Below is a comparison list of each of the Melody Pods’ music players currently available. These specs will change over time as new features are added. We focus on creating applications that meet the needs of businesses specifically for background music use in their businesses.
So we develop applications for the most popular hardware that provides customers with a wide choice of options.
Whilst the tablet is great for clients who want to have instant access to music to then change as the demands on their business change we also have designs for a completely ‘hands off’ smart device for deploying in locations where you need your teams to focus on customers and leave the music to run automatically. For clients who have no budget for hardware we have a stop-gap solution that will work on PC-Win8+ and Mac OS10.6+ via the latest Google Chrome Launcher. Please contact us for more details.
| Features (assume all specs are the latest versions only) |
Android Smartphone
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Android Tablet
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Smart Mini PC
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Chrome App Launcher
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Apple Ipad / iPhone® |
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(beta) (OSX + Win8+)
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(IOS 7.1 onwards)
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| Installation | Install via a public online app store |
Y
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Y
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Y
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| Install with Melody Pods’ support guide |
Y
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Y
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| Auto-start when next power up |
Y
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Y
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| General Features | Browse downloaded music by album or genre |
Y
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Y
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Yes; if connected to an hdmi screen.
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Y
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Y
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| Create local playlists |
Y
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Y
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Y
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| Shuffle current playlist |
Y
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Y
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| Move tracks to different order |
Y
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Y
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| Auto-play mode: for automatically playing music schedule for example. |
Y
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| Playlist & Schedules | Download & play saved music playlists from online account |
Y
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Y
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Y
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Y
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| Download & play saved music schedules from online account |
Y
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Y
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Y
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Y
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| Auto-update playlists and schedule from online account (if connected to the Internet) |
Y
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Y
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Y
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Y
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| Overhead Messaging | Download and play overhead messaging audio with zones/schedule inc. auto update |
Y
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Y
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Y
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| Report log downloads for overhead messaging timestamps, by zone by customer. |
Y
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Y
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Y
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| Remote Monitoring and Control | Remote monitoring of device by location, customer name, zone, playlist and schedule. |
Y
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Y
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Y
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Y
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| Remote monitoring of device messages |
Y
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Y
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Y
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Y
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| Remote monitoring of device ‘live’ state (last call back) |
Y
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Y
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Y
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Y
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| Reports music usage to pay artists |
Y
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Y
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Y
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Y
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Y
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