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Section: iPhone / iPod touch / iPad, iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, iDevice Apps

iPhone, iPod and iPad product updates and announcements for September 17, 2010:

• Apps
• Accessories

Apps

• Stellar Apps, LLC has released LED Flashlight - Multifunction version 2.1. No ordinary flashlight, LED Flashlight - Multifunction supports four major flashlight functions: traditional flashlight, strobe light with user speed control, orse code button, and screen light. Version 2.1 also adds a never before seen feature to the application. The user now has the ability to add a custom techno song in the background while using the strobe light.
• Matthew King has announced the release of the newly updated and improved Debt Snowball Pro 4.1. Using the popular debt snowball method, this app optimizes debt payments for the quickest approach to financial freedom. Debt Snowball Pro not only helps to provide relief from the burden of debt, it helps consumers save money in interest payments by knocking out debt faster than other payoff methods.
• Hot Cocoa Games has released Nonograms 1.0.2 for iPad users. Nonograms offers users more than 12,000 unique and challenging, professionally developed timed puzzles. Although each game is solvable, Nonograms presents addictive challenge that hooks players from the very start. Sizes of the Nonograms range from a simple 5x5 layout up to the more challenging, 25x25 grid. Each one is timed, so users are able to see how long it takes them to solve a puzzle.
• SellYourMac has released Drunk Sharpie 1.2 for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users. Drunk Sharpie allows users to draw on and add embarrassing icons to pictures of their drunk, passed out friends before sharing the photos with others. There is a satisfying selection of funny icons for users to add to the photo too, such as a plunger, feather duster, blowup doll and other embarrassing props. Everything is included to create the perfect humiliating picture.
• WhisperingWord Ltd has announced the release of a suite of 4 WhisperingWord apps for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users. Two iPhone apps, one in English and one in Spanish, and two iPad apps, also in English and Spanish, give users access to the wisdom and teachings of Victor Robert Farrell, who has been writing and teaching from the Bible for over 30 years. The apps are updated with fresh writings twice daily, and offer users in-app EBook purchases and a chance to engage in live discussions.
• Fraga-Games Ltd. has released Kickin’ Fraga 1.0 for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users. Developed to work universally on all three iDevices, Kickin’ Fraga is the world’s first fully GPS controlled game app. The application’s avatar moves only when the user does, working solely by a change in the user’s physical location within a designated area. That means fun and exercise as a user runs around to play the game and progress the avatar.
• Reallusion Inc. has released 10X Camera Tools Pro for iPhone users. App owners get more than ten critical tools for working with their iPhone camera and managing their photos. 10X Camera Tools Pro allows users to edit and enhance, rapid shoot various sizes of photos, secure photo privacy, tag, organize, share their images and much more. All the features are easy to access and use from the tappable, on-screen display of tools.
• Technical Made Easy has announced Salsa Fresca HD 1.0 for Apple’s new iPad device. Salsa Fresca HD provides detailed recipes with high-resolution images of each type of salsa. It is the perfect companion for salsa lovers everywhere ranging from traditional to exotic flavors. With a fun interface and catchy music you will be heating things up in the kitchen in no time. Fresh red and green salsas, Pico de Gallo and more are right at your fingertips.
• Mobilinga is making its key Trip product range free to US customers. The full feature apps are advertising supported and require users to have an active internet connection. Mobilinga’s mission is to help the world’s iPhone users to each learn a new language. Once online users are able to do all the same things they can with the paid for app. Users who want the app without adverts can still purchase the paid for version.
• Not A Basement Studio has announced Manga Rock MF, the ultimate manga viewer for the iPhone and iPod touch. Manga Rock MF is designed to deliver the best manga reading experience ever. Manga can be found easily with filters by Alphabets, Ranks, or Categories. Chapters are beautifully arranged and displayed. Manga Rock MF’s manga source comes from MangaFox. With over 6000 titles to choose from, there are guaranteed more than enough manga for everyone.
• Punflay has announced that Bounce-It is going Free for the weekend, Sept 18, thru Sept 20. Help Bouncer navigate his way back to the peaceful locales of moon. Skillfully maneuver Bouncer to avoid colliding with obstacles and land on the strings to rise with every leap. Easy enough to be played by all ages, the interface and the thought behind the game are very children centric.
• NextGamez has announced Squirrel Goes Nuts 1.1 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices. You are a Squirrel with a mission: to collect as many nuts as possible and grab the key nut. The more nuts you get in one jump, the higher your score will be. So lets go Nuts! The game features simple game mode of operation, with fun items to the game, as well as OpenFeint features that make your scores and achievements one to compete with global players.
• The Runware Company has announced GooTasks 3.0 for iOS. GooTasks is a free app that offers a fast and efficient way for managing task lists that can sync with multiple Google accounts and your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. It can also be used without any Internet connection. Changes will be saved and sent to Google the next time you will be connected. GooTasks has a native support for multiple accounts for sharing tasks with family or co-workers by using the same Google Account.
• SenSeb Productions Ltd. has announced a new PocketMe competition. You could win a iTunes Voucher just by making a video or image, thanks to the iPhone Soundboard Creator App PocketMe. With unlimited uses, PocketMe allows users to record nine of their favourite sounds, ready to be played back at the tap of a button. Soundboards can then be shared with friends just by bumping two iPhones together. The competition is open to all to win a fantastic prize.
• Avatron’s Air Display app turns any iPad into an extra monitor for netbook, laptop or desktop computers, adding up to 70 percent more usable screen space. The lightweight app improves productivity by allowing users to reposition windows or workflow elements onto the separate screen to free up more workspace. It is ideal for pairing with small laptops, such as the MacBook Air.
• I-play has announced that the MotoGP 2010 game has launched for the iPhone and iPod touch. Based on the world’s premier motorcycling championship series, the 3D racing game delivers the excitement, speed and realism of the 2010 season complete with all the riders, tracks and enhancements that make MotoGP the ultimate in two-wheel racing.
• Redbot Software Inc, has announced Time Lapse Photo Journal 1.0 for iPhone and iPod touch. Time Lapse Photo Journal allows users to create Photo Journals of their lives, and then play back the photos they take over the weeks, months or years, as Time Lapse video slideshows. Videos can be uploaded to share on Facebook and YouTube. The app includes advanced iOS 4.0 features, such as auto-save and restore, as well as local Push Notification reminders.
• Eyedip has announced a Pocket Devil and Pocket Devil HD “Back to School” update with all new content! Summer is coming to an end, but the Underworld and the Mugat2 are inviting users to the schoolyard to come and play… with their eternal souls. In conjunction with this announcement, Eyedip is also pleased to announce that their other title, Flight Doodle, is currently Free in the App Store.

Accessories

• Griffin Technology, Inc., has announced a partnership with Prophetik, a sustainable fashion design house founded by Tennessee-bred designer Jeff Garner. The Griffin + Prophetik Co-Op Initiative features hand-made accessories for iPhone that focus on quality, sustainability, and timeless style. Garner’s work, which has been recognized internationally for incorporating environmental sustainability into its designs, was featured today at Prophetik’s London Fashion Week catwalk show, along with the first Griffin + Prophetik piece: Folio for iPhone.

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Section: iPhone / iPod touch / iPad, iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, iDevice Apps, Originals

Games, games, cooking, and more games. Seriously, this week was full of great, free games. Pocket Frogs is said to be one of the more addictive games in recent history. So, if you don’t want to lose your weekend to it, steer clear. Then again, it’s really hard to say no to a free game, am I right? Plus, I found a handful of other great stuff, including…

• Cook’s Illustrated - 50 of the best recipes developed in America’s Test Kitchen.  Plus, it has tons of media to help you be a better cook.  It also gives you multiple cooking timers, a shopping list, and I’m sure tons more.  If you’re a foodie, you’ll want to download this app for sure.
• Pocket Frogs - This game has over 10,000 unique frogs for you to collect, trade and breed.  Nearly everyone who has played it can’t stop.  It’s universal, so if you’re looking to kill some time over the weekend, this is likely you’re best bet on any iOS device.
• FlickrStackr Explore - Just can’t get enough Flickr?  That’s just fine, and this app will help feed the addiction.  This version is limited to letting you browse their daily pick of 500 photos and the first 50 in your search per day.  If that’s not enough and you like the app, you can buy your way to freedom.
• GT Racing: Motor Academy HD Free - Try your hand at racing on an iPad with GT Racing.  I won’t say it looks nicer than Real Racing HD, but it looks like another fun racing game for sure.
• VirtualGuitar - A programmable electronic guitar.  Instead of playing individual notes, this app allows you to play full chords at each fret and arrange them in order so the app will play them every time you shake it.  Could be fun.
• Battle Bears -1 Free - The original Battle Bears has to be one of the most ridiculous shoooters available on the App Store.  You, a bear, are tasked with killing hundreds, if not thousands, of deranged and colorful bears that just want to hug you to death.  This free game puts you in a room full of them and lets you take them out before they get you.  Have fun!
• Coin Push Frenzy - In an arcade, this type of game can be infuriating. On an iDevice, probably less so.  The idea is that you drop coins to push other coins on which sit prizes.  Drop enough coins in the right place and you’ll get the prize to drop.  I imagine this type of game will be much more fun when you don’t have to keep putting real money in…though, through in app purchases, you still can.
• Znip Ball Lite - Similar to air hockey, this game makes great use of multitouch on your iPad.  Two of your fingers control two pieces that have a band between them.  It’s with this band that you block and reflect the ball on a table very much like air hockey.  It’s the controls that make it different really.  This version is single player only, but that’s probably not a problem.
• PogoPlugHD - If you have a PogoPlug, then you should probably download this app.  It gives you access to your files being shared from your PogoPlug on your iPad.  That is all.
• Battle Bears: Zombies! - While you’re at it with the Battle Bears -1, you might as well grab this one, too.  It’s free for today only.  If you like shooter games, you’ll enjoy this.

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Section: iPhone / iPod touch / iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, iDevice Apps, Features, Appidemic

I enjoy the fantasy football. I mean, not as much as some; I have a friend who feeds me all my tips and roster suggestions, and I sort of just glide along (I’m the kind of guy who’d rather lose than draft a Cowboy). Trouble is, I sometimes get his tips late on game day morning when I won’t be back at a computer before kickoff. The iPhone is good for web browsing, but the ESPN and Yahoo! fantasy football sites where I have teams aren’t conducive to making roster changes. Is the free HuddleHub Fantasy Football 2010 a better option?

What is it?

HuddleHub Fantasy Football 2010 allows you to manage multiple teams in the ESPN and Yahoo! leagues…no CBS Sports or NFL.com, and such. Through one attractive (but unintuitive) interface, you can add/drop players and get live scoring for your gameday matchups.

How does it work?

Sign in with your ESPN and/or Yahoo! league user name and password, and HuddleHub automatically grabs your team info. It’s quite simple, but slow, and the lack of any feedback may lead you to believe the app’s not working. In fact, the UI is a problem throughout the first time you use it, as it’s not always clear what you’re supposed to tap in order to get the info you want.

Once your teams are imported, you can see some basic stats and match-up info…sometimes. I often get a lot of N/As for my player info, but quitting and restarting the app would usually fix that. I also find it strange that you can add/drop players, but you can’t bench/start your current players. Whether this is a design or development issue, I can’t say, as I quit trying to figure out how to bench a player for fear I’d accidentally drop him. The HuddleHub website says you can manage your team. Reader comments in iTunes say you cannot. Perhaps HuddleHub just has a different definition of “manage.”

During the games, you can get live scoring updates. I found this to be sketchy in week one. Scores were slow to update or just wouldn’t appear during the early games, but the feature worked a bit better during the late games when I’m guessing that fewer people were accessing the server.

Is it contagious?

Not really. If you’re so deeply invested in fantasy football that you need to manage your team and track scores when away from your computer, I recommend you go ahead and pay for a better app. HuddleHub Fantasy Football 2010 would be fine as a free option for the occasional roster adjustment if you actually could make roster adjustments. The functionality here is just too limited, and the features it does include just often don’t work.

The ads work just fine, though. Imagine that.

Category: Sports
Developer: HuddleHub
Cost: Free
Download: HuddleHub Fantasy Football 2010

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Section: iPhone / iPod touch / iPad, iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, iDevice Apps, iDevice Accessories

iPhone, iPod and iPad product updates and announcements for September 16, 2010:

• Apps
• Accessories

Apps

• Chillingo’s much anticipated sequel, Seed 2: Vortex of War debuts today on the App Store and invites players into the world of Litta and his companion, Gina. Five years have passed since Litta’s last adventure, and he is now a teacher. However, one night he experiences a powerful dream that encourages Litta to undertake a new epic quest. They now travel to the once bright and bustling city of Moizer, only to discover it almost completely destroyed through war and they see another looming crisis approaching in distant lands on the continent of Kalikuf.
• MosaLingua has announced MosaLingua Learn Spanish and French for English-speaking learners. Using MosaLingua is like having your own portable teacher who adapts to suit you. MosaLingua uses a very effective and addictive teaching method called the Spaced Repetition System, the latest technology used to facilitate the memorization process. Mosa knows your difficulties and accommodates your schedule, giving you guidance and rewards your achievements throughout the learning process.
• Emantras, Inc. has teamed up with SlapApp to run a promo code giveaway and contest for Rafter HD, their exciting iPad game app. Starting September 16th, SlapApp will give away daily promo codes for Rafter HD. Those who promote the contest on Twitter are automatically entered to win a iTunes gift card. To be entered to win a free promo code, readers need to post the correct answer into the form on the contest page.
• Gyro Air Drums 1.1, a gyroscope controlled virtual drum set app, now includes a full touch drum set that works on any iOS 4 device. The touch drum set is the most fluid available on the app store. Users can slide to play or tap to play the new animated drum set. If a user upgrades their device to the new iPod touch or to an iPhone 4, the app automatically upgrades and includes the gyroscope controlled air drums.
• iBall Challenge—an iPhone, no-stopping battle with your facebook friends and the world—has been updated to version 1.2. The new version supports app switching.
• The Sound Boards for Handball and Soccer for the iPhone are now new on the App Store. The Apps include athmo music and sounds which are widely used for these sports. For only EUR 0.79 you can choose between twelve sounds. A free lite of each version includes three of the twelve available sounds.
• The wait is over for iPad owners longing to scratch their match-three itch: Alawar Entertainment has released The Treasures of Montezuma, a port of the popular PC release, for Apple’s portable device. For $6.99, players can enjoy over 40 levels of spectacular visuals and additive match-three action. The Treasures of Montezuma features innovative gameplay in which the player must make consecutive matches of the same artifacts to trigger Power Totems. Doing so unleashes awesome chain reactions that allow the player to collect the gems he or she needs before time runs out. While beating level after level, the player also follows the beautiful and clever archeologist Dr. Emily Jones as she solves an ancient mystery that can transform the world.
• In Demolition Master 2.0, you will be set out on a search of legendary and mysterious Atlantis, and to make your trip around the world quicker and more exciting, the game developers came up with this explosive pastime. You need to plant dynamite somewhere on the structures and ... Bang! Make just one tap and watch a real explosion under your finger capable of destroying different complicated structures.
• Nat Geo Games: Kingdom of the Blue Whale iPad HD is now available in the App Store. More than 50 detailed underwater images combine with the sounds of the sea to immerse you in a world full of unique species of sea life. You can play with the included HD photo gallery from National Geographic’s archives, or use your own photos! Puzzles can be cut into 6, 20, 30 or 42 pieces. Each photo has a detailed description so that players can learn about the image and play at the same time. Pieces can be cut in 2 different styles: classic jigsaw puzzle pieces and an ‘Elegant Style’ featuring smoother, rounded pieces. 

• Ilium Software has announced ListPro 5.1, their award-winning list-making software for iPhone and iPod touch devices. ListPro is a robust list-making tool kit, offering all the power and flexibility that made ListPro a favorite among list-making enthusiasts on Windows. It also includes features like List Portals that make ListPro great for the casual list maker. ListPro also provides the option to synchronize lists with a desktop computer.
• Softmines has announced Bloody Hell 1.1, an update to their popular action game for iPhone and iPod touch. Bloody Hell puts the player into the shoes of a man hell bent on taking the ultimate retribution from his adversaries - their deaths. Using a wide variety of weaponry including guns, bombs and nuclear explosions, players can wreak destruction on any and all figures that dare to cross their path. Version 1.1 brings a complete overhaul of the whole UI, adding boss battles and much more.
• Apalon has announced I Fixed It! 1.0, their new gallery app for iPhone and iPod touch. Featuring a funny collection of homemade repairs, I Fixed It! was created to become the ultimate source of funny and usually awkwardly looking fixes made with some weird stuff at hand. In addition to seamless viewing experience, I Fixed It! offers its users the ability to rate the dummy fixes they enjoy most, share the photos with their friends and upload their own repairs.
• Are you ready to hit the jackpot? I-play and Endemol USA have announced that Deal or No Deal: Vegas Gold has launched for the iPhone and iPod touch. The newest iteration in the successful Deal or No Deal franchise that has generated nearly 4 million downloads on the App Store to date, Deal or No Deal: Vegas Gold provides an all-new twist on the hit TV game show, testing the contestant’s luck in the casino.
• The Pragmatic Studio is offering their popular iPhone/iPad Programming course in Denver, CO on December 7-10, 2010. In this 4-day, hands-on training course you’ll learn how to create iOS apps like the pros with guided instruction from two renowned developers and authors. Get hands-on coding experience and answers to your questions so you can start creating your own iPhone and iPad apps with confidence.
• Turner Broadcasting has teamed up with development studio ustwo, to launch MeatStroke, an iPhone app for its cutting-edge comedy brand Adult Swim. Based on the animation hit Aqua Teen Hunger Force, MeatStroke, is a tasty new arcade game which features Meatwad from the series. Set for an EMEA-wide roll out, the game launches in UK only on 16th September. The premise of the game is simple—to protect your meat from the heat. Everybody loves the sunshine, but land on the sun and your roast is toast. What every piece of meat needs is a cool refreshing shower or a cuddle from a cloud.
• Milo Creative has announced Tiny Ocean 1.0 for iPhone and iPod touch, an educational game that keeps children entertained and engaged whilst they learn new words. Children explore a tropical island and musical underwater world by simply tapping illustrated pictures to play animations and sounds. Parents and children can record their own voices to help pronunciation and speaking skills. Tiny Ocean features interactive Flash Cards in multiple languages.
• Flaunt your green thumb and garden up a storm with Fiona’s Flowers, a new simulation game exclusively available for iPad. Plant and nurture several different gardens simultaneously and build up your skills to compete in the Annual Flower Contest. Crossbreed new flowers to create exotic hybrids, harvest delectable fruit and create the tastiest jams and aromatic fragrances from the beauties of your garden. Players can also choose to relax with the game’s ‘Free Gardening’ mode and leisurely discover new breeds.
• MEDL Mobile, Inc., the company that turns great ideas into great mobile apps and the creator of TreeID, Dr. Jason Siniscalchi are at it again—with an iPhone app that allows you to spot every fish and fish every spot to find the best catch. Fishing will always be a fine sport of patience, but now you can improve your mastery tenfold with FishID. This versatile toolkit allows you to identify any fish on a wide range of criteria, locate virtually any fishing spot, add spots of your own and read all the local regulations in seconds.
• Viaden Mobile has announced Fitness HD for iPad 1.0, the app that takes full advantage of what this device has to offer in terms of screen format and picture quality, and cleverly uses its advantages to open up a whole new view of a fitness application.
• Digital Reality has announced the release of Ubrain, a unique suite of digital tonics for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, PC, Android and Samsung Bada. Coming soon to Mac and PSP as well, these tonics function as an audio mood mixer, combining the listener’s own music with binuarual beat technology that helps boost energy, enhance focus, or simply change moods. Priced at $4.99 and now available in the App Store, Ubrain includes 32 different “tonics” that interact with any music to achieve a desired state of mind.
• Tales2Go LLC has released Tales2Go v2.0, an update to its Parents’ Choice Award-winning kids’ audio story subscription service for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users. Tales2Go gives parents and caregivers instant, on-demand and unlimited access to over 1,200 stories from leading audio publishers and award-winning storytellers. Version 2.0 offers caching, sharing and multitasking; popular audio story iPhone app introduces flexible pricing plans and multiple devices per account.
• Eyedip has announced a new “All Out” mini-game, 2nd gen device support, and more in a new update for Flight Doodle and Flight Doodle HD in the App Store. This high-flying hot-air balloon game is an action-packed thrill ride where players gather tools and power-ups that help them soar skyward while avoiding varied enemies and obstacles. To celebrate, Flight Doodle will be featured as the FreeAppADay Gold App on September 17th.
• Stigmergy Games has announced Virion SD Lite 1.0, a free lite version of its first title for iPhone and iPod touch. Virion SD Lite is a unique puzzle game loosely based upon real biological processes. Original features include a synced soundtrack to gameplay to enhance emotion and pace, introduction of player portrait profiles for multiple users on a single device and language free via use of image based instructions for gameplay.
• Halfbrick has launched version 1.4 of its hugely successful iPhone game Fruit Ninja, featuring none other than a new multiplayer mode via the amazing Game Center system from Apple. Fruit Ninja is one of the first games ever to utilize Game Center for network multiplayer. The new multiplayer requires iOS 4.1 with Game Center, and the devices compatible are iPhone 3GS and above, and iPod Touch 2G and above. These are technical requirements from Apple and Game Center required to run the new multiplayer mode.

Accessories

• IvySkin USA is now shipping the Quattro T5 cases for iPad. Quattro T5 features our Patented Xylo Glass technology for the ultimate in Touch-Thru design. Authentic multi-touch glass ensures that you will not lose any sensitivity while using this case, guaranteed. Protected by a one-year IvySkin warranty, vertical grips on the T5 makes holding the iPad in a vertical position with one hand just as comfortable as holding it horizontally.
• Savant Systems LLC, having delivered the first Apple-based home automation and control system, has announced the introduction of two docking solutions—one wired and one wireless—for the Apple iPod touch, transforming the popular device into a versatile and cost-effective in-wall touch panel. The new docks are a compliment to the Media Docks already a part of Savant’s product lineup.
• Scosche Industries has announced the foldIO. This folio style iPad case not only protects the iPad from scratches and scuffs, but it also enables the device to be positioned in multiple viewing angles. Users can watch movies, browse the web and will also find typing on the iPad much more comfortable and ergonomic.

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