Daily App Digest – 12/01/09

Just in time for the holidays, LuvShaker announces 24 Hours of Love CHALLENGE 1.0, a game of romance and passion for lovers for iPhone and iPod Touch. 24 Hours of Love is based on a simple challenge to revive and renew an intimate relationship. It is a sexy game for adults and a fun way to add sizzle and zing to an intimate relationship. With 24 Hours of Love, LuvShaker introduces unique and engaging iPhone/iPod entertainment for romance, marriage, relationships and sexual intimacy.

24 Hours of Love is based on a simple challenge to revive and renew an intimate relationship: Over the next 30 days, make love at least once during each and every hour of the 24-hour clock.

Make Love! Participants decide when, where, why, how & what constitutes a Score! The app offers a fun, easy and convenient interface to keep track of the hours scored and a Bed Post Progress Journal for brief notes along the way. With each successful Score, lovers earn a romance tip from the Love Wizard to help them on their quest. When the last hour of the Challenge is scored, participants are awarded access to the 24 Hours of Love Challenge BONUS EBOOK: 101 Sexy & Fun Tips for Romance & Love. The game can be re-set and played again and again to develop new and healthy habits of Love & Passion.

Supported Languages
US English

System Requirements
iPhone or iPod Touch running iPhone OS 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability" $1.99 (USD)

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Hunter Research and Technology today announces Theodolite 1.0, a multi-function augmented reality app for iPhone devices. Theodolite serves as a compass, GPS, map, zoom camera, and two-axis inclinometer. It overlays real-time information about position, altitude, bearing, and horizontal/vertical inclination on the iPhone’s live camera image, turning the iPhone into a sophisticated location-aware viewfinder. Great for hiking, boating, sightseeing, photography, and sports.

Based on the concept of a centuries-old astronomical instrument, Theodolite overlays real-time information about position, altitude, bearing, and horizontal/vertical inclination on the iPhone’s live camera image, turning the iPhone into a sophisticated location-aware viewfinder. Uses are endless, from land surveying to basic navigation, and the app is great for hiking, boating, sightseeing, photography, and sports.

Theodolite lets users take camera images directly from the app, with 2X and 4X digital zoom options. Geographical data can be stamped on the saved image for later reference. Current position can be viewed on the built-in map, with standard, satellite, and hybrid modes. On an iPhone 3GS, bearing is updated live on the map with both fixed view and world rotation.

Pricing and Availability:
Theodolite 1.0 runs on any generation iPhone with OS 3.1 or later and is available for $0.99 (USD) on the iTunes App Store. GPS functionality requires an iPhone 3G or 3GS (first generation iPhones can triangulate position using cell towers and WiFi hotspots in lieu of GPS). Compass functionality requires an iPhone 3GS. More information, including screenshots, is available on the Hunter Research and Technology website. Media professionals interested in reviewing Theodolite can request a promotional code to download the app from iTunes at no cost.

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Macsoftex has announced the great discount on their blood alcohol content app for iPhone and iPod touch. Intuitively easy to use, iAlcohol determines the level of alcohol in a person’s blood and calculates the required break in driving. The formula calculates the influence of factors on the duration of the phases of alcohol intoxication, providing 90% accuracy. The application will help you choose a suitable drink and the amount you are allowed to consume within this interval of time.

The app is intuitively easy to use. You may plan to drink alcohol and know the exact time when you plan to start driving. The application will help you choose a suitable drink and the amount you are allowed to consume within this interval of time. It is also possible to calculate alcohol concentration in situations when different types of drinks are consumed simultaneously. A timer will inform you about the time when you can start driving. It will still count time if you exit the app. The application allows registering several user profiles, remembering each user’s name, weight, gender and history of measurements for each user separately.

Not many people understand how many units they are actually drinking a day, week, or month. This intuitive application provides a quick way of calculating the number of units in your drink and keeping track of how much you are drinking. The information provided by iAlcohol is often surprising and can be the tool you need to lead a healthier lifestyle.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod Touch 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability: $0.99

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Nuclear Nova has announced updates to GL Golf, GL Golf Deluxe, and GL Golf Lite, bringing all versions up to 1.09. With the addition of a driving range, 12 new courses, four new clubs, over a 50% performance increase, and 32 additional improvements, Nuclear Nova continues to prove its dedication to the GL Golf franchise. In celebration, Nuclear Nova has dropped the price for the next week. GL Golf offers a realistic physics system and smooth, fluid graphics for compelling game-play.

In GL Golf up to four players can golf twenty-four unique courses. Everything in a real game of golf is included in GL Golf, such as water hazards, sand traps, trees, bushes, wind, four seasons, different times to play, and much more. Other unique features include game saving, three difficulty modes, mulligans, practice mode, as well as different sets of clubs.

System Requirements:
* iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3Gs or iPod Touch
* Software version 3.0

Pricing and Availability:
GL Golf Lite is free and is available exclusively through Apple’s App Store.
GL Golf Standard is on sale for $0.99 (regularly $4.99) USD and is available exclusively through Apple’s App Store.
GL Golf Deluxe is on sale for $5.99 ($2 off, 3.5x the number courses as the standard version) USD and is available exclusively through Apple’s App Store.

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Independent developer, Boyan Kolev, has made available for the Apple iPhone™ and Apple iPod touch® a highly addicting and challenging puzzle game known as Kakuro Mania. You finally have the chance to prove you are smarter than all your friends, family and relatives: and best of all, Kakuro Mania requires no degree in mathematics or physics to play! With its many customizable features, this game is for everyone passionate about puzzle games.

The object of Kakuro Mania is to insert a digit from 1 to 9 inclusive into each cell such that the sum of the numbers in each entry matches the clue associated with it and that no digit is duplicated in any entry. It is that lack of duplication that makes creating Kakuro puzzles with unique solutions possible, and which means solving a Kakuro puzzle involves investigating combinations more, compared to Sudoku in which the focus is on permutations.

Price: $1.99
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Vancouver-based Publisher No Robots Interactive has announced new versions of Jamble, including one sponsored by Coca-Cola. Jamble was picked as an iTunes Staff Favorite and the app quickly rose to the Top 50 in the music category in North America. Jamble is an entirely new way to create, record, and share music on the iPhone or iPod touch. The app lets anyone combine sound clips from a growing list of international recording artists into music mashups.

Jamble is an entirely new way to create, record, and share music on the iPhone or iPod touch. The app lets anyone combine sound clips from a growing list of international recording artists into ‘music mashups.’ Jamble makes it easy to sound like a pro-DJ within seconds simply by clicking on album covers. These mixes can be recorded and shared with friends through Twitter and Facebook or email. The software is unique in that it requires no musical experience or technical prowess to produce impressive sounding mixes.

To date, the company has licensed music from over 100 recording artists from major and independent record labels, with many more lining up to get involved. Users of Jamble can purchase new Loop Packs to expand their set lists.

No Robots announced a second version of Jamble is launching in December. The newest entry is ‘Jamble Dance’ which includes music from international club music icons Tiesto, LMFAO, Moby, Pitbull and many others. Its companion, Jamble Dance Lite will also be launched concurrently to allow users to sample the product for free before they buy.

A new free version of Jamble (sponsored by Coca-Cola ) called ‘Jamble Music Mashups Lite 2′ was also released earlier this month. This version features artists including Kardinal Offishall, David Bowie and others and also includes three exclusive music loops. Jamble Lite 2 quickly rose to the #17 position (Music Category) on the US iTunes Store. This version is now available on iTunes until the end of 2009.

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Renowned digital artist David Scott Leibowitz and iPhone developer Stone Design are pleased to announce their app, iCreated included in ART News Magazine’s Art Talk section discussion of iPhone art in the December ‘09 issue. iCreated lets you instantly view 48 unique works of art created on the iPhone, as well as connect you to its internet site of iPhone art. You can participate by uploading your iPhone art for possible inclusion.

It now contains over 150 works of art, and it’s creators are ecstatic that a mainstream art Publication like ART News has taken notice. Stating that the app "acts as an online gallery for iPhone art", the article quotes Leibowitz talking about art submissions to the iCreated gallery, "You see photographers, painters, image manipulators from all over the world".

Since the App Store opened in 2008, new tools for creating graphics and altering photos began to appear and artists everywhere quickly began to utilize what is essentially a new computing platform. Currently, there are close to 50 iPhone artist’s work showcased in iCreated.

The first 18 images that appear when the app opens are contributions by some of the world’s most talented iPhone Artists and some of their most memorable Art. They are: Xoan Baltar, (Ourence, Spain), Kevin Barba, (Chicago,USA), Tony Cece, (Virginia, USA), Russ Croop, (Colorado, USA). Miguel Girard, (NYC, USA), Dan Hoffman, (New Jersey, USA), Julia Kay, (San Francisco,USA), Emmanuel Martinez, (Manila, Philippines), Travis Morgan, (Illinois, USA), Cedric Philippe (Nut), (Saint Claude ,France), Jose Andres Guijarro Ponce (La legra negra), (Cuenca,Spain), Barbara Ripepi, (Milan, Italy), Sean Sheridan, (NYC,USA), Patricio Villarroel,(Paris, France), and Mike Wallis, (Bedford, United Kingdom).

The next 9 images are new additions by co-creator David Scott Leibowitz, and the original 18 iPhone artworks from version 1.0

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod touch 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability: $0.99 (USD)

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Chicago based Renkara Media Group today announces Translate Now!, a free translation application for the iPhone and iPod touch. Translate Now! is powered by Google Translate and enables users to translate between 36 languages. Featuring a beautiful and highly animated user interface, the application automatically increases text size for symbolic languages such as Japanese or Hindi. Easily paste text into the translation window and copy the translated text onto the clipboard, and more.

Features of Translate Now! include:
* Beautiful and highly animated user interface
* Email the translated text without leaving the application
* Easily paste text into the translation window
* Copy the translated text onto the clipboard
* Application automatically increases text size for symbolic languages such as Japanese or Hindi
* Language selection and current text are preserved between sessions

Translate Now! translates between all of the following languages: Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Filipino, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese.

System Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod touch with the 3.0 OS installed
* Application requires an active Internet connection

Pricing and Availability:
Translate Now! is free and is available for immediate download exclusively through Apple’s App Store.

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AccelaStudy provides an extensive set of language vocabulary tools for serious students and leads the competition with offerings in Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, and Ukrainian.

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iPhoneMOFO has released Battery Plus 1.0, their powerful battery management utility for iPhone and iPod touch devices. It tracks your battery consuming status at each period, predicts the exact remaining time to reasonably arrange your agenda on your iPhone, reminds you the last battery calibration time and notifies you the proper time to do the next calibration. Additionally, Battery Plus shows you the condition of your iPhone battery charging cycle.

It tracks your battery consuming status at each period, predicts the exact remaining time to reasonably arrange your agenda on your iPhone, reminds you the last battery calibration time and notifies you the proper time to do the next calibration. Moreover, Battery Plus shows you the condition of your iPhone battery charging cycle (An accumulated 100% charge is counted as 1 charging cycle), which helps you track your battery’s usage and decide when it needs to be replaced.

In addition, you can also save your battery consuming data in CVS format. Battery Plus offers 14 useful battery-saving tips that help you save battery when it is most needed. You can take them for reference when your iPhone is in low battery status. Consequently, you can maximize your iPhone battery lifespan.

Battery Plus is the most all-round app among those battery applications. It offers you the most accurate and comprehensive information about your iPhone battery status. With Battery Plus, although iPhone battery life cycle is short, you can utilize it rationally.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod touch 3.1.2 or later

Pricing and Availability: $1.99 (USD)

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Austin-based WellAlright today is proud to announce BandMate 1.5, their personalized live music calendar for the iPhone and iPod touch. Designed specifically to take advantage of the iPhone’s unique capabilities and interface, BandMate recommends live music events by analyzing the songs already on the user’s iPod. The application provides all the tools music fans need to find out more about artists and for sharing info with their friends via e-mail and Facebook.

With so many new bands playing on any given night, it’s difficult for concertgoers to pick out the show they’d like to see most, and often they find out too late about great shows they missed. BandMate evolved around the idea of helping music lovers find out what live events they might be missing. And with so many towns with great live music scenes, BandMate also serves as an essential travel planner – suggesting shows to catch while on the road.

Beyond simply alerting a music lover to live shows by their favorite bands, BandMate analyzes the music they already listen to and discovers new bands that the music fan would want to check out. It searches through event listings in the city of the user’s choice to create a personalized calendar of only the shows that they want to see. Each event even includes a probability score of how strong the recommendation is. BandMate also provides all the tools music fans need to find out more about artists, including links to schedules, videos, bios, music, along with easy ways to share any info with their friends via e-mail and Facebook.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod touch 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability: $1.99 (USD)

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c0deart LLC today released Traffic Info Map USA 1.2 for iPhone and iPod touch users. Traffic Info Map USA was designed to quickly deliver text-based traffic information. The app is a portable traffic and weather report with near real time data for any zip code in the country. This helps users to avoid road closures, accidents, detours and other traffic related snafus on their travel route. With this newest version, the app does even more.

Traffic Info Map USA was designed to quickly deliver text-based traffic information. The app uses Yahoo! Traffic RSS feed API to retrieve traffic data for most metropolitan areas in the United States.

While most cities get near real-time coverage, others are less frequently updated, depending on their location. C0deart has resolved this by supplying a convenient zip code checker on their website that details what coverage is available for the zip code a traveller is going to. Coverage is then known before hitting the road.

Regardless of traffic coverage, Traffic Info Map USA delivers real time reporting of a user’s speed, direction, altitude and co-ordinates.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod Touch 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability: $0.99 (USD)

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Florida based Thirtynine LLC is delighted to introduce Christmasfy Me 1.0, their free greeting card utility for iPhone and iPod Touch. Just in time for the holidays, Christmasfy Me lets anyone christmasfy their picture by adding cute Christmas elements. When done, users can share their new Christmasfied picture via email, on Facebook or on Twitter. Christmasfy Me ships with 3 elements and with its built-in in-app purchase, users can unlock all other 37 elements.

Designed specifically to leverage the iPhone’s unique capabilities and touch sensitive interface, Christmasfy Me is an incredibly simple-to-use application and ships with 3 elements to use right away. Users can add Christmas themed elements, such as Santa’s beard and hat, reindeer horns and elves ears, to pictures in their library or to pictures they are taking inside the app. Easily resize, rotate or reposition any element to align them into place. Tired of one element? Tap on it 3 times and it will magically disappear.

Thirtynine spent much time on the overall quality experience, making Christmasfy Me’s user interface much easier and intuitive. With its in-app purchase ($0.99 USD), at any time users can unlock another 37 elements. Additionally, Christmasfy Me features built-in email, Facebook and Twitter support, and makes it easy to send newly Christmasfied pictures to family and friends.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod Touch 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability:
Christmasfy Me 1.0 is completely free ($0.99 USD to unlock additional Christmas elements) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Photography category

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