I am sorry for keeping everyone in the dark for so long.. Heres some of the new stuff that you can expect in the next version...
Support for APM and resume to music/dvd/etc from standby
Enable IRMan / CPRemote after standby / hibernate
Gamma support (dimming)
Option to dim on switch to nighttime skin
TS button that takes you to the top of the playlist
"Typeable with real keyboard" On screen keyboard
Lots of database improvements and stability enhancements
OGG file support
Smooth scrolling song name (for extra long song names) in playmusic screen.
Larger Album art
Display KB/s for WMA / MP3 / etc
Play movies, audio, etc from CD <-- may have existed already
Fixed lots (read tons) of other bugs..
Follow this link if you want to see our progress report
http://www.mediaengine.org/progress.txt