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Apple’s Digital AV Adapter is compatible with all last-gen iOS devices

Yesterday’s Apple event wasn’t all about the iPad 2. If you have any of Apple’s existing iOS devices, there’s something for you, too.

First, there’s iOS 4.3, which brings some goodies for all iDevices. Really though, this release feels more like a bug-fix release, and adds in the features — like full AirPlay support — that were supposed to be in iOS 4 all along.

Hardware-wise, though, everyone can use the new Apple Digital AV Adapter, the rather clunky adapter that lets the iPad 2 output a 1080p signal to ant HDMI-compatible display. If you own a fourth-gen iPod Touch, and iPhone 4 or an iPad 1, then you can use the adapter, too, although as these devices can’t output 1080p, you’re limited to a 720p signal. Neither will you be able to mirror the on-screen display like you can with the iPad 2.

And that clunkiness? The adapter has two sockets in one little white brick. One is the HDMI port (with digital audio for displays that support it), and the other is a pass-through dock-connector, for keeping the iPad charged as you use it or, presumably, hooking up other accessories like the camera connection kit.

A welcome addition, especially for those who hook their iPads up to watch movies. The price? As usual, it’s too high for a cable, at $39.

Apple Digital AV Adapter [Apple]

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