Concerning Joomla 1.6 Release, there will be a new version of the component and modules produced for 1.6 in the near future. However, we are currently focused on the 1.5 branch and it may take a bit of time before we can get the 1.6 version working.
If you have any questions about Joomla 1.6, feel free to post them here.
Thank you,
rjspence