Wednesday, 7 June 2017

Who needs a HomePod when you could have an iPod Hi-Fi with Alexa?

You’d think I’d be right on board with the HomePod, Apple’s Siri-powered speaker coming out later this year. I actually really like Apple Music as a service, and after buying a Google Home six months ago I’ve grown quite fond of talking to a speaker to tell it what song to play. Something with better sound quality and slicker execution should be an obvious purchase.

Well, the problem is I’ve already rolled my own Apple-speaker-with-smart-assistant solution, and I’m not convinced the HomePod will be much better.

The iPod Hi-Fi is one of Apple’s most maligned products. Unveiled with characteristic hubris at an overblown event, the $349 price was seen as wildly excessive at the time for what amounted to a glorified iPod dock. I loved the...

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from
https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/7/15752110/apple-homepod-ipod-hi-fi-amazon-echo-dot-alexa

from
http://ifeeltechinc.blogspot.com/2017/06/who-needs-homepod-when-you-could-have.html

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