I was thinking the same as Snoyt about Nokia and UPnP or DLNA. It seems like their Home Networking router might fit into that role, or at least it could. It's already running OpenWRT, which is hackable. It's already handling the 802.11 networking, it's got 6GB built in, plus a USB port. It could come preconfigured as a UPnP server pretty easily, as I see it.
I've only played with UPnP a little, with Orb on my Windows PC and Boxxee on OSX, Apple TV, and Canola 2 on the N810. I find SAMBA more reliable, but harder to set up.
03-12-2008 12:29 PM
Unregistered
I wish someone would realize that some of us have nice stereos already and don't need a cheap tiny speaker to connect to our UPNP server. All I need is a nice thin box that will sit on my rack and give me SPDIF out.
03-12-2008 11:26 AM
snoyt
The thing about uPNP servers
Id' rather see a powerefficient uPnP server by Nokia. A redesigned N800 with a whopping big harddisk would do nicely. The ARM platform is well suited for this. Most uPnP servers are below par. Meaning that many out of the box machines don't supply serving any data format. Worst many do not scan and index the ID3 tags of mp3 and AAC and allow only for file oriented music browsing instead of sorting by author, musictype, title,most accessed by your device or playlists.
PC's seem the best uPnP servers available but carry larger price and power consumption. I'd rather see a useful and practical powerefficient and cheap uPnP server that I could use to share and stream photo, video and music to my PC, Nokia mobile phone and PS3 to within my home. For now I have solved the issue with a ultracheap bluetooth A2DP capable netbook. yet it begs to be used for more instead of being the multipurpose musicplayer I wanted. Making my N800 feeling a bit depreciated nowadays.
03-12-2008 10:07 AM
Ewan
Mobile Experience Enhancing Accessories Arrive At Nokia World
While not directly S60 powered, the accessories announced at Nokia World yesterday certainly would sit happily alongside any smartphone. With a focus on 'enhancing the mobile experience,' the Finns presented a Home Music Station, the Internet Stick and the Nokia Extra Power DC-11.
