OOOOOOOooooooooooooooh! (Sonos Android Controller!!!!)

[The_Lhc]

http://www.sonos.com/landing/android/default.aspx?rdr=true&LangType=2057

More details:

[Edited by mods - why not try a link to our own news story here]

Highlights include voice search and functions mapped directly to the phone's hard buttons, including volume control from the device's own volume rocker switch. Coming end of March (so expect 3.4 of the firmware then as well, I'd suggest).

 

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Veeerrrryyyy iiinnnttteeerreesssting!

Suppose it was only a matter of time...

 

[brendonw]

yawn......

 

[The_Lhc]

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Suppose it was only a matter of time...

Well, yes, given they hired Android developers sometime early last year! Still not quick enough for some, given all the griping going on from Android owners, I expect they still won't be happy now, for whatever reason.

Interesting snippet I picked up from the Sonos forum a few weeks ago, now that Windows 7 mobiles are available there are the expected calls for a Windows 7 mobile controller from Sonos but it appears due to a limitation in the Windows 7 mobile OS this is impossible to implement without having an additional web server running on a PC on the same network, which would be a serious drawback.

 

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the_lhc:scene:Veeerrrryyyy iiinnnttteeerreesssting!

Suppose it was only a matter of time...

Well, yes, given they hired Android developers sometime early last year! Still not quick enough for some, given all the griping going on from Android owners, I expect they still won't be happy now, for whatever reason.

Interesting snippet I picked up from the Sonos forum a few weeks ago, now that Windows 7 mobiles are available there are the expected calls for a Windows 7 mobile controller from Sonos but it appears due to a limitation in the Windows 7 mobile OS this is impossible to implement without having an additional web server running on a PC on the same network, which would be a serious drawback.
That's just Windows all over for you

I assume if the TouchPad takes off, we'll get a WebOS controller in 2013...

 

[The_Lhc]

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Because you hadn't posted it at that point!

It's cool though, either's good for me.

 

[True Blue]

Finally, I almost gave up and bought an iphone, patience is a virtue thankfully 🙂

 

[Anonymous]

having recently decided on android instead of apple's iThings, i'm pretty happy about this too. Just saved me the cost of a CR200 🙂

 

[Anonymous]

Yay!... Now which controller should I get??...Smartphone or tablet? Nothing's simple these days...

🙂

 

[The_Lhc]

Android controller now put back until April, according to Sonos forum announcement (which I won't link to, obviously).

Just doesn't say *when* in April, boo...