Because popularity is very important in the accessory field. Women spend lots of money on purses, just for a name. Men spend alot on things like high end bass boats, not because they do much more. But because the Evenrude motor is cool. A no name is just not as brag worthy. Society as a whole likes to have nice things, But half of nice things are how its perceived by the general population.
I just tried it out, not bad. It seems like it will only stream music. I didn't see an option to store it. The interface is ok as well. Three panes and the screen only shows two at any one time. It does a slide thing to control the panes. Its not to bad. I have a headphone jack connected to RCA outputs on my stereo and it sounds like MP3 quality to me. You also get a free one month subscription. No sign-up needed just click you want a month free and it goes right into the program. I guess you might eventually need a username/password combo. But like I said it plays right off the bat no info needed. Its not DRM that I can tell just streaming off their library of music / spoken word stuff.
Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
"I am trying to configure out a really dumbed down and intuitive PC for my grandmother. She recently had a stroke and while she is under my care I would like to repurpose a laptop for her to surf and email her children. Anyone have any experience with what input devices and UI's are really understandable for the over 80 crowd?"
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