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Sonos Rocks the House with New ZonePlayer S5 Controlled by iPhone


  Sonos ZonePlayer S5

We have always been huge fans of the Sonos product line. The company first caught our attention with the Sonos Digital Music System back in 2004. Now, they have added a new wireless music system for the iPhone loving crowd. The Sonos ZonePlayer S5 is a wireless music system controlled via iPhone (or Sonos controller) that brings music from your computer to any room in the house.

Priced at $399, with the new S5 you can control and play your iTunes library and online streaming services such as Pandora, Rhapsody, Napster, and SIRIUS Internet Radio. Plus, more than 25,000+ Internet radio stations and podcasts are free of charge and pre-loaded on Sonos. The S5 also includes an analog audio input so you can connect to an external audio source (such as an iPod, CD player, TV, DVD, radio) and play music on all ZonePlayers in the system.Read more

Sonos Introduces New Touch Screen Controller for Sonos Multi-Room Music System


 Sonos Controller 200

  • Wireless, full-color Controller features capacitive touch screen for state-of-the-art music control throughout your home
  • Search, find, play and discover a world of music at the touch of a finger
  • Available beginning today for $349 suggested retail price

July 28, 2009 /PRNewswire/ -- Sonos, Inc., the leading developer of wireless multi-room music systems, today launched a state of the art music Controller for the home, the Sonos Controller 200 (CR200). The new full-color Sonos Controller features an ultra-responsive touch screen display making it easy to quickly find and play all the music you want, in any room of the house, and all with the touch of a finger.

"Finding and playing music all over the house needs to be so easy that anyone who walks into a home can pick up the Controller and start playing DJ," says John MacFarlane, CEO, Sonos, Inc. "Sonos has applied our seven years of experience designing wireless music systems for hundreds of thousands of customers in more than 60 countries to deliver the most innovative and intuitive way to find, play and control music anywhere in the home."Read more

Sonos Updates Controller for iPhone, Announces New Savings Promotion


 Sonos Controllers

Sonos just announced that they have released an update for the Sonos Controller for iPhone. With this update, the free Sonos Controller for iPhone now supports seven different languages (English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Swedish), adds more features to the alarms (wake up to music, go to sleep to music), can playback DRM protected Microsoft WMA files, and can be set up computer-free. Also, since any music purchased from iTunes is now DRM-free, Apple iTunes music can now be played on the Sonos system using the Sonos Controller for iPhone.

In other news, Sonos also announced a new promotion that saves customers up to $199 when any Sonos ZonePlayer (ZP90 or ZP120) is purchased together with a Sonos Controller CR100. To add music to a room with existing audio equipment, the ZP90 and Sonos Controller combo is available for $599 (a savings of $149). For all other rooms, the amplified ZP120 and Controller combo is available for $699 (a savings of $199). The promotion expires May 31, 2009.Read more

Music Services Escape the PC


 Sonos Speaker Bundle 150

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. Read more

Sonos iPhone Controller is a Free Application


 Sonos Controller on iPhone Sonos has mastered the wireless music experience with their ZonePlayers, and there really is an experience of enjoying your music collection with this product. Now, for all of those iPhone owners out there with Sonos systems you must grab this application. What you receive with this Sonos Controller for the iPhone is another remote control. Sure, the Sonos remote is amazing in itself, but so is your iPhone. Your iPod touch and 3G iPhone will bring the music nirvana together.

Check out the video demonstration of the free Sonos controller for the 3G iPhone and iPod touch: www.sonos.com/iphone. Read more

Sonos Announces New Product, Partnerships


 Sonos ZoneBridge Sonos just announced new partnerships, features, as well as a new product for the Sonos Digital Music System. Music lovers can now play what they want, when they want, anywhere they want in the home. Think of a song, find it and play it, in any room…and all from the palm of your hand. Starting yesterday with Sonos, you can now search and find the music want from Rhapsody, Napster, Best Buy Digital Music Store or your personal music collection all from your couch– no computer required.

How does computer-free access to millions of songs work with Sonos? Check out this demonstration (click on ‘Get Music’): www.sonos.com/demos/house_demo/en Read more

Napster and Sonos Deliver Instant Access to Millions of Songs All Over the House

October 23, 2007 — Napster and Sonos today announced the release of new software which lets Sonos Digital Music System customers instantly access Napster’s music discovery tools and play its catalog of over 5 million tracks anywhere in the house without turning on a computer or installing an application.

The new Sonos software enables music lovers to quickly find and play all the songs they love from Napster’s catalog, and discover new music with Napster’s music discovery tools, including Billboard Charts, pre-programmed playlists, staff picks, new releases, music sorted by genre, and commercial-free radio stations. In addition, Napster’s innovative automix discovery feature automatically recommends hours of music based on the music you’re listening to – with a single click – and streams a custom playlist based on the Napster community’s music preferences. The computer-free, direct-to-service approach allows customers to instantly browse, search and play music from the palm of their hand via the wireless Sonos Controller. With the Sonos system, customers can play the same song in every room or different songs in different rooms. Napster is available to Sonos customers with a broadband connection in the US, Canada, Germany and UK. Read more

Find and Play the Music You Want with the Best Buy Digital Music Store & Sonos

October 23, 2007 — Best Buy® has announced that the Best Buy Digital Music Store, and Sonos®, Inc., the leading developer of wireless multi-room music systems for the digital home, have partnered to provide music lovers with the ultimate wireless jukebox for every room of the house.

The Sonos Digital Music System and the Best Buy Digital Music Store enable music lovers to connect directly to millions of songs and thousands of radio stations without ever installing an application or turning on a computer. By eliminating the time-consuming hassles of downloading or ripping a personal music library, Best Buy Digital Music Store customers can enjoy all the music they want, all over the house, by simply having a broadband connection. Read more

Sonos Unveils the Sonos ZoneBridge

October 23, 2007 — Sonos®, Inc. today introduced an addition to the suite of products for the Sonos® Digital Music System – the Sonos ZoneBridge™ (BR100). The new ZoneBridge is the easiest way to set up and extend an all-wireless Sonos Digital Music System. ZoneBridge is available for $99 at all Sonos authorized retailers and at www.sonos.com.

“We are focused on continually developing innovative ways for our customers to easily enjoy music throughout their homes," said Phil Abram, President & COO, Sonos, Inc. ”ZoneBridge provides a cost-effective, flexible solution to connect Sonos to the Internet and wirelessly control and play all the music you love, all over the house." Read more

New Software from Sonos Lets Music Lovers Find Any Song, Play it All Over the House

October 23, 2007 — Sonos®, Inc., the leading developer of wireless multi-room music systems for the digital home, today released Sonos System Software 2.5. Sonos 2.5 is a feature-packed software update to the award-winning digital music system that enables music lovers to enjoy a multi-million song jukebox experience all over the house. The one-button software update features music search, plug-and-play support for the Napster® music subscription service and the Best Buy Digital Music Store and more.

Music search is a key component of the award-winning Sonos Digital Music System, allowing Sonos customers to fully enjoy the million-song jukebox experience. With millions of songs to choose from, Sonos search allows music lovers to find and play the songs they want from the Best Buy Digital Music Store, the Napster music subscription service, the Rhapsody® Online Music Service, as well as their own music libraries. With the wireless Sonos Controller in hand, music lovers can quickly search by artist, album or track. Read more

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