These iPhone apps from the developer community simply let your iPhone act as a remote for the Squeezebox. If your music is stored on a PC, you will still need to have that running to control the tunes from your iPhone.

-Matt

As summer is here I’ve been itching to take my Networked music library and my SqueezeNetwork music services with me into the garden, but so far been reluctant because of then having to worry about running extension cables, and then bringing my Hi-Fi speakers out into the exposed environment, in which in the UK the weather conditions can change in an instant, plus theirs the chance of damaging my equipment by keep moving it in & out of the house.

A portable, battery powered device (with a good WiFi range) is what’s needed next from Logitech, but it shouldn’t be just a battery powered version of the ‘Boom’.

Logitech need a whole new portable player that will fill the Audio gap between the ‘Boom’ and the ‘Duet/Classic’ products, what I mean is that, the sound from a ‘Boom’ (although it sounds quite decent in the bed room/kitchen) won’t have that much presence in a outdoor environment, especially as were blessed with a decent sized back garden.

I just think the depth and bass of the music would get lost outdoors.

The portable wireless device should resemble something of a modern ‘Ghetto Blaster’ in proportions that would have a solid build, good bass extension and still maintain a clear crisp top end, and ultimately sound as good indoors as well as outdoors.

Playing on the retro ‘Ghetto Blaster’ name, the Logitech device should be called something like the ‘Squeezebox Blaster’, to go along side with the ‘Squeezebox Boom’ and ‘Duet/Classic’. Please make this, or something similar happen!!!

As for your iTouch question, we want you to have lots of ways to enjoy — and control — your music. Today, Squeezebox owners can control their players from an IR remote, the device itself, a PC, our wireless controller or an iPhone or iTouch. We also have home-automation systems that control our players. Because we have an open software platform, we are likely to see innovative third parties develop even more ways of using and controlling our players. We enthusiastically support their efforts.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts. We appreciate the feedback.

Matt

I have been browsing around looking for a product similar as the squeezebox, just that it should also allow for video playback from your media server.

At the moment there are 2 types of products around, pure music players, which allow selecting music without a TV connection and pure video (media) players, which can only be controlled if the TV is turned on.

I really like the idea of the display in the controller (btw. who should buy your controller if an iPod Touch has such a great controller option … ) for selecting music / audio. But I would like to have a single product that can consume streams in my living room. So how about crafting a product that allows both? Operation with TV turned off for pure audio and operation with TV for video & picture streaming?

Just remember where the idea came from

Thank you for letting us know how much you would appreciate a portable battery in the Boom. We have received similar feedback from other customers and are taking notes for future products.

-Matt