New "Logitech MM STREAM Squeezebox Touch" spotted !!

[Bert0123]

Hi All,

Look what I found on the Internet! A new SB product.
Hopefully in a few days logitech will bring out the good news...

Look here:

http://www.btsc.lv/apraksts/logitech-squeezebox-touch-2

And look here for the price:

http://tweakers.net/pricewatch/242125/logitech-squeezebox-touch.html

I also found a picture & some specs:

Logitech® Squeezebox™ Touch. The color touch-screen Wi-Fi music player that lets you discover a world of music. Listen to your personal digital music collection, new music from online music services*, and thousands of Internet radio stations—all through your stereo. A 4.3-inch color touch screen makes it easy for anyone to use.

Audio formats: • MP3, FLAC, WAV, AIFF, WMA, Ogg Vorbis, AAC, Apple Lossless • WMA Lossless, APE, MPC and WavPack supported through transcoding • Some formats may require additional software installation Internet radio • Support for MP3, Ogg Vorbis, and WMA formatted Internet Radio streams Wireless interface • True 802.11g wireless networking • Support for 802.11b and 802.11g routers and access points • One-touch setup (with compatible WPS-supporting routers) • Supports WPA Personal, WPA-2AES, and 64/128-bit WEP encryption Ethernet interface • Connects to any 100 Mbps or 10 Mbps network (with Auto MDX) General: • USB host connector for accessing music and photos via USB drive or USB key • SD card slot for music and photos • Supports sampling rates up to 24 bit / 96 kHz • Stereo analog (RCA), headphone jack, digital optical, and digital coax output • 4.3-inch 24-bit color LCD with capacitive touch screen • Ambient light sensor to adjust display brightness according to environment • Infrared proximity sensor to detect presence

Update 13 Aug:
I added the pictures from Kevint to the beginning of this thread.

[killie99]

oops, look like someone has jumped the gun.

[SilverRS8]

Looks good. Again a step towards Squeezeboxes for the masses. Pricing also sounds right. Pricing and the diversity of product offerings in the streaming audio line certainly make Logitech a market leader in this regard.

[bebop]

Nice, I want one !

Seems like some nice extras has been added :

USB host connector for accessing music and photos via USB drive or USB key

SD card slot for music and photos

Stereo analog (RCA), headphone jack, digital optical, and digital coax output

4.3-inch 24-bit color LCD with capacitive touch screen

Ambient light sensor to adjust display brightness according to environment

Infrared proximity sensor to detect presence

[andynormancx]

USB host connector for accessing music and photos via USB drive or USB key

SD card slot for music and photos

One can only assume that it also means that it has the option of running a local copy of Squeezebox Server, which would explain the rush to move to sqlite...

[jacsi]

Ooh, this is great news - seems like quie an interesting addition to the SB portfolio. But surely the SB touch wont have the computerpower to run a full version of squeezecenter??? Maybe its just able to playback files over USB, like the Boom for example supports UPNP.
Can't wait to hear more about this product!

[ismarketing]

US Price???

Sorry for the dumb question - what's the projected US sale price on this? I just might have to return the Classic I just bought.

Thanks

[andynormancx]

Ooh, this is great news - seems like quie an interesting addition to the SB portfolio. But surely the SB touch wont have the computerpower to run a full version of squeezecenter???

I don't see why not. As it isn't a battery powered unit they can put a higher speed ARM CPU in it and more RAM than the Controller.

If it was being used just to serve music to players then it wouldn't need the Squeezebox Server web interface, which would make it more doable.

[maggior]

Wow, this is really cool and a brand new direction. My SB3s are going to seem so quaint in comparison :-).

I think it's interesting that they use the term "Touch", as in the iPod Touch. I wonder if that is just what people are calling it rather than what Logitech is going to call it.

BTW, it's strange to me this Logitech green that has taken over the forum theme...gone is the characteristic slimdevices orange.

Things are a changin'.

[NigelMSB]

The bottom half (with the Logitech logo) is slightly matt whilst the top is gloss.

I'm wondering whether it's in two halves - a base station with the actual audio hardware (like a Receiver) and a docking station. The top half is a Controller minus wheel/buttons plus a touchscreen.

If it is, then it's the slicker replacement for a Nokia 770/N800/N810 that I've been waiting for. Either way, it looks *very* interesting.

[amcluesent]

>I'm wondering whether it's in two halves<

IMHO it wouldn't make sense otherwise. Who would want a touch-screen tablet that they had to walk over to use?

[Labarum]

>I'm wondering whether it's in two halves<

IMHO it wouldn't make sense otherwise. Who would want a touch-screen tablet that they had to walk over to use?

Quite! Logitech has been caught by their own marketing imperatives.

Folk will buy it - first time buyers who have not thought it through - it is not for the lounge.

I suppose it might be of use in a kitchen - screwed to a wall with installed wall speakers. But we have the Boom: a Boom Touch might have been the better product.

I suppose we should wait for the formal release when the specifications will be available.

The new Logitech box will face competition from the Yamaha MusicCAST2 digital audio streamer:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10268917-1.html

Now this product area is a long way from the Transporter/Linn Squeeky DS/SB3 or Duet with good external DAC market.

We could easily be at the point where the market splits and Logitech takes the Slim Products firmly into the higher volume consumer electronics domain.

[signor_rossi]

The bottom half (with the Logitech logo) is slightly matt whilst the top is gloss.

I'm wondering whether it's in two halves - a base station with the actual audio hardware (like a Receiver) and a docking station. The top half is a Controller minus wheel/buttons plus a touchscreen.

If it is, then it's the slicker replacement for a Nokia 770/N800/N810 that I've been waiting for. Either way, it looks *very* interesting.

Oooh, please be wrong! Otherwise I have to buy it!

BTW, the icons on the screen-shot looked a little like iPeng.

[rickwookie]

The prices seem all over the place, from the €329.63 in the orginal link to the €202.57 here

The link to the image in the first post didn't work for me, but I found it here, and it's also been posted on AVForums.

I don't think it looks like it's in two halves any more than my Squeezebox3. I suspect it's not, in which case in a world where everything is remote controlled I don't get this product. Nobody's going to want to stand in front of it and poke at the touch screen. Touchscreens work on either handheld devices (which this isn't) or devices that are somehow mounted so they don't move when you poke them!

I think it is probably an "upgrade" to the Classic, adding a colour screen, so it can double as a digital photo frame, USB host for local file playback and also, and more interestingly perhaps for some at that price point:
"Supports sampling rates up to 24 bit / 96 kHz"

[Schindler]

I hope this box will have its own touch interface not the controllers style, which is also available for PC (Squeezeplay). Wouldn't make sense...

Christian