Sonos

• 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

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 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

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

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

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

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