I don't get the point. What's on your iPod started out in iTunes, and the Sonos system sees everything that's in iTunes.

Thanks for the explanation, TJ, and sorry for the confusion, Brian.

This was solved hours before this post appeared. I'm not that technically inclined but as soon as I saw the list of changes I understood how Apple had defeated netbook installs; the folks who write the bootloaders confirmed the workaround early this evening.

Don't get me wrong -- there are a lot of things I like about Android, including that it's Sidekick 2.0 -- but I'm not sure why Google's swamp is better than Danger's cloud. And only the G1 has any kind of decent keyboard, from what I've seen. The Pre has some of the same issues, and that cramped little keyboard is hell to type on (and it's only four rows). As reluctant as I am to give more money to Microsoft's mobile division, the Touch Pro2 is as close as I've seen to a decent smartphone these days.

Actually, Danger's design and implementation worked until best practices were abandoned. And as someone who's used Sidekicks from 2002 to as soon as I can decide which phone to switch to now, the design made life fantastic every time I upgraded, lost a phone, or had it stolen: a new SIM card and bang, the old phone was blank and the new one was up-to-date. The two lessons here are that 1) best practices can't ever be abandoned and 2) users have to be part of the multiple redundancies required of the cloud backup strategy.

eh why not

I'm a little confused by the mention of the ZoneBridge at the end. I've been keeping an eye on Sonos' stuff waiting for a little more power at a little lower price, and it looks like it's getting there or close to it. But my understanding of the previous generation is that one ZonePlayer needed to be connected via Ethernet to a router, but all of the other ZonePlayers on the mesh network could be wireless. The ZoneBridge was useful for improving reliability or filling in dead spots, but it wasn't necessary.

But the mention at the end makes it sound like a ZoneBridge is necessary for wireless operation now. Am I reading it wrong, or has this changed? Thanks.

plz!

I'm middle-aged and have used the Sidekick since the B&W -- since then I've had the Color, II, III, and LX '08. I think it's a brilliant phone hobbled by the policies Danger and T-Mo force on it. I didn't upgrade to the 3G because the browser isn't any faster -- because Danger has to transfer every single page through its proxy. You can't even change the type size on a Web page without reloading the page through Danger's servers.

In my case, I'd actually love to leave the platform behind and move on to a new phone. But I insist on a great keyboard, and specifically a five-row keyboard. The only other five-row keyboard I know of is the G1, but I don't live la vida Google. I think the Pre looks great, but... four rows.

(Incidentally, I've had almost no problems with T-Mobile and generally get great coverage in Chicago. Customer service has been great the few times I've had to use it -- not in years -- and the $19.99 unlimited data plan is great. I'm on a few busy listservs and often get a high rate of traffic, and I've never had to care about overages. If T-Mo can do better than the G1, I'd love to stay with them.)

my turn to win!