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Engadget Giveaway: win a limited edition Sonos Play:3 and ZoneBridge, courtesy of Sonos!
We're not settling down after last weekend's crazy pair of giveaways -- in fact, we're just getting started! When it comes to bragging rights, a solid limited edition product to show off can't be beat, especially when it's a highly coveted Sonos system. New York artist / musician Hisham Bharoocha of Black Dice fame has taken his stenciled styling talents to no more than 150 limited edition Sonos Play:3 systems (some of which can be seen below), and one of them may end up in your hands alongside a ZoneBridge thrown in for good measure. You know the drill -- read the rules, leave a comment below and keep those fingers crossed!
Sonos' hat-trick: Napster/BestBuy, ZoneBridge BR100, and 2.5 firmware updates
Busy morning for Sonos so let's just get to it. First, the ZoneBridge BR100 is out and official for $100 just like we expected. It features a pair of Ethernet ports to link your Xbox 360, TiVo, etc. into the Sonos network and onto the nets. It'll also extend coverage to network dead spots without having to unload $350 for another Zone. The free 2.5 firmware update brings direct, PC-less access to Napster's new 4.0 Web platform and Best Buy's Digital Music Store. The update also tweaks features and zone management while adding a new search function which spans both premium services and your home music library. Available now at Sonos which sits just beyond that little read link.[Via PC Magazine]
Sonos ZoneBridge 100 gets price, release date
Sonos' ZoneBridge 100, which managed to surface on the FCC's website just days ago, now has a price and release date. According to Automated Home, the BR100 "will be available from October 24th and will have a retail price in the UK of £69" (it'll be $99 here in the US). Furthermore, the box will reportedly enable Sonos users to "extend the range of their Sonos system without having to sacrifice a proper ZonePlayer," or it could be used "in between two zones that are too far apart to link currently." Check out another picture after the jump.
Sonos ZoneBridge BR100 makes appearance in FCC
Sonos fans, there's a new box in the FCC for you. Well, not really FOR you, it's got confidentiality agreements all plastered all over any truly useful information, but we do have the above image, and know it's called the ZoneBridge BR100. Since we don't yet know for sure what exactly it does, we're going to take a wild guess and peg this as some kind of low cost box with no audio hardware which is intended to plug into your network, thus bridging to the Sonos's proprietary mesh wireless network so you don't have to keep a more expensive ZonePlayer box close to your router or nearest Ethernet connection. If indeed that's what it is, we'll take it!
