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Pioneer announces a new line of entry level and mid-range AV receivers that deliver a dynamic music and sound experience to your living room. All of the new models (Aside from the entry-level VSX-420) can be enhanced with wireless Bluetooth audio streaming for Bluetooth-enabled devices¹ and are capable of supporting the 3D experience with the latest HDMI version 1.4.
Consumers looking for the ultimate AV control centre with seamless iPhone and iPod touch integration will find it in Pioneer’s new “Works with iPhone” certified receivers which can be controlled by your iPod or iPhone with Pioneer’s new iControlAV app. This new handy application turns compatible iPhone and iPod touch devices into a fully functioning remote control for Pioneer’s new range of 7.1 channel AV receivers.

“With our new receivers and iControlAV application, consumers can be assured of the highest level of home entertainment. We continue to innovate the AV receiver category by providing a seamless user experience for iPhone and iPod touch users”, said Philippe Coppens, Technology and Product Information Manager at Pioneer Europe, “The addition of Bluetooth audio streaming via an optional adaptor allows the user to keep his phone close by to answer calls or select songs without the limitations of a wired connection to the receiver. By equipping all models from the VSX-520-K/S onwards with 3D HDMI 1.4, the new receivers are able to provide 3D high definition connectivity for Blu-ray.”

Espoo, Finland and Stockholm, Sweden – Nokia announced today that the Nokia Music Store in Sweden has gone live. With millions of tracks from major artists, independent labels, and up-and-coming Swedish acts, the Nokia Music Store let’s people enjoy music directly on their Nokia device or personal computer. The Nokia Music Store, with its compelling combination of download and streaming services, empowers you to connect to music you want, in the way you want.

“The Nokia Music Store offers great usability along with a huge selection of music from both renowned international artists and popular Swedish artists,” says Christophe Joyau, head of services, Nokia Scandinavia. “By having an integrated mobile and PC download service, the Nokia Music Store is a fantastic way to build a music collection that is truly mobile.”

With a single account, music lovers can access the Nokia Music Store via their desktop computer or directly from optimized Nokia devices such as Nokia N95 8GB, Nokia N82 and Nokia N81. Browse for new music, get

Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) today announced the newest members of its Voice over IP (VoIP) gateway silicon and software solutions that will enable equipment manufacturers to achieve higher channel densities with improved voice quality. TI’s newest gateway solutions are powered by its TMS320C64x+^TM digital signal processor (DSP) that significantly increases performance for VoIP and video encode, decode and transcode applications. The flexible architecture of TI’s new solutions allows equipment manufacturers to transition to a common hardware and software architecture that scales from eight to several hundreds of channels while supporting advanced voice and video features. For more information, go to: www.ti.com/voip.

The TNETV2664, TNETV2666, TNETV2686 and TNETV2689 are the newest additions to TI’s field-proven medium density VoIP gateway product family. These solutions support an Ethernet interface and full IP encapsulation that allows the DSPs to put voice media directly on the network. This integration enables manufacturers to choose a smaller, more cost-effective host processor thereby simplifying

NXP, today announced at the National Association of Broadcasters Show (NAB 2008), the availability of Streaming Networks iRecord® Pro, an innovative personal media recorder that records video and music content onto portable media players (PMP) such as the Apple iPod®, Sony PSP®, Sony video walkman® and iPhone®. The iRecord Pro builds on the functionality of the first-generation iRecord by adding full D1 video resolution, direct recording to computer hard disk, and the ability to convert existing content to PMP format without a computer.
Powered by NXP’s Nexperia media processing technology, the iRecord hooks up via standard audio/video (AV) connections to any TV, set-top-box (STB), digital video recorder (DVR), camcorder, VCR, DVD player,