Logitech Squeezebox Touch & Radio

Logitech is about to its Squeezebox line upgrade it. It is partly a Squeezebox Touch with a 4.3 "touchschreen. Furthermore, the Squeezebox Duet and an update will be small tree variants.

The Squeezebox Touch includes a capacitive touch-sensitive screen with a Diagonal Size 4.3 inch.
The Touch can mp3, flac, wav, aiff, wma, ogg, aac and ale-files from a USB storage device or SD card playback. WMA lossless, APE, MPC and WavPack files are transcoded by the player, which also can be played.
Furthermore, the Squeezebox radiostreams Touch handle the formats mp3, ogg and wma.

In addition to the analog audio and headphone outputs, the device includes optical and coaxial digital output, while the connection to the Internet via Ethernet or 802.11g wifi.
Notable features are a light sensor that adjust the brightness automatically adjusts to ambient light and proximity sensor that the presence of the user takes.
Several websites offer the Touch all for a price between 270 and 330 euro, but the supply is likely to begin only in July.

The release of the Touch will probably coincide with those of two new Squeeze Boxes.
It would be small devices with embedded speakers are: a portable player with radio that works on batteries and will cost $ 200, and an alarm clock of 300 dollars. Both will be under the Boom flag be given.
Finally, the Squeezebox Duet is a thinner version released.

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