http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/18/logitech-acquiring-slim-devices/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/18/logitech-acquiring-slim-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/18/logitech-acquiring-slim-devices/Oct 18th 2006 7:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/18/logitech-acquiring-slim-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/18/logitech-acquiring-slim-devices/Oct 18th 2006 7:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/18/logitech-acquiring-slim-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/18/logitech-acquiring-slim-devices/
Please see Sean (the CEO) commenting on the subject:

http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28821

- dan | at| slimdevices.com, SlimServer Lead]]>Oct 18th 2006 8:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/18/logitech-acquiring-slim-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/18/logitech-acquiring-slim-devices/
Please see this thread on Slim Devices' forums for comments from both parties:

http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28821

thanks,
Sean Adams]]>Oct 18th 2006 8:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/18/logitech-acquiring-slim-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/18/logitech-acquiring-slim-devices/
Slim Device's open source model has always seemed like: Let's throw this crappy bug-filled software out there and let our users act as our QA department, filling out bug reports and bitching like hell in the support forums.

This is totally unacceptable for any product that hopes to have volume sales. Unless Logitech/Slim Devices can get their QA straightened out, Slim Devices will always be a niche product for those who enjoy installing Daily Builds on a daily basis.

As I've said before, if your hardware device is SLIM (not a bad model per se), then your software had better be ROCK SOLID. ]]>Oct 18th 2006 8:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/18/logitech-acquiring-slim-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/18/logitech-acquiring-slim-devices/Oct 18th 2006 8:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/18/logitech-acquiring-slim-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/18/logitech-acquiring-slim-devices/Oct 18th 2006 8:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/18/logitech-acquiring-slim-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/18/logitech-acquiring-slim-devices/Well done to you and your people.
As a SB owner and avid fan I hope that this brings marketing muscle, lower pr.ices (of course) and more functionality (video streaming) ASAP.]]>Oct 18th 2006 8:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/18/logitech-acquiring-slim-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/18/logitech-acquiring-slim-devices/
My set was about a year old before I got to college, and all the sudden it started making popping noises every once in a while. I called up Logitech and after a couple minutes on the phone they were sending out a brand new set no questions asked, without me having to return my existing set or even fill out some sort of RMA form. The new set works flawlessly, and I know that I'll be a repeat customer to a company that treats its customers so well.

I just hope they do a good job bringing Slim Devices' high quality offerings to a more mainstream audience.]]>Oct 18th 2006 8:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/18/logitech-acquiring-slim-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/18/logitech-acquiring-slim-devices/
My Microsoft keyboard, love her as I do, One year warranty, limited tech support, not to mention whenever I called, Indian, thankfully understandable, but still.

Now if you mean the quality of the devices themselves, well that's a spectrum, obviously the little Notebook mouse isn't going to be quite as high quality as my MX1000 here.

Moving on, I see nothing grand in this acquisition for either company, we'll have to see if something comes of it.]]>Oct 18th 2006 8:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/18/logitech-acquiring-slim-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/18/logitech-acquiring-slim-devices/harmony remotes (which is owned by logitech)
has horrible horrible quality control and software development.

lets hope this doesnt happen to squeeze (though truthfully i dont see squeeze lasting very long)]]>Oct 18th 2006 10:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/18/logitech-acquiring-slim-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/18/logitech-acquiring-slim-devices/
I'd love it if this meant better server software — I ended up selling my Squeezebox because the server software choked on my not-terribly-large iTunes library – but that doesn't strike me as Logitech's area of expertise.

Most likely, it will help Slim Devices broaden their market. Although they listen to their customers' requests like no other company I know (the Transporter is just one long digital audio geek wishlist), it seems to come at the cost of catering to potential customers. I still wouldn't recommend a Squeezebox to my parents, for example.

Anyway, congratulations to the folks at Slim Devices. They make a (mostly) fantastic product, and deserve their success.]]>Oct 19th 2006 12:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/18/logitech-acquiring-slim-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/18/logitech-acquiring-slim-devices/Oct 19th 2006 1:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/18/logitech-acquiring-slim-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/18/logitech-acquiring-slim-devices/1.) improves slimdevices buggy software releases
2.) improves their one-to-one technical support (their tech team just gave up on me when my problems couldn't be fixed after a month!)]]>Oct 19th 2006 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/18/logitech-acquiring-slim-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/18/logitech-acquiring-slim-devices/Oct 19th 2006 12:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/18/logitech-acquiring-slim-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/18/logitech-acquiring-slim-devices/
I would use my Squeezebox 3 a whole lot more if it didn't take so long to setup a playlist. The browser interface may work well for a small static library, but for a dynamic library of 40000+ files it is extremely tedius and slow.]]>Oct 19th 2006 2:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/18/logitech-acquiring-slim-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/18/logitech-acquiring-slim-devices/or not. I guess it was bound to happen though. Slim devices seem to have nice stuff.]]>Oct 19th 2006 10:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/18/logitech-acquiring-slim-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/18/logitech-acquiring-slim-devices/Oct 21st 2006 4:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/18/logitech-acquiring-slim-devices/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/18/logitech-acquiring-slim-devices/ Sean
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