Com One Phoenix Wi-Fi radio rises from embedded Linux platform
Posted by: Anonymous
[ip: 99.162.104.8]
on March 01, 2008 04:02 AM
You can find a Squeezebox or Roku for the same price or less ($150 for a SoundBridge M1001). The Roku with built in speakers blows this thing away quality-wise but can't run on batteries, boo-hoo). The reviewed Phoenix device is stuck with WAV, MP3, AIFF and WMA formats. Both Squeezebox and Roku can play just about any format through server software running on a PC (iTunes, Windows Media Center, SlimServer, uPnP, MusicMatch, and TwonkyVision Groku and Firefly on Linux). The Phoenix requires connection to a company-run server to retrieve preferences and station data - the company goes under, you're stuck with an oversized MP3 player that can only play files via a USB thumb drive.
The only advantage I see to the Phoenix product is that it can run on battery power (and only a paltry four hours, at that!) Did I mention it's fugly and made by a French company that previously did nothing but make barcode and RFID scanners?
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Com One Phoenix Wi-Fi radio rises from embedded Linux platform
Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 99.162.104.8] on March 01, 2008 04:02 AMThe only advantage I see to the Phoenix product is that it can run on battery power (and only a paltry four hours, at that!) Did I mention it's fugly and made by a French company that previously did nothing but make barcode and RFID scanners?
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