Sonos Controller for the iPhone/iPod touch

There was no doubt that, when initially released, the Sonos was a game changer.

But as date progressed, and Apple introduced the Airport Express with AirTunes, soon after the AppleTV (also with AirTunes support), and thereupon the iPhone/iPod touch with the Remote app; the Sonos began to show its age.

While Sonos has continued to release variations of their Zone Players, where they were originally garnered much of their praise, their Controllers — based around the original iPod scroll-wheel design — now feel very dated. Now, breathing some new life into their lineup, and not to let Apple steal all their glory, Sonos has released their

Available for free, the Sonos Controller (iTunes link) allows you to do everything you could via the original controller — including listening to Pandora, Rhapsody, and Last.FM as well as streaming music off your NAS/Time Capsule, and controlling the song/volume in each area. Additionally, now you can additionally search for artists via the on-screen keyboard and set-up/manage your Zone Players directly from the device.

I can nearly prepare out the collective “finally” from the Sonos community as something like that has been a enlarged instance coming.

Orginal post by Omar McFarlane