Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Engadget Has a Squeezebox (by Logitech)
Posted by Chris Gohlke in "Digital Home Hardware & Accessories" @ 03:00 AM
"We tried to find something not to like about the Squeezebox Radio, but didn't have much success. We thought the bright screen would keep us awake at night, but it kindly turned itself off even as it kept the tunes pumping. We thought it'd forget to wake us up after we unplugged it and moved it to a new room, but sure enough our alarm settings were still there (5:44am, ouch), because they're stored online. About the only thing we can find as a serious fault is a 45 second start-up time, which is rather obnoxious if you just want to get some tunes rocking while you're chopping broccoli. The lack of a remote is a drag, too, as is having to pay extra for a battery pack. Oh, and it's impossible to keep clean. But, for a very fair $199 those seem like minor faults, all. We love this thing."
Looks like an ideal alarm clock/bedroom radio. It will stream most Internet radio standards or pull from your home network. Especially cool is that it will pull posts from your Facebook wall so you can see what fun your friends had while you were sleeping before even getting out of bed.