UPDATE: Thanks to everyone who has beta tested Awaken 1.7. It has now been submitted to Apple for review and should be in the App Store within a week.
Beta testing is now closed.

Awaken 1.7 is now ready for beta testing! Here’s a top level list of what’s new:

• All graphics updated to include HighDPI versions for the iPhone 4 Retina Display.
• Music tracks selected for alarms and the sleep timer can now be removed, re-arranged, and additional tracks can be added to your selection. We also added the album art for each track so that you can see visually what album the track is from.
• Single button for snooze and stop alarm  (video demo and notes here).
• Support for iOS 4 fast app switching.
• Local notification support added to allow alarms to function when Awaken is not running.
• Minor bug fixes and UI polish.

Awaken 1.7 will still support both iOS 3 and iOS 4 and is a universal application with UI for iPhone and iPad included.

Local Notification Notes
As mentioned above, local notification support has been added and will allow alarms to trigger when Awaken isn’t running. Local notifications however are limited to only playing sounds that are bundled within the application and not iPod music. All alarms in Awaken will have a default sound assigned (which you can change to any of the 12 sounds included) which will be used for the local notification sound. The local notification alert will also include a button which will allow you to launch Awaken to play the alarm with the music associated. Local notifications will only appear if you don’t have Awaken running at alarm time. If Awaken is already running (as was previously required) it’ll play the music for the alarm and display the usual UI. Basically local notifications will ensure that you don’t miss an alarm if you quit the app.

We’re now looking for beta testers – especially people with iPhone 4 so that we can ensure that all of the new high resolution graphics are working.

To get started, all you need to do is send your device ID to beta@embraceware.com and also let us know which iPhone/iPod/iPad model you are using an if you’re using iOS 3 or 4.

You can get your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch device ID by doing the following:

1. Connect your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch to your Mac or PC.
2. On the “Summary” tab in iTunes, click the “Serial Number” label. You’ll notice “Serial Number” changes to “Identifier”. (sans Zelda chime)
3. Click on “Edit” in the menu at the top and select “Copy”.
4. Now you can paste the device ID into an email.

We look forward to hearing from you!

PS> We have a bunch of Awaken 1.7 screenshots posted here.