Xantech has put out a release detailing their new XAN-XIS100 iPod dock, the first to feature 480p component video output.
Xantech Corp. has released information on four new A/V products that will officially debut at CEDIA 2008 this September, including an iPod docking station with an HD component video output.
The XAN-XIS100 comes equipped with a "high-resolution" component video output so that users can view content stored on a video-equipped iPod on the big-screen at 480p resolution. Most iPod docking stations, says SF Marketing, Canadian distributor for Xantech products, use composite outputs. (Only the iPod Classic, nano 3Gm, and Touch support 480p output). The European-designed dock, which also comes with a chrome-designed remote, will retail for $499.99.
Wooden Brain Concepts has released Cast Away 2.5.3 for Mac OS X. Cast Away allows you to remove or uncheck podcasts on a per podcast basis. It fills a gap in iTunes, which doesn't allow per podcast removal scheduling, or scheduling by date. CastAway allows individual podcast removal settings, supports daily schedules, and works with podcatsts from iTunes as well as any playlist created by a third party podcast application.
New in this release:
Fixed checking for currently downloading podcasts with iTunes 7.7 (if "wait this many minutes for downloads to complete" > 0).
More reliable aborting when checking for currently downloading podcasts.
VoJou Software has released iNotePad v2.4.1 for Mac OS X. A feature-rich alternative to Apple's NotePad application, iNotePad can create styled text notes with pictures, save them, encrypt them with AES-128 enctyption, and export them to an iPod.
Mac OS X v10.3.9 or higher required.
Updates in this version:
"Date & Time" Toolbar Button
Spotlight support (Mac OS X 10.4+)
Find dialog remembers the last search location (This note / All Notes)
Improved support of extended characters in iPublish
Fix the "Two Help Menus" bug
Fix a crash that occurs in Leopard when quiting iNotePad while an encrypted database is opened
Today was a big day for the iPhone. And the adventure's not over yet.
In the wee hours of the morning, Apple released iTunes 7.7 which includes support for iPhone 3G, firmware 2.0, the iTunes App Store, and MobileMe. A few hours later, games and other applications started appearing on the iTunes App Store. (Yep, it's online.) The apps can be purchased and downloaded right now despite the fact that Apple has not officially released firmware 2.0 for the iPhone and iPod touch. However, MacRumors sleuthed about and found an active download link for the firmware itself (iPhone, not iPod touch). It can be manually installed through iTunes 7.7 once downloaded.
There are over 500 apps currently in the App Store, a quarter of which are games. It's a rich offering and what you see now is only the tip of the iceberg of what's to come over the next few months.
Apple also launched MobileMe. And took it down. And brought it back. And took it down... Right now it's down. Let's keep an eye on this one.
Touch Arcade shared a few screenshots of initial iTunes App Store offerings.
Apple has yet to officially release the iPhone 2.0 firmware. We'll bring more news on this as it develops. The iPhone 3G will be released tomorrow at 8am at Apple Retail and AT&T Stores.
As TechCrunch reports, Apple has notified developers that the debut iPhone applications will be available for download on the iTunes App Store at around 9am PST Thursday (July 10th) morning.
More specifically, that is the point at which the NDA restrictions will be lifted and the press can begin writing about specific applications that will be offered through the online store. It is believed that the App Store will effectively go live and the the iPhone 2.0 software will be released at that point.
We will provide further details on this as they become available.
We're less than two days away from the release of the iPhone 3G and the "iPhone 2.0" firmware for existing iPhone units as well as the launch of the iTunes App Store and the launch of Apple's Mobile Me. It's an exciting time!
Many titles will debut through the App Store on launch day, Friday, July 11th--with more landing in the weeks and months following launch. Yes, there will be all sorts of apps to choose from but--who're you kidding--it's the games your hankering for.
We wanted to present a rundown of a few titles and news items over at Touch Arcade that have us particularly excited. Have a look.
Legendary video game company Square Enix of the Final Fantasy fame has announced the release of Song Summoner: The Unsung Heroes [iTunes link], a role playing game for the iPod. Not iPod touch / iPhone -- the iPod. Yep, despite Friday's launch of the iTunes App Store...the oldschool iPod's still got game.
You are Ziggy, and you embark on a journey to rescue your brother from the Mechanical Militia. The game features an epic story and a tactics-based battle system, turning your iPod’s own songs into "Tune Troopers" that you control in battle.
Tune Trooper capabilities are determined by the songs used to create them — you, as Ziggy, control them like a conductor, and use contraptions found on the map to win the battle.
I made a recent TouchArcade post that takes a rather in-depth look at the gaming side of the iPhone's hardware. The CPU core and the graphics chipset are revealed and examined with an eye towards game performance.
There has been much coverage of the rich Software Development Kit (SDK) Apple has made available, at no cost, to developers. The Cocoa programming environment with its collection of robust frameworks and APIs–not the least of which is OpenGL ES–gives developers an elegant and powerful way to interact with the iPhone hardware. Less has been said, however, about the hardware itself. What gear gives the iPhone its game?
Have a look. We're four days away from iPhone 3G, App Store, "iPhone 2.0" firmware launch and it seems a rather relevant topic. The games available at launch day will be many.
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