Sonance originally release the iPort system designed to be an in-wall solution for all iPod models.  It allowed for pop in and go music around the house.  Now, Sonance updates the iPort system with a new interface to allow for the integration of the Apple iPhone.  All five iPort models feature a re-designed faceplate that supposedly also fits older Apple cellphones and still allows for all existing touch-wheel iPods.  Next to a ReQuest or Niveus Media Server, the iPort seems to be the quick fix to in-wall, distributed audio.

Life|ware™ and Remote Technologies Incorporated (RTI) proudly announced a new partnership today. Several of RTI’s innovative remote control devices can now accommodate the powerful Life|ware user interface. As a result, a homeowner can enjoy full control of the property’s Life|ware digital entertainment and automation system and connected components through an RTI device.

Life|ware™ by Exceptional Innovation is excited to announce the latest release of its digital entertainment and automation solution. Life|ware version 2.0.3 delivers more functionality and more choice to customers through compelling new features and an expanded roster of connected partners. Life|ware solutions provide instant and easy access to all of your digital entertainment—photos, home videos, recorded TV, movies, music and more—as well as comprehensive home automation, delivered with at-a-glance views of home subsystems such as lights, security, thermostats and more. By replicating the distinctive Microsoft Windows Vista Media Center interface look, feel and navigation, Life|ware 2.0.3 presents a crisp interface that is intuitive, simple to learn and easy to use.

Universal Remote Control, Inc., a leader in control system design and manufacturing for home and professional entertainment systems, will introduce the next big step in the intelligent evolution of A/V control, the MX-980 Remote Control, at CEDIA EXPO 2007 The MX-980 is a powerful wand-style custom control designed to advance the state of the art of Home Theater programming and integration. Achieving an apex of power, style and versatility, it enables professional installers to more quickly and efficiently customize and automate sophisticated Home Theaters and whole house A/V systems - while empowering their owners to handle them as naturally as a race car driver hugs the road.

Life|ware digital entertainment and automation solutions announces the launch of Life|ware 2.0 which introduces an entirely new, Microsoft Windows Vista interface while enhancing its performance managing a home’s subsystems through Windows Vista Media Center to create a comprehensive digital living experience.