Type of Article: MacNews News Article

iKit releases AutoCon FM Transmitter for the iPhone, iPod

iKit (http://www.kit.com) has released the US$70 AutoCon FM Transmitter for the iPhone and iPod. It boasts rapid auto scan technology and lets you play music through your car radio.

The AutoCon has a built-in microphone and a unit to play/pause, volume & track skip, allowing library control displaying your selected music and offering call function display. It also includes the AutoCharge USB Car Charger and a 3.5mm cable for direct connection to your car’s auxiliary input.

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Application Wizard for Mac OS X conjures up version 2.5

MaBaSoft has updated Application Wizard (http://www.mabasoft.net/products/applicationWizard/), a Mac OS X tool that provides access to your applications, document and pictures, to version 2.5. You can now choose what types of volumes appear in the Special menu and allows you to eject disks, partitions, and servers and mount ejected disks.

On Mac OS X 10.5 or later, the Recent Documents and Recent Servers items can now be added to the Special menu so that you can quickly open recently used files and connect to recently used servers. Also in Application Wizard 2.5:

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Intel introduces X25-V Value SATA Solid-State Drive (SSD) at $125 entry price point

Intel (http://www.intel.com) has announced today a new addition to its line-up of solid state drives (SSDs): the Intel X25-V Value SATA SSD.

Priced at US$125, the 40GB drive is aimed at value segment netbooks and dual-drive/boot drive desktop set-ups. SSDs can replace or coexist with traditional hard disk drives (HDDs). With no movable parts or spinning platters, SSDs are more reliable and higher performing than HDDs.

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