Sony outs Lightning-friendly speaker dock in Japan, alarm clock and radio features in tow

<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><div class="image-container" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="Sony outs Lightningfriendly speaker dock in Japan, alarm clock and radio features in tow" data-src-height="463" data-src-width="619" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/04/sonyrdocklightning45.jpg" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> Sony may have unveiled a slew of new audio products back at CES 2013, but the company has been relatively quiet when it comes to launching ones that are compatible with Apple's novel Lightning connector. That being said, it looks as if folks in the <em>Land of the Rising Sun </em>will soon be able to pair their current-gen iOS device with a dock from the PlayStation maker, thanks to the recently announced SRS-GC11IP. Pictured above, this little 0.8W speaker isn't loaded with fancy features like Bluetooth 4.0 or WiFi, but it does offer convenient functions such as an alarm clock and AM / FM radio -- these, of course, go along with the ability to also play tunes straight from a Lighting-ready iDevice or, with the proper <span>RDP-NWC11</span><span> model, a new-era Walkman and many different smartphones. Whether we'll ever see the as-yet-unpriced tubular peripheral hit other markets, well, that still remains to be seen, with Sony only going so far as to listing it as "coming soon" on its Japanese website.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"><img alt="Gallery Image" height="436" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/04/rdp-nwc11-1365176494.jpg" width="640" /><img alt="Gallery Image" height="480" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/04/rdp-nwc11b.jpg" width="640" /><img alt="Gallery Image" height="480" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/04/rdp-nwc11w.jpg" width="640" /></div></div>

Sony outs Lightning-friendly speaker dock in Japan, alarm clock and radio features in tow

Sony may have unveiled a slew of new audio products back at CES 2013, but the company has been relatively quiet when it comes to launching...

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Apple's Lightning AV Adapter packs an ARM SoC, may use AirPlay-like decoding

<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> <img alt="Apple's Lightning AV Adapter packs an ARM SoC, may use AirPlay-like decoding" data-src-height="340" data-src-width="620" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/03/lightning-adapter-arm-soc.jpg" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">The developers at Panic didn't start their days with the intention of ripping open a Lightning Digital AV Adapter, but that's exactly what happened once they suspected it held some secrets. At first, the group hooked the cable up to various iOS devices expecting 1080p mirroring, but were greeted with 1,600 x 900 as the highest possible resolution. A bit bewildered, they noticed MPEG artifacts, which led them to believe the dongle was acting as a small AirPlay-like receiver that supports streaming and decoding. Now entirely suspicious, the team tore the cable asunder and exposed an ARM SoC apparently packing 256MB of RAM. According to the devs, it's possible that the Lightning connector's small number of pins prevented Cupertino from delivering raw HDMI output, so they were forced to improvise with the added silicon. We've reached out to Apple to nail down just how the cable works.</div></div>

Apple's Lightning AV Adapter packs an ARM SoC, may use AirPlay-like decoding

  The developers at Panic didn't start their days with the intention of ripping open a Lightning Digital AV Adapter, but that's exa...

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