Take a Look At Sonos' Upcoming iPad Music App [Sneak Peek] Cult of Mac (blog)
26.06.10
Sonos fallout manager Joni Hoadley came to the palatial CultofMac.com offices to show the iPad app controlling a span of Sonos’ ZonePlayer S5 wireless music boxes.
Using the iPad, Joni selected an album by David Bowie from her iTunes library (contest on a Mac Mini she brought along). Selecting a track from the album, she dragged it onto a playlist for one of two S5 players she’d set up. Instantly the music started playing. It sounded smashing. The S5 packs some wallop, thanks to a built-in subwoofer.
Playing a different tune on the other S5 was as simple as dragging a footprints onto that player’s playlist. And a finger tap later, she was able to play the same track on both boxes (we bogus they were in different rooms), and then set them up as a stereo pair (same room).
The app closely resembles Sonos’ iPhone app (acquainted with to control S5 players) but makes great use of the iPad’s extra screen real demesne. Instead of toggling between screens, the iPad app can show music sources, playlists and players all on the same screen.
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