Just got the update notification on my phone. "Driver friendly User Interface (UI) for Pioneer AppRadio users"

Well this is a welcome change. Maybe Rdio can come back next.

So i cannot get this to work what so ever with Iphone5 -- I launch it via ECtouch, it launches on my phone but the screen on the h/u goes black.  any ideas?

you have to pay for premium

Yea.. just got that reply from there support  - 

I don't understand why they pulled this app, put it back, pulled it again, and then put it back.  I wish I had a firewall on my phone to prevent them from updating my app so I can decide what apps to keep on the phone!  Very frustrating.

Yeah this is a total deal breaker that you now have to pay for AR support. This app really wasn't that good to begin with and several of the navi apps I use have it built in anyways.