is a single knob which really made the device dependent on the remote.
During my ownership, I did find out a couple of things though: Practically all the wifi alarm clocks are built around a chipset and firmware from a company named Reciva. If you go to their forums https://www.reciva.com/index.php?option=com_joomlaboard&Itemid=108&func=showcat&catid=3 you can get the skinny on most their devices. They even have an alternate firmware project, Sharpfin http://www.sharpfin.zevv.nl/index.php/Main_Page although it doesn't look like it offers much at this point. I might consider one of the Revo units when the prices come down, but it's still quite a premium. I think the market for wifi radio could be substantial with the right product, but these units are too expensive to buy sight unseen at this time, and no one's making a real play for the mainstream. I had hopes that when Logitech bought Slim they would break out into the mainstream, but this whole fauxnos strategy leaves me cold. One of these days someone will get it right. -- sander ------------------------------------------------------------------------ sander's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10737 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40983 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
