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Daily App Digest – 12/07/09

December 8, 2009 in News by Joanne Carter 2 comments

Latest apps and updates to hit the iTunes store today

myPANTONE

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myPANTONE for iPhone & iPod Touch

PANTONE Color
on-the-go    
Includes, PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM, Fashion + Home and Goe color libraries
Use PANTONE Colors to generate color harmonies
Extract closest PANTONE Color from photos
Cross-reference PANTONE Colors
Share color palettese color palette

Price: $5.99

Pantone LLC, an X-Rite company (NASDAQ: XRIT), and the global authority on colour and provider of professional colour standards for the design industries, today announced PANTONE® 15-5519 Turquoise, an inviting, luminous hue, as the colour of the year for 2010. Combining the serene qualities of blue and the invigorating aspects of green, Turquoise evokes thoughts of soothing, tropical waters and a languorous, effective escape from the everyday troubles of the world, while at the same time restoring our sense of well-being.

Whether envisioned as a tranquil ocean surrounding a tropical island or a protective stone warding off evil spirits, Turquoise is a colour that most people respond to positively. It is universally flattering, has appeal for men and women, and translates easily to fashion and interiors. With both warm and cool undertones, Turquoise pairs nicely with any other colour in the spectrum. Turquoise adds a splash of excitement to neutrals and browns, complements reds and pinks, creates a classic maritime look with deep blues, livens up all other greens, and is especially trend-setting with yellow-greens.

In fashion, Turquoise makes a statement that can look elegant and dressy in fine silk and gemstones, or casual and fun in cotton and athletic apparel. Because of its versatility, Turquoise is a great accent colour in jewelry, purses, shoes, hair accessories and even nail polish for women, and ties, shirts and sportswear for men.

For brides wanting a flattering choice for attendant apparel and accessories on their big day, Turquoise is now one of the nearly 200 PANTONE WEDDING Colours available from Dessy, a leading manufacturer of bridesmaid, social occasion and flower girl dresses, as well as destination wedding gowns under the labels Dessy Collection, After Six, Alfred Sung, Lela Rose Bridesmaid and Sandals Destination Wedding Dresses. PANTONE WEDDING exclusively from Dessy provides a collection of colour tools to make it easy for brides to achieve perfectly colour-coordinated weddings – from inspiration to “I do.”

Glimpse

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be | daronco today announces Glimpse 2.0, an update to their location aware image capturing solution for iPhone devices. Designed specifically to leverage the iPhone’s unique capabilities, Glimpse combines time lapse video with GPS location data to give users a completely new way to take and view photos. As the video plays back in the top half of the screen, the user’s location will be traced on a Google map in the bottom half of the screen. Version 2.0 introduces the new Glimpse Cloud service.

Glimpse allows anyone to upload, manage and share their glimpses to the free Glimpse Cloud directly from the iPhone. Once uploaded, photos are converted into a time lapse video that can be easily shared via email or by posting to a facebook account. Once a glimpse is captured, users can view it in the built in glimpse viewer. As the video plays back in the top half of the screen, the user’s location will be traced on a Google map in the bottom half of the screen.

Feature Highlights:
* Comfortable and simple User Interface
* Converts still photos to Time Lapse Video
* Location Aware – Leverages Google Maps
* Share Links, Email and post to Facebook

Version 2.0 introduces the free Glimpse Cloud. As simple as a couple taps, users can now upload their glimpses directly their own personal cloud and share them with friends via email or facebook, all done directly from their iPhone. Glimpse Cloud doesn’t require users to create an account, or store any personal information and is completely free. The company offers a great video which describes how the service works, and encourage user feedback.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone 3.1 or later

Pricing and Availability: $1.99 (USD)

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Scanner Pro

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Readdle today announced Scanner Pro 1.2, the latest version of their popular iPhone application which transforms the device into portable scanner. Version 1.2 introduces integration with Print n Share from EuroSmartz, the all round iPhone printing application. This integration will enable owners of the both applications to seamlessly scan and then print documents. Another anticipated addition is the ability to upload scanned documents to Dropbox cloud storage.

"Scanner Pro is designed to scan multipage documents and transform them into industry standard PDF files, while Print n Share enables people to print documents from their iPhones. Integration between those two applications was inevitable," says Igor Zhadanov, Readdle CEO. "Now you can really do everything you need with your scans: send them by email, upload to web and now print!"

Prior to this type of integration iPhone developers were trying to implement all functions their users might need individually, resulting in long development cycles and highly complex applications. Co-operation between Readdle and EuroSmartz is an example of the new trend in the App Store, where established iPhone developers combine their efforts to add more functionality to their applications.

"Print n Share has become the default printing application for the iPhone and we are very pleased to be working with Readdle on this integration to enable Scanner Pro customers to print documents they have scanned onto their iPhone" says Ian Schenkel, Eurosmartz CEO. "We feel this sort of integration and co-operation will ensure iPhone users are able to achieve everything they need for their business requirements now and in the future.

Device Requirements:
Both applications are compatible with iPhones running iPhone OS 2.2.1 and later

Pricing and Availability: $6.99 USD
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Yukendo

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rapidrabbit today announces yukendo 1.0, their latest puzzle game for iPhone and iPod touch. yukendo is an addictive Sudoku variant. With intuitive touch controls, clear graphics and a global highscore list, yukendo takes number crunching to another level. Beginners and Sudoku masters alike can choose from a wide variety of level sizes and difficulties. The wide variety of level sizes and difficulty levels allow a short game on the bus or a full afternoon filled with number crunching.

Invented by Tetsuya Miyamoto, a japanese math teacher, KenKen(R) has become popular all over the world. "yukendo" takes this formular and adopts it to the iPhone which is all about clean interfaces, intuitive controls and mobile internet. "yukendo" integrates these features into one streamlined puzzle app and sets a new standard for mathematical puzzles with large 9×9 grids that haven’t been seen on the iPhone before.

The rules are quite easy to learn, but difficult to master. As in Sudoku the grid has to be filled with numbers – 1 through 4 for a 4×4 grid, 1 through 5 for a 5×5 and so on. Every number may only occur once per row and column. Additionally the player has to solve cells, which contain a target number and a mathematical operation. "yukendo" shares many concepts with Sudoku, but adds variety to a well known gameplay.

Playing "yukendo" is a fun way to train mathematic and logic skills. Every solved grid feels like a real achievement and the adaptive difficulty avoids frustration. Music and sound support the gameplay to make "yukendo" a unique experience.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod touch 2.2.1 or later

Pricing and Availability: $1.99 (USD)

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ClayTracker

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EXPOGO Displays today announced that ClayTracker 1.1.1 has been selected as a featured application on the Apple App Store What’s Hot list. ClayTracker has gained rave reviews from shotgun sport enthusiasts worldwide. It allows shooters to score their rounds, track percentages, and review their history with touch-screen simplicity. Future upgrades for scoring Skeet, Trap, and FITASC, as well as numerous additional features will be available soon as free upgrades when released.

"We are thrilled to see ClayTracker featured as one of only thirty-one other apps," said Tom Carter, President of EXPOGO, Inc., the company that developed the program. With over 100,000 apps now available, the "WHAT’S HOT" list is reserved for highly rated, well-designed, innovative apps that utilize the touch-screen technology of the iPhone and iPod Touch.

"We developed ClayTracker because we were looking for a better way to keep score and track history of previous rounds." Carter said. "The iPhone is an ideal scoring device since it allows the trapper to launch targets with the remote in one hand while keeping score on the iPhone with the other."

ClayTracker allows shooters to score their rounds, track percentages, and review their history with touch-screen simplicity. Future upgrades for scoring Skeet, Trap, and FITASC, as well as numerous additional features will be available soon as free upgrades when released.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod Touch 2.2.1 or later

Pricing and Availability:
ClayTracker 1.1.1 is only $19.99 (USD) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Sports category.

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LoveCatch

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Hyperdevbox Japan today announces the release of LoveCatch 1.0, a cute and fun Puzzle/Action game for iPhone and iPod Touch. You incarnate AI-KUN, a little cute Love Angel who has the mission to spread love by collecting flying hearts before they crash on the ground. The game uses a brilliant combination of Smart Gesture Recognition and Action Touch. LoveCatch is aimed to anyone looking for a polished cute and casual game to enjoy alone or with family.

Help AI-KUN to collect flying hearts before they crash on the ground and spread love all over the world. How can we help AI-KUN to succeed on that mission? Very simply! Each flying heart has a number from 0 to 9 attached to it, the player will draw the number he wants AI-KUN to aim to and our little angel will execute throwing his arrow of love in a blink of an eye.

The game provides the so called traditional Hit-Bonus scheme for hearts of the same color collected in a raw and borrow some mechanic from Japanese PACHINKO style of game where several events will happen during the course of the action. LoveCatch is aimed to anyone looking for a polished cute and casual game to enjoy alone or with family.

Device Requirements:
LoveCatch is packed in a friendly size of 9 MB for a quick download and run on any iPhone OS starting 2.1.

Pricing and Availability: $1.99 (USD)

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Toronto based Chaotic Box today announces the availability of Pollywog 1.0, a whimsical dodge’m/racing game for the Apple iPhone and iPod touch. Guide Pauly the Purple Pollywog on a quest for floating yum yums! Dodge obstacles at super speeds, collect time-bending powerups, and blast your way past the finish line to earn awards and unlock new levels. Pollywog features a polished graphic style, realistic 2D physics, and a fun original soundtrack written exclusively for the game.

Pollywog features a polished graphic style, realistic 2D physics, and a fun original soundtrack written exclusively for the game. Four level tiers and a total of nineteen unlockable levels are included in this initial release, with all new level packs planned for future updates.

Tilt your iPhone or iPod touch to dodge obstacles, and eat the floating yum yums to boost your speed. Falling behind is not an option! Tap the screen to shoot your water jet and blast obstacles out of the way – but watch out for immovable rocks! Collect super-boost powerups, time bonuses, and time warping yum yums to trigger awesome "bullet time" effects. Earn awards and cross the finish line with time to spare to unlock new levels.

Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Perfect awards are earned based on speed, dodging ability, number of yum yums collected, and overall skill. Earn Gold and Perfect awards to unlock increasingly difficult level tiers. Replay levels to improve your score and achieve that elusive "Perfect" run! Fast reflexes, memorization, and problem solving skills are all required to conquer Pollywog’s levels.

Pollywog is perfectly tailored for the iPhone and iPod touch with its simple and intuitive tap-and-tilt controls. The accessible gameplay is great for quick sessions at home, while waiting in line, or on the go.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod Touch 2.2.1 or later

Pricing and Availability: $1.99 (USD)
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ShopSavvy

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Dallas-based Big in Japan’s breakthrough comparison-shopping app for the iPhone and Android phones, ShopSavvy, scored big over Black Friday Weekend. More than 612,000 bargain hunters used Big in Japan’s barcode-scanning app on Black Friday alone, 7x the number of users on an average Friday. ShopSavvy enables users to comparison shop on-the-go for more than 20 million products at more than 20,000 retailers worldwide, simply by scanning the product’s barcode using the phone’s built-in camera.

Data from the 18+ million scans by ShopSavvy users from Nov. 27-29 reveal that the most scanned product during Black Friday weekend was Going Rogue by Sarah Palin. Other top products included:

* Top Toy: Zhu Zhu Pets Hamster Mr. Squiggles
* Top Video Game: Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
* Top Camera: Nikon Coolpix
* Top Laptop: Sony 15" Laptop w/Intel Dual Core Processor
* Top Netbook: Compaq Netbook w/Intel Atom Processor
* Top Desktop: eMachines Desktop w/AMD Athlon Processor
* Top HDTV: Emerson 32" LCD 720p HDTV

ShopSavvy, one of the most popular apps on Android phones, became available on the iPhone earlier this month. The application enables users to comparison shop on the go for more than 20 million products at more than 20,000 retailers worldwide, simply by scanning the product’s barcode using the phone’s built-in camera. Using the barcode information, ShopSavvy searches the Web for the best prices on the product, displaying the lowest prices online as well as at nearby brick-and-mortar retailers. ShopSavvy looks up product reviews to further assist with purchase decisions.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod Touch 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability: ShopSavvy 1.0 is free
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Santa’s Run

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Broken Thumbs Apps today announced Santa’s Run 1.1, a fun, casual holiday game for the iPhone and iPod Touch. This update includes a festive Christmas countdown, multiple gameplay enhancements and other additional features. Players help Santa deliver presents to houses across the globe. Easy to learn, but difficult to master, Santa’s Run features dual game modes, a variety of locations around the world, an innovative strength meter, wind physics, original holiday music and colorful artwork.

In Santa’s Run, players help Santa deliver presents to houses across the globe. Easy to learn, but difficult to master, Santa’s Run features dual game modes (Around the World and Endless Delivery), a variety of locations around the world, an innovative strength meter, wind physics, original holiday music and colorful artwork. Santa’s Run is also Open Feint enabled, which allows users to track multiple achievements, compare scores worldwide and connect with their friends.

"Santa’s Run is a fun and festive way for iPhone and iPod Touch users to get into the holiday spirit," said Justin Maples, Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Broken Thumbs Apps. "When a player successfully delivers a present to a house, they get a wonderful feeling that’s perfect for this time of year. And, with Santa’s Run 1.1, the new Christmas countdown adds a special bonus to brighten the day."

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod Touch running iPhone OS 2.2.1 and later

Pricing And Availability: $0.99 USD

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My Speedster

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Internet Marketing LTD announces My Speedster 1.0 their free GPS-based Racer application for iPhone devices. The real-life game gives the opportunity to show your personal driving skills with your own car in the streets of your city using a GPS unit of your iPhone, post the personal records to the worldwide ranking. First day downloads showed the great interest from drivers around the world who record their best times immediatelly in the streets of their cities.

Internet Marketing company announces the first GPS-based Racer application «My Speedster» is now published and available in iPhone’s App Store, absolutely free. The real-life game gives the opportunity to show your personal driving skills with your own car in the streets of your city (or at least in the place nearby where speeding 100 km/h is allowed) using a GPS unit of your iPhone, post the personal records to the worldwide ranking.

First day downloads showed the great interest from drivers around the world who record their best times immediatelly, just few hours after releasing, in Canada, US, Europe, Mexico, Russia, Hong Kong and many other countries. The best of the best of them are shown in the Lederboard tables inside the application, and (for those who yet not decided try this GPS racing game) in iPhone’s web-application. The geo-position of each record can be viewed easily if you visit the site with iPhone.

Imagine! One day spread the interest through all the continents (except South America and Africa – let’s wait for them few days more). And this is not the same as download and play. A bit more complicated: download, get outside, start your engine and then go for new speed records.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability: Free

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Yi Jing

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Flat Earth Studio today announces Yi Jing 1.4, an update to the definitive mobile version of I Ching, the Book of Changes. One single App contains all of the features you would expect, including a question oracle, an integrated journal, and book text in multiple translations and interpretations. Ancient meets modern in more languages than ever before. Version 1.4 offers three new localizations and book translations, including Japanese, Portugues, and Espanol.

Yi Jing is the definitive mobile version of I Ching, the Book of Changes, done the way it was meant to be experienced. One of the oldest books written has been re-crafted to take advantage of the unique features of your mobile device. One single App contains all of the features you would expect, including a question oracle, an integrated journal, and book text in multiple translations and interpretations.

Yi Jing was chosen as an iTunes App Store Staff Selection in May 2009. Book translations include Carol K. Anthony’s "A Guide to the I Ching" in both English and German, and Gregory Richter’s "Yi Jing / Book of Changes" in Chinese with pinyin and English gloss translation. Each Yi Jing update continues to receive highly enthusiastic customer reviews.

Supported Languages:
* US English, Deutsch, Español, Português, Japanese and Chinese

Supported Devices:
* Compatible with iPhone and iPod Touch
* Requires iPhone 2.2 Software Update
* iPhone OS 3.0 tested

Pricing and Availability: $3.99 (USD)

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Traveler’s Quest

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Kitty Code, LLC has announced Traveler’s Quest 1.0, their highly anticipated game for iPhone devices. A casual treasure hunting adventure game, Traveler’s Quest is played while you’re on the go. Dig up treasures in your neighborhood, bury treasures around town and the world while gaining gold for treasures buried and sold. Compete with players around the world and become a treasure hunting legend; take your place on the in-game leaderboards.

Traveler’s Quest is great for traveling around town, or around the world. Make errands or trips around town more interesting; bury treasures anywhere for other players to find. While buried, your treasure earns gold which can be used in the in-game store to buy maps, treasure or upgrades enhancing your treasure hunting experience. Compete with players around the world and become a treasure hunting legend; take your place on the in-game leaderboards.

Traveler’s Quest is a phenomenal casual game that will have you checking for treasures wherever you go! If you can get there, you can bury a treasure there, and dig one up too! Unlike GeoCaching, there are no physical treasures to find and put back. The treasures are virtual, giving you the ability to collect as any as you want or bury them anywhere. Using the GPS, get as close as you can to a treasure before digging it up and get bonus gold for accuracy! Around town or around the world, Traveler’s Quest is sure to be a game you come back to play!

Minimum Requirements:
iPhone 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability: $3.99 (USD)

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Snow Globe Maker Winter Edition

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Hawk Ridge Consulting today announces Snow Globe Maker Winter Edition 1.3. iPhone and iPod touch owners can start creating festive email greetings, custom gift tags, place cards, and other holiday crafts for friends and family. It’s creative, fun, and so easy that kids can make greetings too. Holiday snow globe greetings can be posted to Facebook, or saved as photos for printing. Printed snow globes can be used in holiday crafts and as custom gift tags, scrapbook decorations, or place cards.

Once the Snow Globe Maker app is downloaded from iTunes, iPhone and iPod touch owners can start creating festive email greetings, custom gift tags, place cards, and other holiday crafts for friends and family – it’s creative, fun, and so easy that kids can make greetings too.

Holiday snow globe greetings can also be posted to Facebook to share with online friends, or saved as photos for printing. Printed snow globes can be used in holiday crafts and as custom gift tags, scrapbook decorations, or place cards.

"This year, we’re watching our budget and focusing on more personal gifts," said Julie McCool, SnowGlobeMaker founder and mom to twins. "We have a great time making custom snow globes for people on our holiday list: the cat and dog for Grandma, Santa and a baby deer for the younger children, skis and snowboard for our active cousins, and the wolf and fox for a nature-loving niece. We even save and print our snow globe greetings to make custom gift tags."

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod touch 3.1 or later

Pricing and Availability: $0.99 (USD)

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iZen

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iPhoneMOFO has released iZen 1.0 for iPhone and iPod touch. iZen provides Zen music for mental meditation, helping you reach an inner calm that you can’t achieve in silence. It gives your mind something peaceful and tranquil to concentrate on while you try to reach a state of higher awareness. iZen also provides a daily Zen quote that gives you guidance while you search for deep inner-peace and ultimate mental awareness.

iZen can help increase your concentration enough to stay with the meditation. It also helps take your mind off your day to day activities. Music has been used for thousands of years as a way to get people into a sacred state of mind. iZen can help you enter the sacred and relaxing state that you are searching for.

iZen also helps you time your meditation session. It offers a convenient time setting feature that you can decide how much time to spend on meditation. By setting specific duration beforehand, you can allow your mind to focus on your session and not on how long you’ve been sitting there. Once the music ends, you simply end your session. Waiting for the music to end is a lot more pleasant than being jarred out of your meditation with an alarm

Device Requirements:
iPhone or iPod touch 3.1.2 or later

Pricing and Availability: $1.99 (USD)

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ReverSing Battle

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iMacDev today is proud to announce Reversing Battle, two-player game for iPhone and iPod Touch. Need more unique ideas for your upcoming party? The Reversing Battle is an answer on your party question: How to make your party a hit. It’s a fresh party contest idea, able to amuse players as well as viewers. The main principle is that the firs player backmasking his song, the second one have to listen it and guess a name of the song, employing app features.

The beginning of ReverSing Battle is easy! But when you load the application at first you’ll probably have to use Help alerts. There is nothing inherently improbable in features used in Reversing Battle, a lot of music editors are fitted to do the same. The greatness of Reversing Battle is in its gameplay; it’s capable to shake up and liven up any party. ReverSing Battle never bores, because its results are different all the time.

Professional party planners from all over the world have purchased Reversing Battle for use in their own projects. The amusement way in which the application works, plus the ability of free update, makes it a perfect purchase for anyone interested in unique ideas for your party.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod Touch (2nd generation)
* iPhone OS 2.2.1 or later

Pricing and Availability: $1.99 (USD)

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App Popular

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With the new application App Popular, iPhone users can share, monitor and track iPhone applications available in any of Apple’s 77 online App Stores. Features include social networking utilities to share apps via email, Facebook and Twitter, tracking functionality to monitor price changes, App Store rankings, App Popular rankings and categorization tools like "Best App," "My Wish List" and "Worst App."

Created by John R. Haigh and developer Nikita Logachev, App Popular delivers a variety of user tracking tools to monitor any app’s popularity. In addition to sorting apps by country and category ratings, users can create and share custom app lists, wish lists and lists featuring their favorite and least favorite apps. To promote favorites and help guide their network of colleagues, friends and family, users can add short comments to their app selections.

Haigh explains that to facilitate social networking shares, a unique web page is created for each App Popular user’s list and is hosted on the App Popular website accessible via a shortened URL auto-generated by the bit.ly service. At any time these lists can be edited, saved or shared. Default lists are "My Top Picks," "My Worst Picks" and "My Wishlist." App Popular also uses member default lists to create "Top Member Picks," "Worst Member Picks" and "Most Wished For Apps." These categories are updated every 15 minutes.

The application also uses Apple’s iPhone OS 3.0 push notification service to help users track App Store price changes. Push notifications are currently available only for apps downloadable worldwide. To alert users to deals and trends throughout the day, the application also offers an app data "Stream" where users can view price changes of currently ranked apps, new #1 rankings, apps entering and leaving the top 10 and the "Top Picks by Members" categories. The Stream currently tracks the United States & United Kingdom’s (Free & Paid) "Top Overall," "Top Grossing, and "All Games" categories.

With convenient access to all 77 App Stores and the chance for users to share newfound apps, Haigh hopes to see a wider exploration of the app universe. He says "Whether users are addicted to the App Store or just obsessed with international trends, our app can help users unearth, stumble upon and save money on the apps they want, or don’t even yet know they want. It’s a great way for them to align with the pulse of iPhone app lovers across the globe."

Version 1.1 Update – Existing features improved and expanded. Includes two additional app discovery features. Slated for December 2009 availability.

Device Requirements:
* App Popular works on the iPhone and iPod Touch
* Minimum system requirement: iPhone OS 3.0
* App Popular requires a network connection to function

Pricing and Availability: $1.99 (USD)

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Relaxus

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iPhoneMOFO has released Relaxus 1.0 for iPhone and iPod touch. Relaxus is specially designed for users to get relaxation and a good night sleep through listening to three types of tunes. The relaxing meditation music, brainwave tunes and nature sounds available in Relaxus have been carefully designed and created for their ability to aid sleep, reduce stress, and provide a relaxing atmosphere for activities such as yoga, tai-chi, and meditation.

Due to the great pressure from work, family and society, people tend to be fragile when they are in a blue mood. So timely relaxing and proper resting are very important to us in this modern society. Aiming at solving this issue, iPhoneMOFO released Relaxus and provided different types of tunes to fully cater to people’s special needs.

The relaxing meditation music, brainwave tunes and nature sounds available in Relaxus have been carefully designed and created for their ability to aid sleep, reduce stress, and provide a relaxing atmosphere for activities such as yoga, tai-chi, and meditation.

Nature is our mother. Thus, sounds of nature are the most fair-sounding music for us, just like the lullabies we heard in our childhood. The sound of steady, rhythmic ocean waves, birds and wind chimes, rain drops on the roof, the sound of crickets, rain drops and waterfalls are all available in Relaxus. Listening to different sounds of nature will immerse you into the relevant environment. Regardless of whether it’s “A Stroll along the Creek”, “A Nap in the Garden” or “A Stormy Summer Night”, you feel that listening to nature sounds is forever the best way to relax.

Next, Meditation Tunes in Relaxus create a hypnotic effect to help induce sleep. The melodies lead listeners beyond the sphere of the daily life to the path of interior blooming. They enhance health, relaxation, meditation, inspiration and dreams.

Last but not the least, the binary beats from Brainwave Tunes Collection generates a therapeutic effect on one’s brainwaves. Within minutes listeners feel like their brains are being massaged. As their brain cells resonate with the brainwave tunes, they start to slowly swirl and drift. Pestering concerns are washed away, allowing them to fall into deep sleep states that bring the refreshing slumber their body and mind need for optimum performance.

Device Requirements:
iPhone or iPod touch 3.1.2 or later

Pricing and Availability: $1.99 (USD)
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Santa Voice and Elf Voice

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WebbForce Mobz is proud to announce SantaVoice and ElfVoice, two xmas fun voice gadgets for the iphone. Record your voice and the app will transform it to a funny santa voice or a elf voice. Then play it back to impress your friends, family and collegues. The santa and elf voices are jolly and warm, charming and engaging and funny. You can almost see the twinkle in the eyes, smell the evergreen tree, taste the cookies and milk, and hear the fireplace crackling, etc.

The Santa and Elf voices will quickly bring to mind all the images of xmas you have ever seen. The santa and elf voices are jolly and warm, charming and engaging and funny. You can almost see the twinkle in the eyes, smell the evergreen tree, taste the cookies and milk, and hear the fireplace crackling, etc.

SantaVoice and ElfVoice use a sophsticated hi-end audio processing technology to change pitch in a natural way. To enhance the xmas spirit even more, a sleighbells or laughing elves sound can be added to the background. SantaVoice and ElfVoice are part of the XVoice app range. More voice transformers will be introduced in the future.

Price: 99 cents

HappenOn

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TryState Tech has released HappenOn 0.2 for iPhone and iPod touch. HappenOn unlocks new interactions by letting you know when you are near someone with a shared interest. At a business convention, on the bus, at a bar, in a coffee shop, HappenOn passively reaches out and connects with those around you using Bluetooth technology. Add a photo, a tagline, some interests, and we’ll do the rest.

HappenOn is hyperlocal and works within a range of a few hundred feet. If you encounter someone of interest, you can meet them immediately; it is just that easy. HappenOn makes the connection, you make the introduction. Why meet ten people you share nothing in common when you can could meet one that you can build a lasting relationship with, HappenOn allows you to do just that.

You won’t need to create an account, and you won’t need an internet connection. HappenOn works with both the iPhone and the iPod Touch. It has never been easier to connect with like-minded individuals. Tell your friends. Let’s happen!

Some of the features in HappenOn 0.1 include:
* Bluetooth proximity based notifications
* Fast and simple user interface
* Updating of user profile including profile picture and tag line

Requirements
* iPhone or iPod touch with OS 3.0 or newer

Pricing and Availability: Free
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Arches National Park Geology Tour

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Tasa Graphic Arts, Inc. today announces Arches National Park Geology Tour 1.0 for iPhone and iPod touch. The app provides an extensive, visually rich description of the geology of the park written and narrated by geology professor Deborah Ragland, Ph.D. Listen to the narration as you hike the trails, study the photos and animations before your visit, or just take a virtual trip. The app is completely self-contained. Narration is available, with just a touch, for each photo, illustration, and animation.

In the Geology Tab, viewers are introduced to the geologic history and forces that shaped the park. The Tour Tab allows you to view stunning photos of many of the park features as if you were driving along the roads in the park. The Map Tab provides the National Park Service park map and the corresponding USGS topographic map. The maps can be enlarged for more detail. Touch points on the map display photos of the features along with the narration from the Tour section. The app makes full use of pinching, zooming, and orientation flipping. Narration is available, with just a touch, for each photo, illustration, and animation.

Device requirements:
* iPhone or iPod touch (2nd generation), iPhone OS 2.2.1 or later

Pricing and Availability: $5.99 (USD)

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ART

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New York based ADS Software Group Inc. today announces ART 4.4, an update to their very popular and critically acclaimed pocket art gallery, slideshow and quiz for iPhone and iPod touch. Developed specifically to take advantage of the iPhone’s unique capabilities and interface, ART is a database of over 6000 masterpieces featuring 204 famous artists with full biographies. Art students, beginners and hobbyists alike can browse online galleries of works and save images to their gallery, and more.

Art students, beginners and hobbyists alike can search by artist’s name or work title, browse online galleries of works (in portrait or landscape mode), and discover top selling paintings. Each image and artist is accompanied by a link to a Wikipedia entry. Users can effortlessly create their own list of favorite artists in ART’s built-in My Gallery, add and/or remove them, and view an animated slideshow for random pictures.

Additionally, users may save images to their photo library, use them as wallpaper, email links to friends and family, or export them to their computer. The full database of images (400MB) can be downloaded and browsed offline. And with ART’s handy parental control feature, users can easily hide all nude and horror pictures. Students will appreciate ART’s built-in Quiz game. Leveraging Openfeint integration with quiz’s, see how other people play, challenge players and post results on Facebook and Twitter.

Version 4.4 is a major update, featuring an completely revised user interface, and minor bug fixes. Art fans can now add an unlimited number of paintings to their favorite artists. Just find and open the images in ART’s built-in browser and tap "Save". And with ART’s built-in browser, it’s easy to open Wikipedia and other websites for additional information about artists. ART now offers Openfeint integration, with global and local history of quiz scores with leaderboards. Achievements allow users to track their progress in learning art. Challenges allow them play with other people, find new friends, with a nice chat room for art fans.

ART version 4.4 brings the total number of artists in the database to 204 and adds several more modern artists, including Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, Rene Magritte, Mark Rothko, Joan Miro, Grant Wood, Georgia O’Keefe, Marc Chagall, Diego Rivera, Edward Hopper, Ernst Kirchner, Paul Klee, Roul Dufy, Henri Matisse, Wassily Kandinsky, Edouard Vuillard, Edvard Munch, Arshile Gorky, Frida Kahlo, Francis Bacon, Jackson Pollock, Andrew Wyeth, Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, and Fernando Botero.

Language Support:
* US English, German, French, Spanish and Russian

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod Touch 2.2.1 or later

Pricing and Availability: $0.99 (USD)

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iStunt

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Lisbon based Profusion Studios today is delighted to introduce iStunt 1.0, their new 2D Snowboard game for iPhone and iPod touch. Developed specifically to leverage the iPhone’s unique capabilities and touch interface, iStunt is an addictive 2D game with a strong emphasis on physics. Perform amazing stunts while snowboarding through impossible scenarios in a unique game experience. iStunt features 20 unique levels which require earned skills during gameplay.

iStunt features 20 unique levels (including 2 tutorials) with each level requiring earned skills during gameplay. The game offers simple, yet compelling graphics and focuses on the gameplay experience with smooth camera and special zoom spots, such as cliffs and dangerous places. iStunt features two gaming modes, both with online scoreboard support via OpenFeint: in Stunt Mode, players reach a maximum score by performing amazing stunts. Under Time Trial Mode, players must complete levels in the shortest time possible.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod touch 3.1.2 or later
* 6.4 MB device space

Pricing and Availability: $0.99 (USD)

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Elf Command

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Los Angeles based Retro Dreamer today released Elf Command 1.0, a brand new free game for iPhone and iPod Touch. Featuring bright and distinctive graphics, great sound and a catchy theme tune, Elf Command puts the player in charge of Santa’s new robotic elves, in a fun time management/line drawing setting. Sort the presents by directing them to the appropriate area of the workshop, and watch as the cute elves carry out your instructions. But be careful, you have to pick the right gifts.

Elf Command puts the player in charge of Santa’s new robotic elves, in a fun time management/line drawing setting. Sort the presents by directing them to the appropriate area of the workshop, and watch as the cute elves carry out your instructions. But be careful, you have to pick the right gifts, and don’t let the timer run out!

Features:
* The game supports save and continue, so you can always pick up and play where you left off
* Compete in global high score tables via the Scoreloop system
* Send challenges to your friends
* Get push notifications of challenges and results via the Scoreloop App

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod Touch 2.2.1 or later

Pricing and Availability: Free

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MyChristmas

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Talee Talee today announced MyChristmas 2.0, a festive Christmas compendium which encompasses many individual apps into one beautiful and fun app for iPhone and iPod Touch users. Send and receive a Christmas greetings card, play games, multiple sleeps to Christmas countdowns, a Christmas carol eBook, Christmas carols, music tracks, and much more. Produced for all the family, MyChristmas will entertain from ages 4 onwards and has been tested accordingly.

MyChristmas features:
* Send and receive a Christmas greetings card
* Games (Solitaire card game and 2 versions of Christmas match)
* Multiple ’sleeps to Christmas’ countdowns (inc. own picture importing)
* A Christmas carol eBook
* Christmas carols (with wiki information lookup)
* Christmas carol music tracks
* Entertainment (Snow globe, animated Christmas candle, animated Christmas fireplace, interactive Christmas bells, mistletoe, various Christmas sounds)
* New Years (song, words and fireworks)

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod Touch 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability: $1.99 (USD)

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TrailBlazer

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TriX Software today announces the free TrailBlazer Lite for the iPhone 3G and 3GS. Perfect for walkers, runners, cyclists, and hikers, TrailBlazer is the ultimate way to monitor speed, record and review paths, and share travels. In addition to a map showing current location and path travelled, graphs of speed and altitude over the last 2 minutes up to 2 hours are easily accessible. Wireless download your tracks using just a web browser and display the path you travelled in Google Earth.

It’s a simple one button press to record a bush walk, a jog, or a bike-riding expedition. The recording controls are lockable to prevent inadvertent pausing of the recording. Snap photos, shoot video, and control your music all without interrupting your recording. TrailBlazer doesn’t miss a beat when that important phone call arrives mid-run. Just resume the previous recording when restarting TrailBlazer after the call.

When finished, simply download the trail to a Mac or PC using just a web browser. TrailBlazer automatically creates Google Earth files after each recording, that can be downloaded or emailed to family or friends. The path travelled can even be viewed in Google Earth. A beautifully clean and intuitive interface allows easy access to all the displays and features.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone 3G, 3GS, 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability: Free

Candiballs

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Seattle based Blue Bear Studio today released B.I.T.S Pinball Candiballs 1.0, their new pinball game for iPhone and iPod Touch. B.I.T.S Pinball Candiballs is the company’s holiday themed version of their successful, B.I.T.S Pinball. It’s a fast paced, action packed holiday themed pinball game that’s easy to pick up and play. The game features 5 B.I.T.S levels, Ball Cloner, Power Ups and Multi-ball Mayhem with OpenFeint support.

Here are some of the games features:

B.I.T.S mode – The main feature of the table is B.I.T.S mode. There are 5 B.I.T.S levels. Each level is subsequently worth more points and you receive bonuses for destroying all the B.I.T.S on a level.

Ball Cloner – Once the ball cloner is enabled you have 60 seconds to clone your ball as many times as you can.

Power Ups – There are 3 hologram phases. After activating the hologram you can get the power-up by passing the ball through the hologram.

Multi-ball Mayhem – If you complete all 5 B.I.T.S levels you’ll enter this mode. For 20 seconds a new ball will spawn each second.

OpenFeint Support:
Leaderboards, 8 achievements, compare your achievements and scores with your friends, automatically tweet your scores on Facebook and Twitter.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod Touch 2.2.1 or later

Pricing and Availability: $0.99 (USD)

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EngLits

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ZappTek and InterLingua Publishing today are pleased to announce that the EngLits collection for iPhone and iPod touch is on sale through the month of December. With over 50 titles in the full collection, EngLits is a collection of detailed audio and text summaries of classic books and plays by Shakespeare, Dickens, Austen, Hawthorne, Bronte, and other authors that can be played on an iPhone or iPod touch. EngLits tell the full story of the book or drama, including all characters and events.

With over 50 titles in the full collection, EngLits are detail audio/text summaries of books and plays by Shakespeare, Dickens, Austen, Hawthorne, Bronte, and other authors that can be played on an iPhone or iPod touch. Written by university professors and recorded by professional actors, EngLits tell the full story of the book or drama, including all characters and events that are important. The shortest EngLit is 21 minutes of audio and 10 pages of text (Romeo & Juliet), and the longest is over four hours of audio and 73 pages of text (Middlemarch). By formatting the summaries for iPhones and iPod touches, listeners can learn while riding on the bus, jogging, biking, lounging, and even walking the dog.

Supported Languages:
* US English

System Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod Touch 2.2.1 or later

Pricing and Availability: $0.99 USD per EngLit.

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ElevatorPitch

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Independent iPhone developer Francis Dierick has announced ElevatorPitch for iPhone and iPod Touch. ElevatorPitch teaches entrepreneurs, salespeople and evangelists how to be convincing when it matters most. The application offers a countdown timer for elevator pitch practice and allows the user to store a picture and some notes in the application. With ElevatorPitch in his pocket the user is always ready to deliver at the touch of a button.

The ElevatorPitch iPhone application helps users to make the best of their elevator pitches. Practice: the user can use the built-in countdown clock to perfect their pitch timing. Show: the user can store an image in the iPhone App because having a product image ready at the touch of a button is worth a thousand words. Tell: the user can memorize and fine-tune an elevator pitch with the handy note-keeping function. And all of that in less than 30 seconds or the time an elevator ride takes.

Use Cases:
Entrepreneurs are always looking for opportunities to pitch their startup in order to raise venture capital. With the ElevatorPitch iPhone App the budding entrepreneur is always ready to whip out his iPhone and support his elevator pitch with visuals such as screenshots or product images. Salespeople can use the ElevatorPitch iPhone App to practice their customer pitches. They can use the countdown function to practice their pitch timing and keep a few reminder notes to make sure they consistently deliver their USPs.

Project management is often more about gathering support for ideas than it is about managing people. A consistently delivered elevator pitch can be a great weapon in convincing key stakeholders. With the ElevatorPitch iPhone App in their pocket, project managers are ready to deliver a convincing pitch anytime.

Device Requirements:
iPhone and iPod Touch 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability: $4.99 (USD)

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Instaviz

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Pixelglow Software today released Instaviz 1.5, the latest version of its diagram sketching software for iPhone and iPod Touch. Instaviz uses Recog, a new shape recognition engine based on advanced fuzzy logic and trained on over 2,500 sketches drawn by real users. Instaviz also uses Graphviz, the industry standard for automated graph layout. Version 1.5 features animated diagram changes, better scrolling and zooming, and batch file operations.

First released in December 2008, Instaviz has become one of the most popular diagramming software on the iPhone platform, with its simple sketch-to-create interface and deep feature set. Enthusiastic users have awarded 3 1/2 stars out of 5 stars over 88 ratings on the iPhone App Store.

The new version also features batch file operations. Users can now email, export or preview multiple diagrams, while choosing any of four different file formats: Graphviz GV, Acrobat PDF, PNG Image and Visio VDX.

All in all, this version contains 25 different bug fixes and enhancements. "Scrolling and zooming should now be so smooth you don’t notice you’re working on a small screen," says Glen Low, author of Instaviz. "On the other hand, animating diagram changes is more than eye candy, it draws your attention to how your editing reworks the diagram layout."

About Instaviz:
Instaviz is an iPhone and iPod Touch application that turns roughly sketched shapes and lines into beautifully laid-out diagrams. Instaviz uses Recog, a new shape recognition engine based on advanced fuzzy logic and trained on over 2,500 sketches drawn by real users. Instaviz also uses Graphviz, the industry standard for automated graph layout, representing over 20 years of AT&T research work.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod Touch 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability: $9.99 (USD)

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Halp! The Advice Generator

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Sinecure Industries is pleased to announce the release of Halp! The Advice Generator. Undecided on career goals? Unsure how to make an impression? Looking for some advice on snacking? Anyone could use some advice now and then, and Halp! delivers over 700 pieces of advice on the go. The app picks a random piece of advice and presents it to the user. It then gives them the opportunity to reload new advice each time they shake the phone.

"We know a lot of people who are incredibly indecisive – not even about big decisions, but even what to have for lunch. This app is for them. We put in so many pieces of advice there are at least 10 that apply to anyone at any given time," Sean Flanagan, the application co-creator said in a statement.

Upon loading the app we were met with, "Joining a book club is an excellent place to meet people who disagree with you" and after shaking we then got the advice, "Tree bark is an excellent source of dietary fiber." So if we followed this advice we’d meet some new and interesting people and change our diet drastically. With 798 other pieces of advice available, there exists the distinct possibility for some major life changes.

The makers claim that the advice can work for anyone and everyone if they give it a chance. They also claim no responsibility for the outcome of following their app’s advice.

Pricing and Availability: $0.99 USD,
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Sphere Raider

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Game developer Gallen Technologies, LLC announced the pending release of Sphere Raider, its long awaited iPhone game on December 11, 2009. Sphere Raider promises to bring exhilarating game play for all ages. Sphere Raider will feature ten skill levels with new and exciting graphics at each level. The graphics are colorful and crisp, and reflect the time and effort that went into production of the game.

SPHERE RAIDER (TM) (Patent Pending) has extraordinary graphic designs and brilliant gaming applications. Gallen Technologies spent seven months in the development of the game. It is designed to be played by all ages, anytime, anyplace and anywhere.

SPHERE RAIDER (TM) (Patent Pending) has ten skill levels with new and exciting graphics at each level. The graphics are colorful and crisp, and reflect the time and effort that went into production of the game software. SPHERE RAIDER (TM) (Patent Pending) is designed to challenge the skill of the novice to the most sophisticated gamers. It presents a welcome relief from the everyday stress of urban life. The beauty of the game is that it is at your finger tips on your iPhone. It travels where you go and is available on demand.

So much of urban life is spent waiting between meetings, on trains, in taxis, on planes and just waiting for the next event to happen. SPHERE RAIDER (TM) (Patent Pending) is designed to fill those moments when there is nothing to do, no one to talk to and you find yourself alone. It’s like having a little pal on your phone. It does not take up space and once you own it, its there for you.

SPHERE RAIDER (TM) (Patent Pending) is part of the continuing quest of Gallen Technologies to develop a new generation of advanced gaming software to satisfy the sophisticated tastes of 21st century consumers.

Sphere Raider

TextExpander

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TextExpander touch, the iPhone version of SmileOnMyMac’s customizable typing shortcut tool, is now integrated in the apps SimpleNote and Notebooks. Simplenote and Notebooks users can seamlessly use their TextExpander snippets while composing notes in those apps, rather than first composing in TextExpander touch. To celebrate the integration, TextExpander touch is on sale until Sunday, December 13, 2009.

To celebrate the integration, SmileOnMyMac has a special sale on TextExpander touch. Until December 13, 2009, TextExpander touch is only $1.99, a 60% discount off the regular price of $1.99.

TextExpander touch requires an iPhone or iPod touch running iPhone OS 3.0 or later. The TextExpander touch Software Development Kit (SDK), which allows iPhone developers to integrate TextExpander functionality into their applications, consists of a free TextExpander engine library and sample code.

TextExpander touch features:
* Compose notes quickly and easily that contain frequently-used text, addresses, phone numbers, email signatures, URLs, etc.
* Automatically insert your notes into Mail and Twitter clients, or copy-and-paste into other apps on your iPhone
* Integrated in Tweetie 2, SimplyTweet, WriteRoom, Simplenote and other apps
* Add TextExpander snippets from your Mac via your local network
* Save composed notes in an archive for reuse
* Use multiple snippet groups
* Add Predefined Groups such as accented words, symbols, HTML, and CSS

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AppButler

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rapidrabbit today announces AppButler 1.0, a new way to discover the AppStore. AppButler automatically observes the AppStore and keeps track of every app. A special algorithm calculates a score for every app which represents the number of ranks the app has gained in the biggest AppStore markets within 24 hours. Users can determine a score threshold and the categories they are interested in. Based on these settings the user will be informed via push if the AppButler has found something for them.

A lot has been written about the AppStores flaws – users are bound to the top lists and it’s difficult to find or get notified about something new. The AppButler changes this. With this new app that has hit the AppStore recently and is climbing the ranks very fast, no one will miss "the next big thing". Due to the unique algorithm and push services the AppButler "serves" fresh apps every day.

The special algorithm calculates a score for every app with the data from the biggest AppStore countries (US, Canada, Germany, UK, France, Italy, Japan, Australia) . The score represents how many ranks an app has gained the last 24 hours in the TOP 100 lists of these countries. Thus an international ranking for the hottest apps is created by the AppButler. Users can determine a score threshold and the categories they are interested in. Based on these settings the user will be informed via push if the AppButler has found something for them.

"We can often see an interesting app one or two days before it hits the TOP 10 and is mentioned by blog around the world." says Paul Müller, who has developed the algorithm. This makes the AppButler a valuable tool for bloggers, reviewers and other media journalists. If an app gets a price cut it will also climb the ranks very fast – you won’t miss that opportunity with the AppButler.

The highlights at a glance:
* Unique algorithm to determine hot apps
* Fresh apps every day
* Push services – to be the first to know
* Great AppStore research tool

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod Touch 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability: Free
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iPilule

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iMediapp today is proud to announce iPilule 1.0 for iPhone and iPod touch. iPilule helps every women with an iPhone keep track of their birth control pills schedule. Using the iPhone powerful Push notification feature, iPilule sends a daily reminder at the time she chose. The application automatically calculates when to stop and when to reactivate notifications based on the day she started her pill tablet.

Notifications show up unobtrusively as a regular text-message avoiding the embarassment of a noisy, hard-to-explain alarm that would ring in the middle of the pm at the office for instance… It also comes in 7 fully translated versions including English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.

Once iPilule is installed on the user’s iPhone you need to be connected to the Internet through EDGE, 3G or WiFi to receive the notifications. Plus, you need to enable the PUSH system into the phone’s settings : go to Settings > Notifications and turn them to the ON position.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod touch 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability: $0.99 (USD)

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FanGuide

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Prairie Design Group and software developer NaNil today announced their FanGuide series series of interactive, multimedia iPhone apps. Architectural enthusiasts won’t have to worry about awkward guidebooks, unruly maps or rented listening devices any longer. Each app features text, maps, photos, audio and bonus video for a self-contained "offline" experience on any iPhone or iPod Touch. The app offers web access directly to specific building or house museum websites that are open to the public.

After many frustrating self-guided architecture tours using cumbersome books, maps and museum MP3 players, the team at Prairie Design Group set out to develop a more streamlined experience. Their goal was to produce well-researched and engaging content, using simple design and clear navigation, plus easily accessible bonus media. The result was the creation of the FanGuide(TM) series for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

"This tour guide series gives users the freedom to experience architecture in an integrated, well-designed and thoughtful manner. It isn’t a one-size-fits-all approach like other self-guided architectural tours, guidebooks and maps," says Eric O’Malley of Prairie Design Group. Eric’s partner, Bryan Kelly says, "The FanGuide(TM) series was meant to utilize burgeoning technologies to fit a modern, on-the-go lifestyle. End-users can enjoy the architecture they want in a very compelling way, making it a great companion on the road or from the comfort of home."

Feature list:
* The architectural works of Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies van der Rohe, Louis Sullivan, John Lautner, Richard Neutra, the Case Study House Program, plus others
* 38-44 stops arranged in 6 tours
* Text descriptions, details, trivia facts, plus costs/times for public buildings
* Bonus audio that differs from text descriptions
* Bonus video footage for various stops
* Online maps with a cellular or wifi connection
* Offline maps, for a completely self-contained experience

Pricing and Availability:
* Limited Intro Pricing from $2.99-$4.99, depending on title. Regularly priced at $9.99 each

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µReaderLight

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Server Solutions Group has announced the release of µReaderLight 1.0, its book light for iPhone and iPod touch. Designed to allow you to read in bed without disturbing your spouse, µReaderLight turns your iPhone or iPod touch into a feature-rich reading light. Included is the ability to change the bulb color between white, yellow, blue, or red. µReaderLight also includes sleep timer as well as a low battery alert.

Most important, we designed µReaderLight to be practical as we use it ourselves! We have included the ability to change the bulb color between white, yellow, blue, or red. Personally, we prefer the white bulb. In addition, we have added a sleep timer. The last thing we wanted was to wake-up in the morning with a dead battery because we fell asleep while reading! Finally, we also included a low battery alert; just in case.

Feature Highlights:
* Adjustable brightness via a simple swipe of your finger either up or down on the display
* A changeable light color on the Preferences tab
* A built-in sleep timer so you don’t have to worry about falling asleep with your iPhone or iPod touch still on
* Sleep timer chime when time is up with an easy cancellation via a simply shake or touch of the cancel timer button
* Low battery alert

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod Touch 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability: $0.99 (USD)

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iAlcohol Lite

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Macsoftex today announces iAlcohol Lite 1.2, an free version their blood alcohol content app for iPhone and iPod touch. Intuitively easy to use, iAlcohol determines the level of alcohol in a 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 calculation formula for the application takes into account the maximum number of factors that affect the result, thus providing 90% accuracy. The formula calculates the influence of factors on the duration of the phases of alcohol intoxication: phase Absorption and phase Elimination of alcohol.

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.

New in Version 1.2:
* Bag fixes
* Quick Add drink on a running timer
* Remove loud beep
* Improved user interface

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod Touch 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability: Free and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Utilities category.

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BandMate

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Austin-based WellAlright has announced 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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Classical Music

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New York based ADS Software Group Inc. today introduces Classical Music 1.0, their new classical music compilation and quiz for iPhone and iPod touch. Developed specifically to leverage the iPhone’s unique capabilities, Classical Music is an educational database of 50 music compositions of the most famous composers of all time. Music aficionados can listen to a short passage of every composition, view a short biography of each artist, and purchase the full version of the composition from iTunes.

Featuring a vinyl record player styled user interface, music aficionados and connoisseurs alike can listen to the most recognizable one-minute passages of famous compositions, view a short biography of each artist, with a link to purchase the full version of the composition from iTunes. Classical Music also includes a nice "Who is the Composer Quiz" game. Additionally, the application offers Openfeint integration for music lovers to see other Classical Music Quiz player’s leaderboard, get achievements and send challenges.

Feature Highlights:
* 50 minutes of great classical music
* Stylish Vinyl Record Player
* Who is the Composer Quiz game
* OpenFeint integration
* Information about compositions and short biography of composers
* Link to buy full version of composition on iTunes

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod Touch 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability: $0.99 (USD)

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Listmaker

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Daze End Software today announced the release of Listmaker 1.2, a new version of their list manager for the iPhone and iPod touch. Listmaker is a simple tool for storing and organizing user-created lists. Major features include support for nested sublists and web synchronization. This new version adds often requested features such as searching, and the ability to create lists from the contents of the iPhone’s clipboard.

"Listmaker aims to find the sweet spot between simplicity and power," said Charles Perry, owner of Daze End Software. "In order to keep it easy to use, Listmaker embraces minimalism in its interface. List items contain only a title, a note, and a due date. But at the same time, Listmaker offers advanced features like web synchronization, the ability to email lists, and nested sublists. This combination makes for a very useful tool."

One thing that sets Listmaker apart from its competition is its ablility to share lists with others. Lists can be emailed to others from within the app, or they can be synchronized with the popular, and free, Toodledo web service. Through Toodledo, users can access their tasks with a number of different applications and share lists with others.

Although Listmaker is often used as a simple task list, that wasn’t how it started out, according to Perry. "Actually, I originally wrote Listmaker because I needed a place to store grocery lists, travel checklists, and the like. I wrote it with the intention that it would serve as the reference portion of my personal Getting Things Done (GTD) system. I only included the due date field because I thought that someone might find it helpful. As it turns out, most users of Listmaker now use it to track ‘to do’ lists. Good thing I added that field!"

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod touch 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability: $2.99 USD.

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The Laughman

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Oneapp introduces The Laughman 1.0 for iPhone and iPod touch. The Laughman now allows you to bring contagious laughter wherever you go. The Laughman features the world famous laughs of Doug Collins, a bus driver from Tennessee said to have the most contagious laugh in the world. Collins, who was tested by MTV and even examined by Neuroscientists, can often cause rooms of people to burst into laughter simply by laughing.

Cutting Edge iPhone Tech Applied. The Laughman App uses cutting edge iPhone tech for a wide array of features:

* Shake 2 Laugh; Collins’ laugh has been applied to the iPhone’s gyroscope causing the iPhone to laugh at different intensities and pitches, depending on how you move or shake it allowing users to create hilarious new laughs.

* The Laughman App also uses the iPhone’s Bluetooth technology with the Contagious Laugh feature. It enables devices with the App to connect together, then by shaking triggers laughter on other devices.

* The App also features the Laugh Attack, Laugh DJ, hilarious Ring Tones and a Bad Mood Override video, which allows people to laugh along with The Laughman to put themselves in good moods.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod Touch 3.1.2 or later

Pricing and Availability: $1.99 (USD)

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Achievers Writing Center

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Niles Technology Group today announced their Achievers Writing Center apps for iPhone and iPod touch. Achievers Writing Center apps are revolutionizing how high school and college students write essays and papers. The apps make it easier to be more successful at writing, and they also significantly reduce the time and money required to produce excellent work. For a fixed, affordable price, each app comes with professional writing center services and more.

Achievers Writing Center apps have step-by-step guidance in writing over 40 different types of essays. Specificity is key to helping a student with a specific type of writing assignment. The apps also come complete with tutorials on writing effectively, footnotes, outlines, and full explanations of the different essay genres. Achievers Writing Center is truly at the forefront because no other writing center offers comprehensive writing apps.

Each app includes unlimited "writer’s block" email support so no more being stuck without a real person to help. There is basically a "writing assistant" in every app ready to assist with any questions throughout the writing process.

And after the essay is complete, the student emails it to Achievers Writing Center. The essay is edited and reviewed with recommendations on how to improve it. This step is the crucial difference between getting an A instead of a B.

No other product provides such complete, start to finish, writing assistance coupled with the convenience and freedom of mobile computing. There are no ongoing hourly charges; no more sitting in front of a desktop computer or carrying a bulky laptop; no more being stuck without help; and no need to hike through the rain or snow to the writing center.

Achievers Writing Center is truly comprehensive high-tech essay writing aid at a student-budget price. The standard all-inclusive app price starts at $14.99 USD. For students that want everything except the essay editing and review, there are versions that begin at $7.99. The apps can be found in the iTunes Store.

Purchase and Download: http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/niles-technology-group-inc/id318596183

Twin Blades

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Press Start Studio and Bulkypix are happy to announce the TWIN BLADES is now available on iPhone and iPod Touch for 0.99$ (SPECIAL LAUNCH PRICE for 1 WEEK)

TWINBLADES is a frantic shooter game set in a medieval era with unique manga-like graphics.

Help the nun defeat evil with some heavy zombie-killing action across multiple environments, venture through the city market, the cemetery, a chapel in ruins and the city’s outskirts to purge the town of all its living-dead inhabitants. Buy new skills and powers and upgrade them as you progress day after day.

Manage carefully your energy by slicing zombies with your mighty scythe in order to use the destructive powers of your artillery!

The game features:
• 6 range weapons ranging from machinegun to explosive nukes.
• Upgradable skills for your character which can be bought and trained.
• Dozens of death animations related to your artillery.
• Different kind of zombies behaviors, shake your device to get rid of grabbers!
• 5 cool musics which will immerse you into the epic slaughter.
• A progressive difficulty which will challenge your dexterity for hours!
• Show the whole world what you’ve achieved and improve your Gamerscore online with Open Feint.

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Pocket Clinic

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99Games, leading developer and publisher of iPhone and iPod touch games, today announced the release of its brand new game, Pocket Clinic. The game challenges the players to don the coat of a doctor and separate the infected and good cells in a tissue into two different zones.

Pocket Clinic offers 20 levels of addictive game play and 2 distinct game modes: Timed and Challenge. The game is set in Dr. Worm’s clinic, which specializes in tissue repair. As the levels progress, separating the cells becomes all the more difficult with Jelly bubbles and Virus attack coming in the way. There are 3 bonus rounds – ‘Tap it’, ‘Loop it’ and ‘Stitch it’ which come up at regular intervals. The game supports accelerometer as well as multi-touch mode and the players can post their high scores on Facebook or Twitter.

“Pocket Clinic is an interesting concept that tests how players would react in a situation over which they have no control. In other words, would they give up or would they go on?” said Anila Andrade of 99Games. “As the game progresses, the players will find themselves tilting the device like crazy just to get that one cell across the tissue wall.”

The game is now available on the App Store for $ 1.99

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Arachnadoodle

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Connect2Media have come up with another App Store gem in Arachnadoodle, available now on the Apple App Store. On sale at the special promotional price of $0.99/£0.59/0.79¤, the game has already drawn comparisons to ‘Peggle’ and looks set to spin its way to the top of the charts.

In the game you control of Boris the spider. Using your finger to aim and determine strength, you fire the lovable arachnid around various rooms of the house in order to link pins and create webs. Once all the pins are connected your iPhone belts out Wagner’s ‘The Ride of the Valkyries’ and a sweeping swarm of flies sweeps across the screen. How many flies become ensnared in your wicked web depends on how complex it is.

With simple gameplay, which gets increasingly sophisticated with the introduction of different bugs, obstacles and pin varieties throughout its 32 levels, along with Open Feint integration including leaderboards and achievements, you get a highly polished, intensely fun-filled, game.

Key Features:

• 32 Levels of instantly addictive web slinging action
• Hit ‘bonus score’ and ‘extra throw’ flies as you whizz around the screen
• Refine your arachnid throwing habits and use elastic and bumper pins to max out your scores
• ‘Death Head Bugs’, ‘Spark Head Bugs’, and electrocuting light bulbs add to the danger
• Open Feint integration, high score tables and achievements
• Use furniture and objects strategically to score even more
• Hit ‘Truck loads a’ pins and build the wickedest web of all

Ceville

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Worms, Bracknell, Baltimore 7th December 2009 - Publisher Kalypso Media has today announced that the iPhone/iPod Touch version of Ceville is now available to download on the iTunes App Store priced at £1.19 (¤1.59). This represents Kalypso Media’s first iPhone/iPod Touch venture and its success will shape the company’s strategy for further mobile gaming releases in 2010.

The Ceville iPhone/iPod Touch game is an arcade version of the hit PC adventure of the same name. The two main characters, Ceville and Lilly, are tasked with achieving the highest scores across three challenging levels of arcade action gameplay. Graphically very close to the PC title, the mobile version also features the original game music and voice-overs will be available in English and German languages.

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Turf Wars

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MeanFreePath LLC., maker of innovative, location-based social games for major mobile devices, announced today the official release of their ground-breaking app, Turf Wars, for the Apple® iPhone™ and iPod® touch. Using OS 3.0’s robust GPS capabilities, Turf Wars takes social crime games beyond the hypothetical, and lets users battle it out for real world territory in real time, competing for Turf, influence, and the vaunted title of city mob boss or “Capo.”

Getting Started with Turf Wars is easy:
• Go directly to the “Turf Map” and begin claiming unoccupied Turf (up to 1 mile from the device’s GPS location). Players continue to acquire Turf anywhere they travel, until their cap has been reached. This limit on total Turf is raised at each level-up.
• Players run a variety of criminal missions in order to gain cash and experience, leveling up their character and increasing their abilities in combat and Turf collection. Players use this cash to purchase over 30 weapons, tools, and Turf upgrades to help beat back other mobsters.
• As Turf is accumulated, players increase their “influence”. Influence is attached to Turf and determines how much a given piece of Turf will earn. The greater the population within a piece of Turf, the greater the influence. Players also bolster a property’s influence by making improvements or defensive upgrades.
• Players can choose to attack other players or simply attack a piece of their Turf. Higher level players will be difficult to defeat without creativity. Competitors will need to chip away at their Turf holdings slowly and methodically.
• Need a helping hand? Players can invite, and be invited by, anyone playing the game to join a mob and help take down the competition. They can also pay tribute to “The Don” to get a real leg up.

Turf Wars uses the scarcity of real territory within an interactive, world-wide map to create a multiplayer experience that is truly dynamic. It is one of the first games to fully utilize the Apple platform’s GPS capabilities and the first social crime game to use real physical territory as a major gameplay element. Ally with friends/ fellow mobsters or simply destroy them! Turf Wars is more fun when it’s personal.

 

Bloodstream Raiders

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Indie game developer Assyria Game Studio are excited to announce Bloodstream Raiders is available on the App Store for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

Take control of a single white blood cell and travel inside veins and arteries through major organs, including the heart, lungs and liver, attempting to rid the human body of an influenza virus by firing antibodies at waves of deadly virus cells!

While journeying though the body you will encounter cholesterol, red blood cells, platelets, bacteria, stronger mutations of the virus, as well as antivirals, which can be collected within the bloodstream and used to unleash a stronger attack, obliterating any virus cells nearby.

You must attempt to keep the body temperature normal by destroying as much of the virus as possible, paracetamol can also be used to lower body temperature and slow down movement within the bloodstream for a brief advantage.

Integrating AGON online, Bloodstream Raiders allows players to compare high scores in “survival mode” with friends, local players and the best scores worldwide, as well as offering a collection awards to be earned for accomplishing various challenging game play tasks.

Features

-Campaign mode allows players to fully cleanse the human body of a deadly virus
-Endless Survival mode, playable in Casual and Hardcore difficulties for players who want to be challenged!
-A selection of achievements to earn throughout game progression, as well as rewarding players skill in each mode

Price: $2.99

Block-A-Drop Christmas Drop

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Bumpkin Brothers have now released their first iPhone application. Block-A-Drop : Christmas Rush is a festive puzzle game that will keep both kids and adults entertained throughout the holiday season!

Block-A-Drop : Christmas Rush released for the iPhone and iPod touch Are you ready for the festive season? Get in the mood with Block-A-Drop, the best game to keep kids and adults entertained throughout the holiday season!

Block-A-Drop takes the best elements from match 3 and reaction games to create a totally innovative and fresh puzzle game experience. Blocks will drop from a height onto a conveyer belt, which is controlled by the user. The blocks on the belt need to be arranged so that falling blocks will create rows or columns of the same block type. Three or more blocks of the same type in a row or column will gain the user points, however you can easily lose blocks over the side of the conveyer so watch out!

The game features two main game modes. In puzzle mode you must rack up enough points to move onto the next level. Each level gets progressively more difficult. In challenge mode you must gain as many points as possible without losing a single block.

"This is our first iPhone release, " said Andy Yates, who is one half of the Bumpkin Brothers team. "We wanted to create something festive and fun but didn’t want to saturate the market with another clone! That’s why we came up with the Block-A-Drop concept."

Block-A-Drop: Christmas rush is available NOW on the iTunes AppStore and costs $0.99 / £0.59 / etc…

Pricing: 99 cents
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Adubble

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EeryLab, creator and publisher of games exclusively for iPhone and iPod touch, today announced a new Adubble update is available on the Apple App Store. The latest update, version 1.3, includes integration with the social gaming network OpenFeint, bringing global leaderboards and achievements to the world of Adubble! Now players can compete for high scores with their friends, complete alternative goals by unlocking all 30 achievements, and brag on Twitter and Facebook.

The full game features:

- 60 levels of varying difficulty
- Open Feint integration (leaderboards, achievements, Twitter and Facebook)
- 7 types of special elements (stars, mines, locks, lasers, switchers, bombs and stones)
- animated graphics
- ambient background music
- save/resume option (after a phone call or pressing quit)
- shake device for random level selection or to change the background
- hours of fun.

Adubble is suitable for all ages, and utilizes the iPhone and iPod touch controls in a very natural way — making it a win for all skill and experience levels.

Price: 99 cents
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KatchUp

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LeftRight Studios, developer behind the popular and addictive smackBots, has recently launched its new iPhone game, KatchUp, in the App Store. KatchUp offers players a chance to test their skill at managing the conveyor belts at their own ketchup bottling facility.

Gameplay revolves around the time-management system in which players attempt to bottle their ketchup while keeping pace with the conveyor belts and making sure to avoid any mishaps when strange items make their way towards the ketchup vat. Players will flick items like televisions, rubber ducks, some familiar smackBots heads and more off the belts to keep the factory in good working order. How’d they get there? We’re not sure – but keep them out of the ketchup! Luckily, the physics engine will help make sure you grab items realistically and keep on bottling.

When the ketchup vat is full players will flick a lever and start a second conveyor belt that triggers the bottling process. Players will move the dispenser left and right while keeping pace with the speed of bottles as they pass. Filling as many bottles as possible is the goal of any worthy ketchup tycoon.

The experienced player will notice that it takes both hands and serious dedication to bottle with the best of them. Try using your left hand to engage the dispenser, and your right hand to slide it along the belt – just consider that a tip from some ketchup bottling experts.

KatchUp doesn’t only propose players keep bottling until they’ve become the greatest ketchup tycoon of them all, but it also allows them to share their bottling savvy on social networks like Twitter. Players can tweet their bottling record in-game, and challenge friends and followers to take their turn at KatchUp.

Price: 99 cents
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GeoSpark

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Critical Thought Games and Imangi Studios today announced that geoSpark, the electrifying new iPhone game collaboration from the leading independent development studios, is now available for purchase in the App Store.

In geoSpark, an assortment of colorful neon ‘Sparks’ fly across the iPhone or iPod Touch screen, and players are tasked with preventing any two different Sparks from colliding. Similar Sparks must be chained together by dragging them across the screen – the more Sparks eliminated in one swipe, the more points awarded.

But as the chain gets longer, a player’s finger become a gravity well, drawing all nearby Sparks inwards and creating some potentially dangerous situations. As players hone their geoSpark skills, they’ll find bonus Sparks with special powers, like multiplying their score or instantly destroying every Spark on the screen. Once they learn the ropes, they can brag about their latest high score on Twitter or Facebook via OpenFeint integration.

“There’s something magnetically appealing about the visuals of geoDefense, and my penchant for creating super-hard strategy titles certainly appeals to the hardcore gaming audience,” said David Whatley of Critical Thought Games, developer of the geoDefense series. “Working together with Imangi has produced something that I think anyone who owns an iPhone or iPod Touch will be able to pick up and immediately love. By our powers combined!”

“Only the iPhone development community could produce something as special as geoSpark,” said Natalia Luckyanova of Imangi Studios. “We’ve combined the casual, pick-up-and-play DNA of Imangi Games like Harbor Master with the style and spectacle of David Whatley’s games, and it’s something to behold. We hope iPhone owners out there love it as much as we do!”

Price: 99 cents
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SPACE MINER: SPACE ORE BUST

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Venan Entertainment, the developer behind top Apple App Store titles MONOPOLY and NBA LIVE and critically acclaimed Nintendo DS games like Ninjatown, has announced that their first self-published iPhone/iPod touch title, SPACE MINER: SPACE ORE BUST, will be released in January 2010. A gameplay trailer for the game is now live.

Players will find themselves in the midst of non-stop action as they destroy massive asteroids, fight deadly enemies, and gather priceless ore in over 48 unique sectors as they attempt to save the family asteroid claim from the nefarious machinations of Mega Space Corporation. Featuring killer 3D graphics, realistic physics, and over 30 channels of movie-quality sound effects, SPACE MINER brings console-quality arcade action to the iPhone and iPod touch.

YouTube Trailer

Say it & Mail it Lite

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Carnation Software today released Say it & Mail it Lite 1.0 for iPhone and iPod Touch and it is free. ‘Say it & Mail it Lite’ is a quick, easy way to email a voice memo from your iPhone or iPod Touch to yourself or to others. No typing required – a fast and easy way to send a detailed email without using the keyboard. Email address and subject line are autofilled. Emailed voice memos are compatible with Mac, PC and any other computer.

‘Say it & Mail it Lite’ has a time-saving autofill feature that, once set, will take care of filling in the email address and subject line automatically. As for the message, there’s no typing, just tapping: once to record (Say it), one more time (Mail it), then tap ‘Send’ to the selected recipient. That’s it.

‘Say it & Mail it Lite’ voice recordings work with all computer operating systems, so there’s never a concern about incompatibility. And since the audio files are not stored on the handheld device, there’s no need to clear out files.

What’s in the full version of ‘Say it & Mail it’ that’s not in ‘Say it & Mail it Lite’?
* Ability to easily email to Groups
* Integrated method to include a picture or movie in the email
* Integrated method to include map location in the email
* Elapsed time counter for voice recordings
* Option to remove ‘Say it & Mail it’ link from the email

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod Touch 3.1 or later

Pricing and Availability: Free (USD)

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PhatNotes

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PhatWare Corporation today announces PhatNotes for iPhone 1.0 and PhatNotes Desktop 5.5, their award-winning professional strength notes organizer for iPhone and iPod Touch devices. PhatNotes delivers the most advanced and simple-to-use notes synchronization. It offers both handwriting recognition input and keyboard entry as well as advanced note editing features such as shorthand, customizable auto-corrector and user dictionary, and spell checker.

PhatNotes for iPhone features include:
* The ability to easily manage thousands of notes stored in multiple folders and grouped by specified attributes
* Advanced text search and notes filtering
* User reminders and hyperlinks between notes
* Advanced text editor features handwriting recognition input in addition to the iPhone keyboard
* Full notes synchronization with PhatNotes Desktop software

The new PhatNotes Desktop software features synchronization software for iPhone and has passed Microsoft Windows 7 compatibility testing.

PhatNotes has been among the leading notes organizers on the Windows Mobile platform since its first release in 1997 and won numerous industry awards, including Smartphone and Pocket PC Magazine’s Best Software Awards in the notes category for eight consecutive years. PhatNotes allows users to create notes and organize them by category, color, subject, priority, creation, authorization, and modification dates. The software provides powerful text search, advanced data filtering, document security, and email capabilities.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or 2nd Generation iPod Touch 3.0 or later

PhatNotes Availability and Pricing: $9.99 (USD). PhatNotes Desktop software is available directly from PhatWare and PhatWare’s authorized resellers and is priced at $19.95.

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Neon Wallpaper/Background Creator

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CreateNetworks has announced their Neon Wallpaper/Background Creator reached a staggering 4 Million images created worldwide. The app has been the Number 1 best-selling iPhone/iPod touch customizable Wallpaper/Backgrounds application worldwide since late July, and is an Apple Staff Favorite. Its unique feature is the ability to customize the device using a choice of text effects; to create personalized lock-screen background/wallpapers without the need for any graphics editing on the device.

Wakefield, England – Released in June 2009, Neon Wallpaper/Background Creator has been the Number 1 best-selling iPhone/iPod touch customizable Wallpaper/Backgrounds application worldwide since late July, and is an Apple Staff Favourite. Its unique feature is the ability to customize the device using a choice of text effects; to create personalized lock-screen background/wallpapers (or Contacts graphics) without the need for any graphics editing on the device.

Today, CreateNetworks proudly announce that they have now created and served out over 4 MILLION individual customized images for iPhones and iPod touches the world over. How quickly can 5 million be reached? The target is to reach that figure by the New Year; a very big ‘thank-you’ to the people who’ve bought the application to date, created the 4 million images, and made the application a success.

In summary, Neon provides the ability to dynamically render customized text on top of an image using a number of image sources:

* 160 static built-in backdrops
* 20 twice-weekly dynamically-updated backdrops
* Photos and images from the Photo Library

Minimum Requirements:
* All generations of iPhone and iPod touch
* OS 3.0
* 3.1MB free space
* Internet connectivity (Wireless is required for the 20 twice-weekly dynamically-updated backdrops)

Pricing and Availability: $0.99 (USD)

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Sexy AppBox

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JustPurePics today released Sexy AppBox 1.6 for iPhone and iPod Touch. Sensual lingerie, sexy glamour, beauty unleashed, and seven more applications are now united under one cover. Sexy AppBox features 50 most seductive shots from each of these collections. Now users get ten times more photos of gorgeous females at the price of just one application. Each shot was made by well-known professionals in the area of female beauty and photography.

Each shot was made by well-known professionals in the area of female beauty and photography. The works by Martin Valigursky, John Convigton, Paul Buceta, and other outstanding masters of the genre are now can be found together in one application. Their talent, creative eye, and amazing taste ensure that each photo set has something special for everyone.

Sexy AppBox features photos from:
* Beauty Unleashed
* Aussie Babes Seduction
* Australian Bikini
* Boundless
* Busty Pinups
* Busty Pinups2
* Czech Girls
* Sensual Lingerie
* Sexy Glamour
* Girls in Tight White T-Shirts

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod Touch 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability: $0.99 (USD)
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Author: Joanne Carter

Joanne Carter is the Editorial Director of iPhone.Macreate.com as well as iPad.MacCreate.com, both are part of the Mac Create Network. A Professional Photographer and Associate of the British Industry of Professional Photographers, BIPP, as well as a Professional Journalist, specializing in Technology. A contributor to National and International publications, including The Times, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Professional Photographer, NikonPro, Graphix, Digital Arts, Readers Digest, Popular Photography & Imaging and Which? consumer magazine.

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