New Yongnuo YN500EX flash and YN622-N trigger (and YN560-II successor coming)

Some lighting lightning news now. Yongnuo (China) has announced the new YN500EX flash along with the Nikon-centric YN622-N flash trigger. They also revealed that a new version of the YN560-II is coming soon. Details at Lighting Rumors and Lighting Rumo(u)rs and Lighting Rumours. Links are in the order of mention at the beginning of the paragraph.

PS: about half of the time I type lightning instead of lighting. This is unintentional - a side effect of biological-macro typing.