Archive for October, 2009

David Guetta, the hit-making DJ and music producer, today announced the US launch of his first interactive album app on the iPhone. Created with MXP4 and Redshift, the app marks the first time music fans will be able to interact closely with a major artist on iPhones and iPods by sharing remixed music and connecting with Guetta and other fans in real-time.

Brining location-aware technology, Twitter feeds, MXP4-powered remixable music and more to mobile music, the David Guetta iPhone app features include:

  • MXP4 MIX IT and REMIX IT solutions: Transforms the mobile device into a mini-mixing desk, allowing fans to remix and play with the smash hit ‘Sexy Chick.’
  • TOUR TRACKER: An interactive world map that shows, in real-time, where David is mixing and DJing while allow fans to connect and share location, pictures and comments.
  • REAL TIME UPDATES: Live feed of updates, photos, videos and tweets directly from David Guetta.

The launch marks the first product from MXP4’s partnership with Redshift. The partnership puts MXP4’s interactive music solution on the mobile platform. In addition to the iPhone, the app will soon also be available for Google Android, Symbian and Windows phones.

“Together we have developed a clear interactive mobile music roadmap. The strategic fit and blend of expertise between MXP4 and Redshift were vital in delivering the first interactive, dynamic mobile music solution,” said Albin Serviant, CEO of MXP4.

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priceline Hotel Negotiator App

Priceline.com  today announced the availability of the Hotel Negotiator App on the App Store. The app, which features The Priceline Negotiator (William Shatner), lets travelers use iPhone or iPod touch to quickly find and book last-minute hotel rooms using priceline.com’s Name Your Own Price® hotel service and save up to 50% over published hotel rates.

Priceline.com’s Hotel Negotiator App includes the following unique features:

  • The Priceline Negotiator. Activate the Hotel Negotiator App and The Priceline Negotiator (William Shatner) gets the whole phone vibrating as he punches his way through the screen.
  • Winning Bids recommendations. Choose a city and the Hotel Negotiator App displays multiple recent winning bids made by other priceline.com customers for hotels in different parts of the city at different star levels.
  • Shake-Down geo-locator-triggered hotel search. Shaking the device establishes the traveler’s location using location-based features and then performs a Winning Bids search for hotels in the surrounding areas.
  • One-Page checkout. A specially designed one-page checkout screen speeds users through the bidding process.
  • Instant Bid Results. Users will know instantly whether their bid is accepted. If it is, they’ll receive all the details on their hotel and its location.
  • Native iPhone navigation. Users will instantly recognize the slides and wheels that help them navigate through the Hotel Negotiator shopping and booking experience.
  • Not in the mood to negotiate? The Hotel Negotiator App also contains an option for browsing priceline.com’s broad assortment of published-price hotels for a particular city or town. Browsing can be initiated by choosing a city or by shaking the device which will bring up a selection of hotels within that specific area.

Hotel listings can be sorted by star level, price, proximity and popularity. Hotel listings include address, star level, customer reviews and satisfaction scores, zoomable maps, pictures and descriptions. All of the hotels on the list can be booked either online or by automatically calling priceline.com’s hotel booking specialists.

Travelers who need help with other trip arrangements can select another option on the Hotel Negotiator app that takes them to a priceline.com website configured for iPhone and iPod touch. There, they can check flight status and browse and book airline tickets and rental cars on a published-price or Name Your Own Price® basis.

http://www.priceline.com/iphone

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28 Oct 2009

Priceline.com Launches iPhone And iPod touch App

Author: editor | Filed under: applications

Real Deer Hunting Game for iPhone and iPod Touch

Sunstorm Interactive Inc. the founder of the hunting game genre and the developer of the hit game Deer Hunter proudly announces the release of their first hunting game for the iPhone platform. Building on the style and knowledge of over 50 value games and hunting simulations, Real Deer Hunting provides the most realistic hunting experience available on the App Store for less than $1.00!

Real Deer Hunting tests players’ skill, patience, and persistence as they find themselves in realistic locations, using all the tools of the trade to bring in and bag that elusive monster buck. Playing the game is an incredible experience that closely simulates real-life hunting where you’ll need the same techniques and feel the same thrills as on opening day of deer season! Unmatched graphics and sounds, realistic deer behavior, rain and snow effects, use of rattling antlers or a buck grunt call will satisfy even the most diehard hunter.

The game also features:
* Selection of weapons: a shotgun, rifle with scope, and compound bow
* Choose from 16 different hunt stands in Texas or Indiana
* Binoculars with variable zoom and range finder to spot deer in the distance
* Camera to document every trip and share those photos with friends over email
* Hunting statistics to track progress and establish bragging rights
* Trophy room where you can view10 different deer trophies in stunning detail
* Brag about your trophies – Send the trophies to your friends over email – proof you are a skilled hunter

“As the developers of the original Deer Hunter, we’re excited to bring a realistic simulation of deer hunting to the iPhone and iPod audience. From casual gamers to hardcore hunters, Real Deer Hunting provides an amazing and immersive gameplay experience. This is just the first in a series of hunting games and a small part of our catalog of up and coming iPhone games.” – said Anthony Campiti, president and founder of Sunstorm Interactive Inc.

Rowmote Pro iPhone iPod Touch Remote Control

Regular Rate and Rhythm Software today announced Rowmote Pro 2.2 for iPhone and iPod Touch, a major update to their complete remote control solution for Mac OS X and Apple TV. Rowmote Pro emulates the Apple hardware remote control, providing application-specific controls through a consistent interface, while featuring a multitouch trackpad and keyboard.

Rowmote Pro controls and switches between over twenty popular applications, from music applications like iTunes and PandoraBoy to video players such as DVD Player, Hulu Desktop, Plex, and Front Row, to presentation tools such as Microsoft Powerpoint and Apple Keynote, precisely as the Apple hardware remote would. The version 2.2 release adds Movst, OpenOffice Impress, and PandoraBoy to its repertoire.

Unlike other iPhone and iPod Touch remote control apps, Rowmote Pro emulates Apple’s hardware remote control so holding down buttons on the remote perform the correct, application-specific function. This is especially vital in the popular multimedia management application Plex, in which Rowmote can access needed contextual menus other apps can’t.

In addition, Rowmote Pro allows complete control over the Mac with its trackpad and optional keyboard. It supports landscape full-screen mode, two finger scrolling and right clicking, dragging, and accented and international characters, over any number of connected screens and TVs. These remote control facilities have been enhanced with the 2.2 release to feature all Mac function keys and arrow keys for complete keyboard support.

Rowmote Pro evolved from Rowmote for iPhone and iPod Touch, which offers the same features except without keyboard and mouse support. New features are added regularly to Rowmote Pro based on both the developer’s roadmap and popular requests.

rowmote.com/Rowmote/Rowmote.html

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SculptMaster 3D iphone app

Volutopia today launched SculptMaster 3D 1.1.0, a major update to world’s first digital sculpting and painting application for iPhone and iPod touch. Previously only seen on high-end PCs, SculptMaster 3D brings full volumetric sculpting capabilities to mobile devices, allowing artists to experiment and sketch on the go. Using the export features, work can be easily continued later on a computer, enabling a whole new level of productivity.

SculptMaster 3D operates like other familiar doodling applications, with the exception that there is now three dimensions. This allows easy and intuitive modeling with no learning curve, which is analogous to manipulating virtual clay.

Feature Highlights:
* Easy-to-use, yet powerful interface
* True 3D technology enabling stunning experience
* Multitouch gestures for zoom/pan/rotate
* Tools for adding/carving, smoothing and painting
* Choosing colors and brush size
* Adjustable drawing plane
* Mirror symmetry
* Undo with generous levels
* Exporting mesh as .obj via email
* Exporting image to photos
* Gallery for browsing your sculptures

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iPhone application Mathemagics

Blue Lightning Labs today announced a sale on their popular iPhone application Mathemagics, an application for learning to mentally calculate math problems at phenomenal speeds. For a limited time Mathemagics is on sale at more than 60% off.

Mathemagics 1.1 contains 20 different math tricks for multiplying, dividing and squaring numbers faster than many people can use a calculator. Aspiring Mathemagicians learn and then practice any of the 20 math tricks while progressively moving to higher levels of proficiency.

Mathemagics 1.1 challenges users to master 20 math tricks:
* Multiply as high as 20 x 20
* Square numbers ending in 5
* Square any two digit number
* Square numbers from 41 to 59
* Square numbers in the 50′s
* Doubling and Halving
* Quickly multiply by 4
* Quickly multiply by 5
* Quickly multiply by 9
* Quickly multiply by 11
* Quickly multiply by 25
* Quickly multiply by 99
* Multiply numbers in the 90′s
* Round number multiplication
* Quickly divide by 5
* Quickly  multiply numbers differing by 2, 4 or 6
* Quickly  multiply numbers whose one’s place adds to 10
* Quickly  multiply two close numbers
* Sum the first n even numbers
* Sum the first n odd numbers

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Distant Suns iphone app

Unleash your inner astronaut — with your iPhone and the stargazing app Distant Suns!

On October 23rd through 25th, amateur astronomers worldwide will bring their telescopes to public parks and sidewalks to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s telescope and his celestial discoveries.

Now you can use your iPhone to gaze skyward and identify the stars and planets in the nighttime sky.

The iPhone app Distant Suns uses the compass on the new iPhone 3GS to identify the planets, constellations, over a hundred galaxies and star clusters, and thousands of stars.

“Distant Suns gives users a faithful reproduction of the sky now or in the future or even back in Galileo’s time,” explains Distant Suns inventor Mike Smithwick. “On Galilean Nights you’ll see just how far we’ve come since Galileo first aimed his handmade telescope toward the heavens 400 years ago. An event which quite literally changed the world.”

Distant Suns can be purchased at the Apple AppStore

http://www.DistantSuns.com

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It’s a Post Office on your phone. Customer convenience and product access are the focus of expanding the most popular online services onto web-enabled mobile devices.

Some of the most popular functions currently available on usps.com are now available on cell phones and other mobile devices. The new features include Track & Confirm, Post Office locator, and the most popular application, ZIP Code lookup.

With more than 232 million mobile communications devices in the United States — a growing number of which can access the web — the promise of internet access from virtually anywhere in the country is fast becoming a reality.

“Our new mobile capability makes USPS services even more convenient for our customers,” said Robert Bernstock, president, Mailing and Shipping Services.

Any mobile user with web access will be able to log on to the Postal Service mobile site no matter where they are, without having to use a personal computer, Bernstock said.

“If they’re on the road, they’ll be able to use the Post Office locator function to find a Post Office that’s close to them. And they’ll also be able to track and confirm delivery of their mail or packages using their mobile phone,” he said.

The Postal Service is also designing applications for “smartphones” and other mobile devices like the Apple iPhone, BlackBerry and iPod Touch which take advantage of additional capabilities, such as GPS.

Mobile applications make it easier for customers to interact and transact business with the Postal Service. These applications are the latest in a series of enhancements, upgrades and solutions designed for Postal Service customers.

23 Oct 2009

Postal Service Goes Mobile

Author: editor | Filed under: applications

What to Expect Pregnancy Tracker mobile app for the iPhone

WhatToExpect.com, the exclusive home of Heidi Murkoff’s What To Expect When You’re Expecting, today announced the official launch of the What to Expect Pregnancy Tracker mobile app for the iPhone. The free app gives expectant moms (and dads) round-the-clock, at-their-fingertips access to America’s best-loved and bestselling pregnancy brand, What to Expect, so that they can track their baby’s amazing development – and their own fast changing and growing bodies – every day, no matter where they are.

In its beta release, the Pregnancy Tracker became an instant hit and is already the most popular pregnancy app available for the iPhone. The app has also become an attractive new marketing channel to reach prospective new parents.

What to Expect’s Pregnancy Tracker iPhone app is loaded with invaluable (and fun) interactive features that let parents-to-be follow their pregnancies week by incredible week. Moms (and dads) can calculate and count down to that momentous due date, and keep up with their baby’s astonishing rate of growth (as it works its way through the produce aisle — from raspberry-size at week eight, to plum-size at week 12, to watermelon at term). They also get Heidi’s weekly updates on what baby’s up to development wise (week 18, twisting and rolling, week 26, opening his eyes), weekly illustrations of their growing fetus, and the opportunity to upload photos of their burgeoning bellies and turn the photos into slide shows to share with their families and friends. For additional information visit www.whattoexpect.com/iphone.

“If you’re expecting these days, you’re probably busier than ever – between work, those doctor’s appointments, that layette shopping, and more. Yet you still want to keep every possible pregnancy resource at your fingertips – and keep track of and share every moment of life’s most incredible experience. Now you can!” explains Heidi Murkoff.

“Heidi’s What to Expect brand, which includes the bestselling series of pregnancy and parenting books and a phenomenally successful Web site, is the best-loved and most trusted resource for parents-to-be worldwide – providing the reassuring, empathetic, and accurate information that they crave,” says Ben Wolin, CEO, co-founder of Waterfront Media, and new dad. “The What to Expect Pregnancy Tracker iPhone app gives expecting moms and dads the ability to access that invaluable information – along with a variety of innovative, interactive, and personalized tools – wherever they are.

WhatToExpect.com has also launched the Baby Name Finder app for the iPhone. The application includes over 15,000 baby names which can be searched by gender, alphabetically and by origin. It also contains the top baby names for each year from 1950 – 2008 and the origin and meaning of the names included. What to Expect’s Baby Name Finder application can be found along with the Pregnancy Tracker application at www.whattoexpect.com/iphone.

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ZAGAT TO GO 09 iPhone app

Zagat Survey and Handmark, a world-leading creator and distributor of mobile applications and services, today announced that Zagat to Go ’09 is ranked the #1 grossing travel application in the Apple App Store. Zagat to Go ’09 ($9.99) is also among the top 50 highest grossing apps overall (out of more than 69,000 paid applications).

Recently, Zagat to Go ’09 was also named a Top 10 Mobile Application of 2009 by FierceMobileContent. The fourth annual “Top Mobile Application Awards” honored apps “designed for the long haul – apps that simplify your life, not only once but on a recurring basis.”

FierceMobileContent, the online mobile content and mobile marketing publication, lauded the Zagat to Go application for its trusted ratings and reviews, intuitive search, top lists and ability to sort Zagat’s trusted ratings and reviews for over 40,000 restaurants, hotels, nightspots and shops in over 100 countries by locale, by food, décor, service scores and by meal cost, and for its one-click reservation assistance.

Zagat to Go now features “Zagat Recommends,” a new beta recommendation engine, allowing users to automatically generate lists of restaurants based on who they are with, where they are going and the occasion.

For more information or to download the application visit the Handmark website or http://www.zagat.com/iphone.