Peavey’s AmpKit LiNK, a portable electric guitar interface for the iPhone

Peavey Electronics and leading iPhone applications developer Agile Partners have joined forces to launch AmpKit, an unparalleled guitar amp and effects iPhone application, and AmpKit LiNK, a high fidelity audio interface for the iPhone, iPod touch* and iPad.

The AmpKit experience begins with the free AmpKit app (or it’s feature packed paid version AmpKit+) from the iTunes App Store. The application itself is very sleek, the primary interface is a virtual view of the amp head/cabinet, microphone and effects that you currently have set, giving you a good overview of all your settings. The interface also provides a number of preset configurations, a metronome and tuner, and an interface for recording clips and transferring them wirelessly to your PC or Mac. The second piece of the AmpKit experience is the AmpKit LiNK device. Just plug the device into the headphone jack on your iPhone and then plug in your guitar (via standard guitar cable) and a set of headphones into the AmpKit LiNK. Next, select one of the presets from the AmpKit app and you’re ready to go.

Which brings me to the final point on this device, with a price point of $39.99 for the hardware, the AmpKit LiNK is an affordable tool for any guitarist with an iPhone. New amps, effects and microphones can be purchased from within the AmpKit app for $4.99, $2.99 and $0.99 respectively which may seem a bit pricey when compared to other downloadable media. However, considering the costs of their real world counterparts and the quality of the sounds they produce, these prices are a bargain.

Peavey via OhGizmo

E-Viewer from ViewSonic comes with the Capability to Decode 1080p video

According to imp3, the 7-inch slate may look like yet another tablet, but actually it’s a whole lot more focussed than the similarly-sized ViewPad 7.  No Android, no web browsing or Google Maps; just 1080p HD video playback with an HDMI output. In the audio and video playback functions, ViewSonic MB-P702 supports 1080P decoding, and support RM, RMVB, AVI, MOV, WMV, MKV, VOB and other format video playback. In addition it also supports MP3, WMA and APE, FLAC lossless compression format music player, let you experience the joy of high-definition video. The MB-P702 certainly looks like it can do more than simply read e-books, but with the Android-powered tablet on it’s way, one might argue that is the better overall product, and is also perfectly capable of reading e-books…

Its 7-inch display doesn’t really make sense since the resolution isn’t up to speed, but that is why HDMI output was included. The MB-P702 will support a wide range of video and audio formats, and it does PDF, TXT, EPUB, CHM, HTML, PDB and UMD document files as well. No word on pricing as at press time though, but hopefully more will be revealed in due time.

Mp4Nation via slashgear