This week at CES in Las Vegas, Sonos launched support of Windows Media DRM for it's digital music player. Windows Media DRM is used by most music stores with two major exceptions: iTunes and Rhapsody. This means that Sonos now includes support for Napster, MTV Networks’ URGE, Yahoo! Music Unlimited, Zune Marketplace, AOL Music Now, Wal-Mart and more, in addition to their ongoing support of Rhapsody. Unlike the Rhapsody support, Sonos' Windows Media DRM support does not include streaming audio, only downloaded tracks.

Customers must upgrade their Sonos Zone Players using the one-button upgrade on the controller. After the upgrade, playback of the music library is done using Windows Media Sharing.

This 2.1 update also includes enhanced iTunes 7 support including: improved playlists, enhanced volume normalization and album artist attribute.

Now, if Apple would only let Sonos play iTunes Store purchases.

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