Sonos System
Sonos System
The Sonos Player/System is a very easy and modular system to set up. I just set one up in my own home and it was very straight forward to set up. You just plug in one of the components such as the zone 90 bridge to your router/network. Install the included software and connect one or more ZonePlayers.
Zone, any Zone
Having different zones is the name of the Sonos game. I have the ZonePlayer S5 in the living room and one in the master bedroom. The S5 is also very portable, it can just be unplugged and placed outside on the deck for instance. I also connected a ZonePlayer Z90 to my home theater system in the Man Cave to play music from the centralized iTunes library. The Z90 may be put into serve to connect to a pair of powered outdoor speakers if I can find some that I like.
Internet Raido
The Internet Radio stations that are available on the Sonos system are extensive. Several of my favorite stations are available so you can listen to local stations or international stations as well. You also have the option to add stations to a Favorites list for fast access to those stations.
iPhone and iPod Touch
If you have an iPhone or iPod TouchThere is a free app that connects to your Sono System which enables you to control the Sonos system. If not you will need to purchase the Sonos controller which is a bit pricey. If you don’t have an iPod Touch I would purchase one to control the Sonos because it can so so much more than the Sonos remote solution.
More to Come
There is an iPad app in development that Sonos has already previewed and it looks to be a very nice way to touch and control your Sonos system.
I will be using and listening to more music and experimenting with multiple iTunes libraries and I will post those impressions at a latter date.
iOS 4
It is finally here, the new os for the iPhone. I am trying out fast app switching. ” fast app switching with saved state is a very welcome feature which allows you to, say, exit the app, copy some text from another app and quickly go back to what you were doing before.”
Great Apps for iPhone and Mac
Great New iPhone App
Pastebot is a great new app from Tapbots. They make some very cool iPhone/iPod Touch apps that are very well designed and are easy to use. I own two of them, Convertbot and now Pastebot. Pastbot is the new release and the more I use it the more I wonder why this was never done before.
Clipboard on Steroids
With the companion Mac app, Pastebot Sync, you can now transfer photos from the iPhone directly to iPhoto or any other place that you would like on your Mac. Or you can copy a photo from iPhoto onto your iPhone. Think about this for a minute. Say I want to just put one photo onto my iPhone and I do not have the time to plug in the iPhone, allow it to do its backup and then sync everything. Now, just select the picture you want and copy it to your clipboard and there it is on your iPhone. Wow, that makes things so much more convenient and handy. It is one of my favorite new apps.
A new Bird on the Block, meet Kiwi!
Kiwi is a new Twitter App for the Mac from YourHead Software, the RapidWeaver plugin devs. YourHead is venturing outside of the RapidWeaver area and branching out to a standalone Mac app.
What makes Kiwi unique is the ability to apply a different theme or style to the app for a more personal touch. It is now my primary Twitter app on my Mac and I know that it will only improve over time.
Try this out and see for yourself, you won’t be disappointed.
GeoDefense Swarm
Great New iPhone Game
Geodefense Storm is a great game for the iPhone and I have to say that it is very addictive. There is already several post online with strategies for completing the more difficult levels.
Gaming Platform
The iPhone is such a wonderful, portable gaming platform. It is very easy to play each of the games and Gd Swarm is a great example of that.
WordPress for iphone 2.0
WordPress App
this post as well as the previous post were written with the new WordPress iPhone App and TextExpander Touch.
Cool, huh?
TextExpander Touch
Test of TextExpander Touch
Here is a test of the TextExpander Touch features.
This post was written with the app and it performs the same as the mac app. The only difference is that the iPhone does not allow it to run in the background. Smile on My Mac does have a SDK for iPhone devs to use within their apps. Tweetie 2, for instance, uses it within the app. It works very well.
Wish List
I hope that the folks that develope the WordPress for iPhone App would integrate it within the app. It would then be close to perfection As a mobile blogging app.