Sonos announced on Monday that the Sonos Controller 200, a full review of the company’s wireless controller for its Multi-Room Music System. Considering that the Controller 100 (CR100) provided with an LCD screen and an iPod Click Wheel-like interface, the Controller 200 (CR200) uses a 3.5-inch full-color VGA touch screen display similar to the iPhone and the iPod touch.
In fact, the controller interface 200 is closely related to the Sonos Controller for iPhone application. The company told Macworld that uses the iPhone as an application of tests to refine the Comptroller of the software interface. (The controller also provides hardware buttons for volume, Silent, and zones.)
While it lacks the CR200 to CR100 water resistant casing, you get a much more powerful interface to browse your music, finding new music, and control the music system. Among the improvements, thanks to the touchscreen, iPhone-like gestures are browsing and a keyboard that makes entering search strings, and create custom radio stations in services like Last.fm and Pandora, is much easier than it was in the CR100. In addition, the CR200 is now machining of extruded aluminum, instead of plastic, offers longer battery life and includes a charging cradle, the cradle is a $ 40 accessory for the 100.
The Controller 200 is available today at a suggested retail price of $ 349. Also available as part of a new $ 999 Sonos bundle 250, which also includes a ZonePlayer 120 and one ZonePlayer 90.
Sonos Software 3.0
Sonos 3.0 software revealed a major update to the Music of the core system software. 3.0 The software provides new tools for navigation and discovery of music when using the Sonos CR200 or ’iPhone approx. According to the company, listening to an artist, these tools let you easily view artist biographies, albums, concert listings, and lists of similar artists.
Software System of Music is a free update for all customers Sonos Music System via the software update feature. Version 3.0 of the iPhone application will soon be available for free through the iTunes App Store. The free Sonos Controller for Sonos Controller for Mac and PC
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