The Slate has a new article out about the Sonos music networking system. It talks about how the "Sonos you buy today will get better as it ages." It goes on to talk about the software updates that have happened over the years to constantly update the hardware and give it new functionality. While it is an interesting read, I find it incomplete. Everyone has firmware updates now.Look at the iPhone. Apple re-revolutionized the iPhone with the 2.0 software update and the Apps store. They are now selling $1 million in software per day. The XBox360 and PS3 are the same way, where every so often you get all kinds of new functionality that you may have never expected. I bought my PSP as a gaming device, and now I can watch movies from my laptop, through my PS3 to my PSP anywhere in the world (not that I've actually done that... but I could, and thats what counts).
It makes it easier to pay the early adopter tax when you know it will pay off in the end.
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