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peterw;529264 Wrote: > Mickey has said that Logitech was surprised by the demand for Squeezebox > Receivers and Radio batteries. Why would any company walk away from a > product line with strong consumer demand? Given the current worldwide inventory levels, it sounds like Logitech expected to sell something very close to zero of either of those products. That they're 'surprised' goes without saying. I don't think they'll walk away from the product line so much as simply letting it die out over the course of time, while the development focus increasingly moves to video streaming with audio on the same devices as a bonus. Maybe they'll offer pared down audio only devices within the new product line, but I doubt it. Moving into the future it's just going to be very difficult getting a $300 audio player onto the shelves of your typical retailer when a half dozen other competitors are offering video plus audio streaming devices for comparable or less money. Logitech realizes that. The SB Booms and Radios are a healthy consumer product, even if support costs are probably much higher than Logitech is used to. Anything like the Touch, Classic, or Transporter are niche products. And Logitech isn't in the niche business. -- JJZolx Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76494 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
