Sonos 2.7 is out

[Gareth Cook <g@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Sonos=AE, Inc., the leading developer of wireless multi-room music
systems=
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for the home, today released Sonos System Software 2.7. Sonos 2.7 delivers=
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a world of music to every room of the house?free of charge?by providing=20
instant, computer-free access to Last.fm and Pandora=AE personalized radio=
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services, plus more than 15,000 radio stations and shows via Sonos
Radio.=20
The free one-button software update is available to all Sonos customers=20
and is available now for download.=20

The Sonos Multi-Room Music System is a unique multi-room music
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that keeps getting better over time with free software updates that=20
connect music lovers to new content, features and more. Sonos now offers=20
an unmatched suite of both subscription-based services (Napster=AE,=20
Rhapsody=AE and SIRIUS=AE) and free music services (Last.fm, Pandora and
So=
nos=20
Radio) right out of the box. All of these services stream music directly=20
from the Internet to the house so they work even when the computer is=20
turned off ? no need to download songs or have a server running.=20

?Sonos now brings music from every corner of the world to every corner
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the house with control from the palm of the hand," said Phil Abram,=20
President & COO, Sonos, Inc. ?By offering our customers a suite of
free=20
content with this update, we continue to provide even more ways to
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to the music they love, all over their home."

Sonos? new Radio guide, powered by RadioTime, lets you tune in to more=20
than 15,000 free Internet radio stations, radio shows and more. You can=20
browse easily for both local and international stations or use Search to=20
find a specific station, show or host. When you find what you want, simply=
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add it to Favorites for your future listening.

Last.fm on Sonos is a free global music service that lets you discover,=20
play and share new songs and artists based on your unique musical tastes ?=
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right from any Sonos Controller. After an account is created on Last.fm,=20
Sonos customers can enjoy continuous music streaming all over the house.=20
Simply enter the name of a favorite artist or tag keywords and Last.fm?s=20
unique recommendation system instantly creates a personalized radio=20
station featuring music you?re sure to love. Last.fm on Sonos also=20
features the capability to scrobble all of the music you play on your=20
Sonos Multi-Room Music System. Every song you listen to on Sonos ? whether=
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it?s from your personal music library or a music service like
Napster=AE,=20
Rhapsody=AE, Pandora=AE, and of course, Last.fm ? is automatically added
to=
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your personal music profile. This allows Last.fm to customize your music=20
recommendations and open the doors to even more music discovery, in more=20
rooms of the house.

Pandora, the popular personal radio service is now available for free on=20
Sonos. After creating a free account on Pandora.com, Pandora lets you=20
create and play up to 100 radio stations based on your favorite songs or=20
artists. Using Pandora?s Music Genome Project=AE, Pandora?s highly-trained=
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musicians analyze songs, one at a time, using close to 400 musical
traits=20
including melody, harmony, instrumentation, rhythm, vocals, lyrics, and=20
more to automatically build a station with songs that share interesting=20
musical similarities. With a Sonos Controller in hand, you can rate the=20
music you hear to further refine the station?s playlist on the fly. Play=20
the same Pandora radio station in each room, perfectly synchronized; or,=20
play different stations in different rooms to fit the mood.=20

Other new features of Sonos System Software 2.7 include:
? Updated Rhapsody support with improved sound quality. Rhapsody now=20
streams at 192 MP3 (versus 128 kbps WMA previously).=20
? Support for RTSP streaming protocol which allows for expanded Internet=20
Radio coverage.
? Dutch and Swedish languages are now supported in the Sonos system=20
software. Sonos already supports English, French, German, Italian, and=20
Spanish.
? For more information about the features of Sonos Software 2.7, please=20
visit: http://www.sonos.com/support/software_update.aspx.

In conjunction with today?s software update, Sonos also introduced the=20
brand new Sonos Controller for iPhone? which is a free download on the=20
iPhone App Store. Now, you can use your iPhone, iPhone 3G or iPod=AE touch=
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to control the best multi-room music system in the world. The Sonos=20
Controller for iPhone is the only iPhone Controller app that provides=20
multi-room music control and direct access to a world of music including=20
Last.fm, Napster, Pandora, Rhapsody, SIRIUS=AE Internet Radio, 15,000
radio=
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stations, shows and more. Plus, the Sonos Controller for iPhone gives=20
music lovers control over their entire music collection* located on any=20
computer on their home network, a Network Attached Storage (NAS) and
even=20
an Apple=AE Time Capsule.=20





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