The appradio 2 firmware update to enable iphone 5 appmode is available now. It does what it says, I guess. Its lets you use the approved apps. But, it also gets rid of the ipod feature, and pretty much forces you to use "car media player". IMHO is not a very good alternative. My biggest gripe is you cant skip to the next video, which sucks. As i thought, you can use the iphone cable that came with the appradio. All you have to do is plug you lightning cable into the usb where you do the update. You still have to have the lightning to hdmi adapter. But this does save you 60 bucks. This is