To address the lack of back lit buttons, I believe this was based on the decision to meet a price point, make assembly easier, and increase battery life. They were not forgotten it was a product and bussiness decision.
As to having to have an Internet connection, my opinion is that decision is based on 3 main things. First so that units could be produced and stock piled with only a firmware that meets the ability to get logged in and on line so a production firmware can be down loaded later when the product is released. If it wasn't done this way, they would just be running them off the line now and we would all be awaiting a couple more months. Another reason is that this is the first " Smart" player released and the game has changed. SBS and the new seemless MySB requied this and remember Touch is coming. -- iPhone *iPhone* Media Room: Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono's, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, Vandersteen Speakers: Quatro Mains, VCC-5 Reference Center, four VSM-1 Signatures, Video: Runco RS 900 CineWide AutoScope 2.35:1 Living Room: Duet, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1 Kitchen: Squeezebox BOOM Bedroom: Second Boom Bathroom: Squeezebox Radio Ford Thunderbird: Duet, Mac Mini Ford Expedition: SB Touch, USB drive ------------------------------------------------------------------------ iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69446 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
