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    Sonos CR200 Touchscreen Controller Review: Better Than an iPhone

    Sonos CR200 Controller Leaks: Pretty Nice For Not Being an iPhone
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    Image of Noobs-R-Us Noobs-R-Us
    07/28/09

    In reply to Sonos CR200 Touchscreen Controller Review: Better Than an iPhone
    You know that old saying, "the best x in the world is a free one?" Well, the best remote in the world is a free one.
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    Image of drew00629 drew00629
    07/28/09

    In reply to Sonos CR200 Touchscreen Controller Review: Better Than an iPhone
    Once youve used a touchscreen remote control, youll never own a touchscreen remote again. They are simply terrible to use.
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    Image of Jason Chen Jason Chen
    07/28/09

    @drew00629: For a TV yes, because you never want to look at it. For this and other music solutions, no, because you DO want to look at it (you're not staring at anything else while operating the remote).
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    Image of AlisaOrmberg AlisaOrmberg
    07/27/09

    In reply to Sonos CR200 Touchscreen Controller Review: Better Than an iPhone
    I can personally guarantee that you would treat your $350 remote with the admiration and love that it deserves ;)

    That being said, if I had the money to own a Sonos system, the iPhone app would be my pick. I'm all about consolidation/convergence
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    Image of Lupus_Yonderboy Lupus_Yonderboy
    07/27/09

    In reply to Sonos CR200 Touchscreen Controller Review: Better Than an iPhone
    One thing that I don't understand-you state fairly clearly "The downside to the CR200 is that its battery doesn't last all that long", yet battery life is included (with range) as one of the "Pluses". What's up? Is the battery good or bad? Or is it something along the lines of "You can have it out of its charger for 8 hours, so it's great for a party, but don't try leaving it unplugged overnight"?
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    07/27/09

    @Lupus_Yonderboy: The Sonos site says about 2-5 days depending on usage. 2hrs to recharge.

    It has a 1850mAH battery in it, which is about 1/3 more then then an iPhone/iPod.
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    Image of Jason Chen Jason Chen
    07/28/09

    @Lupus_Yonderboy: It's not great as in you can't leave it unattended for a week, but it won't go die on you if you forgot to charge it for a day or two. So it's mediocre. Not awful, not great. Just long enough, but not as long as say, an iPod Touch.
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    07/28/09

    @Jason Chen: That's assuming you're using you're iPod Touch just as a remote... and hell that'd be cheaper to get one just for that. If you use it for some random games while you're watching a boring TV show, well then that'll last about a day or two.
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    07/27/09

    In reply to Sonos CR200 Touchscreen Controller Review: Better Than an iPhone
    In this case, the iPod touch/iPhone beat this (for me), because the obvious savings exist in the fact that, in either case, I'd own an iPod to do other things. I treat my remotes like crap, but my iPod I baby the hell out of.
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    Image of Aaron Huebner Aaron Huebner
    07/27/09

    In reply to Sonos CR200 Touchscreen Controller Review: Better Than an iPhone
    I am not understanding what the benefit is of this unit vs an express and the remote app. Multiple rooms playing different tunes? What am I missing here?
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    07/27/09

    @Aaron Huebner: It's an upgrade. It's the not-jury-rigged version of what you can do with an Express. It's higher quality, and dedicated only to music. Also you don't need a computer constantly running iTunes for it to work... it can access all sorts of online radios.
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    07/27/09

    In reply to Sonos CR200 Touchscreen Controller Review: Better Than an iPhone
    I think the best thing is that it's dedicated only to being a remote. I'd rather have a place for this, and know where it is, then looking for my iPod every time I want to mess with the music in the house.
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    07/27/09

    @cookcfc3: It makes more sense if it's on an iPhone. That I always know where to find: in my right pocket, giving me ball cancer.
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