Music Services Escape the PC

The music industry continues to change. Portable devices like the iPhone bring music to the user anywhere, anytime, and music is now being streamed through TVs, set-top boxes and devices like the Sonos Multi-Room Music System.

Sonos introduced the first network connected device back in 2006 and continue to connect customers to thousands of Internet radio stations, Rhapsody, Napster, Last.fm, Pandora, SIRIUS and more…without the use of a PC. Music services are becoming more and more popular on network-enabled devices like the iPhone or iPod touch. In fact, the iPhone has done what Sonos first did in 2006 – eliminated the PC/Mac from the digital music experience. Now, music services are being offered on the iTunes App store – from major services like Pandora to niche services like Deadsetz or Wolfgang’s Vault – which will stream concert catalogues straight to your iPhone. There are also premium services rumored to be on the way for the iPhone.

To bring all these devices together, Sonos recently announced their Sonos Controller for iPhone which is a free application that turns your iPhone (or iPod touch) into a Sonos Controller. Simply got to the App Store and it can be downloaded in seconds. The Sonos Controller for iPhone is the only iPhone Controller app that provides multi-room music control - along with your Sonos Music System - for the entire house with direct access to your music services, Internet Radio, and more. Plus, you can control your entire music collection located on any computer on your home network.

The fine folks at Sonos believe that as more music services become available, as DRM dies in the music business, and as consumers continue to buy network-enabled products, that consumers will continue to embrace music services. Because these days, it is becoming easier and easier to do, isn’t it?