The Squeezebox player may be in the living room, but you’re in the bedroom and really need a power song to get you out of bed. Flick on your Android phone, and choose Europe’s The Final Countdown.
While we’re still awaiting music-streaming service Spotify, happy Europeans can use Squeezebox Touch and Squeezebox Radio players to stream their Spotify Premium playlists from. This is the second hardware manufacturer Spotify has signed up with, after Sonos.
Dave Zatz found the upcoming Squeezebox Touch from Logitech, a successor to the Squeezebox BOom and Squeezebox Duet from last year. Other than knowing it’ll have touch and that it’s coming, there’s nothing else to report. [ZNF]
The Gadget: The Squeezebox Boom from Logitech streams music from your PC or the internet via an 802.11b/g or Ethernet connection. Unlike previous Squeezeboxes, the Boom also throws in a pair of 30-watt speakers.
Like a regular Squeezebox, the Squeezebox Boom streams music from a PC or internet radio station over 802.11g. Unlike the classic, it has a pair of 3/4-inch soft dome tweeters and 30inch woofers biamped with 30 watts of juice.
Logitech has been dying to get into wireless whole-house audio like Sonos and not a whole lot of others. Now that CNet has favourably reviewed the US$400 Squeezebox Duet we told you about at CES, it may well have a shot.
