New Software From Sonos Gives Customers Even More Music to Enjoy
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Feature Update Includes More Than $200 in DRM-Free Music from Classical.com,
eMusic and LiveDownloads.com
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Aug. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Sonos(R), Inc., the leading
developer of wireless multi-room music systems for the home, today released
Sonos System Software 2.6. Sonos 2.6 gives Sonos customers access to free
music downloads valued at more than $200, when they register their new or
upgrade their existing Sonos Multi-Room Music System. The free one-button
software update is available to all Sonos customers and is available now for
download.
The Sonos Multi-Room Music System is unique among consumer electronics
products because it keeps getting better over time. Sonos' software updates
provide new and existing customers with new features, free trials to music
services, free downloads to expand their digital music library, and more.
After customers register or upgrade their system with Sonos 2.6, they will
receive more than $200 worth of DRM-free music offers from world-class music
partners Classical.com(TM), eMusic(R) and LiveDownloads.com. These offers
provide customers with an extensive choice of albums, tracks and concerts.
Here is a snapshot of what every registered Sonos customer will receive:
-- 3 DRM-free albums (1 classical, 1 jazz and 1 world) from Classical.com.
Classical.com is a digital music service with a library dedicated to the
latest and greatest classical, jazz & blues and world music. Browse by
composer, genre or country and explore new music with the Classical.com
playlists.
-- 50 DRM-free music downloads and 1 free audio book from eMusic. eMusic
is the world's largest retailer of independent music, offering more than 3.5
million tracks from thousands of the world's top independent labels spanning
every genre of music.
-- 10 full, DRM-free concerts (MP3) from LiveDownloads.com. LiveDownloads
is the ultimate download source for live concert recordings. Download last
night's show from hundreds of artists and browse the catalog of more than
100,000 exclusive live tracks.
"We want to connect our customers with the music they love, so they can
enjoy it all over the house," said Phil Abram, President & COO, Sonos, Inc.
"By providing free feature updates, their experience continues to get better
even after they buy Sonos. Today that means helping our customers build their
local music collection with offers from world-class music partners."
Other new features of Sonos System Software 2.6 include:
-- Support for SonosNet(TM) 2.0 and MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output)
wireless technology
-- Support for larger music collections with up to 65,000 tracks stored on
a local music collection stored on a PC, Mac or Network Attached
Storage (NAS) devices
-- Support for NasBasic firmware which allows more than 15 different
brands of NAS devices to serve as a local music source
-- Support for Apple(R) Computer operating system Mac OS X Leopard
For more information about the features of Sonos Software 2.6, please
visit: http://www.sonos.com/support/software_updates/.
In conjunction with today's software update, Sonos also introduced the new
Sonos Bundle 150 and new Sonos ZonePlayers 120 and 90. See accompanying press
releases.
Sonos is the first wireless, multi-room music system that lets you play
all the music you want all over your house -- and control it all from the palm
of your hand. To learn more about Sonos, to place an order or to locate an
authorized Sonos dealer, please visit http://www.sonos.com or call
877.80.SONOS.
About Sonos, Inc.
Sonos(R) is the leading developer of wireless multi-room music systems for
the home. The Sonos Multi-Room Music System is the first, wireless multi-room
music system that lets you play all the music you want all over your house --
and control it all from the palm of your hand. By partnering with audio
services like Audible.com(R), Best Buy(TM) Digital Music Store,
Classical.com(TM), eMusic(R), LiveDownloads.com, Napster(R), Pandora(R),
Rhapsody(R), SIRIUS(R) Internet Radio, and more, Sonos gives music lovers
instant access to millions of songs, radio stations and audiobooks. In
addition, Sonos liberates the music stored on a computer so it can be enjoyed
all over the house and comes loaded with hundreds of free Internet radio
stations. The award-winning Sonos Multi-Room Music System is available at
more than 3000 retailers in over 55 countries worldwide; or direct from Sonos
at http://www.sonos.com. Sonos is a privately-held company, headquartered in
Santa Barbara, CA with offices in Cambridge, MA, Hilversum, Netherlands and
Penang, Malaysia. To find out more about the company or the Sonos Multi-Room
Music System, please visit: http://www.pr.sonos.com.
(c) 2004-2008 by Sonos, Inc. All rights reserved. Sonos is a registered
trademark of Sonos, Inc. in the United States, Canada and Australia, and a
trademark of Sonos, Inc. in other countries. SonosNet, ZonePlayer, ZoneBridge
and all Sonos logos are trademarks of Sonos, Inc. in the United States and
other countries. All other products and services may be trademarks or service
marks of their respective owners.
SOURCE Sonos, Inc.
Thomas Meyer of Sonos, Inc., +1-949-212-6201, Thomas.Meyer@sonos.com
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