Sonos has announced a new accessory for owners of the Sonos wireless music system. The Wireless Dock allows you to quickly connect an iPod or iPhone and access the music on it from any room in the house that has a Sonos ZonePlayer.
The device is a pretty clever idea that is a natural expansion of the existing Sonos brand. Of course, most people will have the music that is on their iPod or iPhone in their Sonos system already, but the device will allow visitors to plug in and access that their own music, which makes it great for drop-ins or weekend guests. The music data on the device will not have to be indexed, so it really is just plug it in and play the music.
The dock will be before the end of October, and sell for US $119.00. It works with the iPod touch (1st, 2nd, and 3rd generation), iPod classic, iPod nano (3rd, 4th, and 5th generation), iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G and iPhone, and has been certified by the developer to meet Apple performance standards.
There are, of course, other ways to spread your music around the house (don’t forget that iTunes now allows you to plug and play others’ music as well), but Sonos owners will find this a quick and easy solution to integrating your portable iOS devices into an existing music system. We’ll have a sample for testing soon and let you know how it does.
TUAWSonos introduces wireless dock for iPods and iPhones originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 23 Sep 2010 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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