People are missing the fact that Arrington has seized control of the media on this mother of all epic fails by leveraging his powerful media outlet. The only way he can stop fusion garage from selling this device would be to obtain a legal order on the basis of infringement and based on his actions I'd say it's anything but certain that he could obtain such an order.

The letters sent by his attorney only serve to demonstrate just how caught off gaurd Mike was taken on this matter. The fact that FGs team rented a house in the valley is not the basis of any legal argument. Lot's of startup's rent houses in the valley. His other arguments and assertions are incredibly weak. Trust me, if Arrington had a smoking gun email he would have posted it right away. That is what he does. Instead, we get his one-sided and highly public opinion pieces, disguised as "blog" updates on TC. FG is wise to cease all discussions with TC. It's a legal matter now.

Personally, I hope FG plows ahead and sells the device. I really couldn't care less about the back story -- just want the device.

I own this scale and it works as advertised. It's clear that they have the capability to integrate the data and I'm sure they will be extending the service. I get the sense from the company that it's a small group of enthusiasts that developed a very slick, very functional product. It's sort of like the Sonos of Scales. Personally, I love the thing, but I'm finding that the short range measurements are not that interesting. But the thought of having this scale and the data for many years is where the trending will be very interesting. I had my last scale for 7 years. I'd love to have all that data. I think it would be great to synch this up with other devices like the fitbit, or a heart rate monitor for exercising. No reason to not have all this information connected. FWIW, I think this device is sort of ground-breaking and agree with the dedicated post.

I own this scale and it works as advertised. It's clear that they have the capability to integrate the data and I'm sure they will be extending the service. I get the sense from the company that it's a small group of enthusiasts that developed a very slick, very functional product. It's sort of like the Sonos of Scales. Personally, I love the thing, but I'm finding that the short range measurements are not that interesting. But the thought of having this scale and the data for many years is where the trending will be very interesting. I had my last scale for 7 years. I'd love to have all that data. I think it would be great to synch this up with other devices like the fitbit, or a heart rate monitor for exercising. No reason to not have all this information connected. FWIW, I think this device is sort of ground-breaking and agree with the dedicated post.

It's funny that both Giz and Eng are trying to exert pressure on Mike. He won't say anything until it's appropriate. I'd take no news as good news.

I suspect that everyone here is wrong on predicting the demise. I think the reality set in and that launching a blank tablet with no content or app store was overlooking a huge revenue opportunity. I think they could still hit the $300 price point if they cut some sort of revenue deal with apps, ads, or online affiliate purchases. Just like mozilla makes most of its coin off the search bar affiliates and ad revenues. I think there is a similar story here. My guess is they are getting some of these content issues and revenue issues sorted out and taking the extra time continue improving the firmware / OS. The leaked images and videos are proof this thing exists. Better to just get it right the first time, or minimize the wrong. After his perpetual bashing of all comer competitors, like the HP Photoscreen and the HP AllinOne touch PC he better have the gear to back it up.

@bobs, you don't need the zone player for wireless. But one of the ZPs must be connected via a wired connection. So if you don't have a drop at the place where you want one of your 2 ZPs than the ZB can serve as the wired link. Bascially, one node on the network must be wired.

@engadget, I guess you have to follow the rules, but how could you sit on this for a week and not post at least a single shot! Nice review and good coverage. You really can't understate the value of the subscription services. I'd argue that when your CR100 battery dies it's really only a $250 swing for the CR200, plus someone will buy your CR100 on ebay for 75-100 as well. So making the upgrade is probably a foregone conclusion at some point. The iPod app is great but takes forever as mentioned in this review.

They needed to upgrade the CR100 and throwing in an iTouch really isn't a good revenue strategy for them to include in bundles as they will certainly make more money on an product mfg'd by Sonos. As someone else noted, this will run on the SonosNet so it will be much quicker and more responsive that the iTouch. What really concerns / upsets me is that they blew a chance to put a simple headphone jack on the device to make it a portable player as well. I would have actually paid a premium for that feature. Oh Well.

Awesome. I want.

Thanks. The ReadyNas forum crew is among the finest in the industry.

Did the ReadyNas support crew really get fired?