Plus, the Sonos Controller for iPhone has been optimized for the larger screen of the iPhone5.
It did spot our two Sonos units, but it couldn't do much with them.
Sonos could rectify this by creating a less expensive proprietary wireless bridge between the router and other ZonePlayers.
Now with availability on Sonos, Amazon Cloud Player continues to offer a broad selection of cloud playback solutions.
Sonos System Software 4.0 introduces enhancements that make it faster and easier to play all the music on earth.
Sonos also released a free software update for the Sonos Wireless HiFi System.
When I spoke with Sonos Chief Executive John MacFarlane last April, he had a simple observation about Apple.
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Which is why startup Sonos has finally gotten the Apple dock thing right.
Windows Phone 7 and Android mobile platforms as well as through devices from Vizio, SanDisk, HP, Sonos and Philips.
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Sonos does this using shoebox-sized receivers called ZonePlayers that connect to off-the-bookshelf speakers.
The idea: Take a wireless cloud-streaming Sonos speaker, and toss in the ability to serve as a home theater soundbar.
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While Sonos hosts a Web forum in which to discuss various third-party Ethernet bridges as workarounds, none are officially supported.
The Sonos Controller for Android features a new widget that allows you to control Sonos directly from your Android home screen.
The star of the Sonos system is its wireless remote controller, which acts as just another node on the Sonos network.
Conclusion: while it's not cheap, it is cheaper than Sonos' offerings, and could be an ok solution for the less technically inclined.
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With the Playbar, Sonos adds to its long tradition of smart, elegant devices that really work without driving you mad during setup.
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But the Sonos Digital Music System takes a fundamentally different approach, using a mesh network to deliver music to multiple rooms.
Once it is up and running, the Sonos system is surprisingly responsive.
Founded in 2002, Sonos is the leading manufacturer of wireless music systems.
But these newer cloud-aimed Sonos systems have always had a fatal flaw: There was no easy way to hook them up to home theaters.
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Sonos costs way more than the Squeezebox, but the company says the price includes a lot of user-friendly software and a custom networking scheme.
Unfortunately, this is probably the kind of revision that would require upgrading hardware, but Sonos says it is very high on the priority list.
Indeed, after identifying an update from the remote, the Sonos system downloaded it and in turn seamlessly updated both ZonePlayers in sequence without intervention.
Sonos is a privately-held company, headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA with offices in Cambridge, MA, Hilversum, Netherlands, Beijing and Shenzhen, China, and Penang, Malaysia.
Sonos Favorites provides one-touch access to your favorite music from any Sonos source (music library, streaming services and radio stations), right from the music menu.
The result: buy another Sonos ZonePlayer S5 and you can cue up music from Pandora in one room, and an audiobook from iTunes in another.
Using the Sonos app on my Android phone, I followed the steps to set up the Bridge and Playbar by pressing buttons on each device.
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Well, you're in luck, because the Playbar has arrived, packing all of Sonos' streaming capabilities you know and love in a soundbar form factor.
We've long been enamored of Sonos' musical streaming technology and its wireless speakers, whether it's the S5 Play:5, the Play:3 or the Sub.
But, what if you're looking for some Sonos gear that can stream your favorite MOG or Spotify playlist and deliver surround sound on movie night?
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