Hi Everyone, been a while since there's been activity on here. �Most of my time these days has been towards Sonr (actually a spinoff of Neuros FWIW).
Here's the schtick
This email is to announce the launch [1] of an SDK and developer
version of the Android speaker dock, along with developer bounties.
Now, we all know that speaker docks are one of those nearly invisible,
commoditized billion dollar categories that have about as much sex
appeal as a paper shredder. You might wonder why a developer would be
interested in this category. We believe there are two big reasons:
1. Smartphone docks are the shared Internet music entry point for
mainsteam homes. �None of their more glamorous cousins have a fraction
of the penetration that speaker docks have. �They �are simply the
easiest, least expensive means to get Internet music to the home, and
every indication is that they will remain so.
2. Nailing �casual interactivity� is a fundamental to bringing the
richness of Internet music to mass adoption in living rooms and
kitchens. �And that�s true for all product configurations, not just
the dock. �Pandora with no interactivity is only marginally better
than FM radio, and requiring interaction with a touchscreen for ALL
interactivity alienates too many listeners in too many important use
cases. �Getting the humble remote control right for Internet audio is
the key to unlocking a lot of pent up demand.
It is true that many geeks resist being separated from their phones,
but overall, over half of all smartphone users regularly dock or plug
in their phones at home. �We targeted our first reference designs at
speaker docks because we wanted to directly target mainstream users
with an inexpensive, accessible category that could make the most
impact in the shortest amount of time. �If we�re relegated to--
nightstands for early adopters, we feel it�s enough of a base to build
from over time.
The product and SDK just became available today [2], �any feedback is, of course, appreciated.
Thanks,
Joe
Joe Born
m:�773-442-2676
www.sonrlabs.com
[1]�http://www.sonrlabs.com/2012/05/25/why-we-started-sonr/
[2]�http://www.sonrlabs.com/developers/
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That's great news, I'm delighted you're back!
Hi Joe,
Thanks for the email and just a note to say Im back into developing since my long time off.
Rog.
On 12/06/2012 18:03, Joe Born wrote:
Hi Everyone, been a while since there's been activity on here. Most of my time these days has been towards Sonr (actually a spinoff of Neuros FWIW).
Here's the schtick
This email is to announce the launch [1] of an SDK and developer
version of the Android speaker dock, along with developer bounties.
Now, we all know that speaker docks are one of those nearly invisible,
commoditized billion dollar categories that have about as much sex
appeal as a paper shredder. You might wonder why a developer would be
interested in this category. We believe there are two big reasons:
1. Smartphone docks are the shared Internet music entry point for
mainsteam homes. None of their more glamorous cousins have a fraction
of the penetration that speaker docks have. They are simply the
easiest, least expensive means to get Internet music to the home, and
every indication is that they will remain so.
2. Nailing “casual interactivity” is a fundamental to bringing the
richness of Internet music to mass adoption in living rooms and
kitchens. And that’s true for all product configurations, not just
the dock. Pandora with no interactivity is only marginally better
than FM radio, and requiring interaction with a touchscreen for ALL
interactivity alienates too many listeners in too many important use
cases. Getting the humble remote control right for Internet audio is
the key to unlocking a lot of pent up demand.
It is true that many geeks resist being separated from their phones,
but overall, over half of all smartphone users regularly dock or plug
in their phones at home. We targeted our first reference designs at
speaker docks because we wanted to directly target mainstream users
with an inexpensive, accessible category that could make the most
impact in the shortest amount of time. If we’re relegated to
nightstands for early adopters, we feel it’s enough of a base to build
from over time.
The product and SDK just became available today [2], any feedback is, of course, appreciated.
Thanks,
Joe
Joe Born
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The kickstarter will go off on Thurs so no harm in waiting for that! But if you really want one let me know and I'll take care of you.
I wish we had an audio pass through on the dock but that feature got cut.:
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