Vancouver, Canada – ComboApp, a leading provider of Marketing and PR services for the Mobile market, has announced a sale of their 3D Coloring Book for Kids digital art utility, offering the app for at a generous 3 discount. This engaging paint-inspired digital canvas is optimized for use on the iPad and developed specifically for children’s use.

True to its namesake, 3D Coloring Book for Kids offers users the ability to draw in three dimensions rather than two, allowing them to rotate and move original content around within the app. This adds a creative facet that allows for much greater freedom to explore art and personal expression than the typical drawing apps currently available on the market. A perfect catalyst for children to nurture their artistic abilities 3D Coloring Book for Kids is now available at the sale price of $1.99 on the Apple App Store.

ComboApp’s 3D Coloring Book app has long since become very popular among iPad owners, having spent a considerable amount of time as one of the top 50 downloaded apps in the Apple App Store in both the Top Grossing Apps as well as Paid Apps categories. This sustained level of success is not the norm for mobile applications and is a testament to the usability, depth, and general appeal of this app.

With a remarkably diverse and useful set of features ComboApp’s 3D Coloring Book for Kids places the bare minimum restrictions on the freedom with which children can go about creating virtual artwork. The app has the ability add clip art into any virtual illustration within the app, as well as the ability t0 use pre-designed graphics a save artwork directly within the application itself.

Tools which enable the user to rotate 3D elements and create 3D shading for objects serve to differentiate the app from the countless other drawing apps in the marketplace as 3D Coloring Book for Kids lets the user transcend simple a simple drawing experience and allows them to gain full creative control over a three dimensional space. Addicting to play with and beneficial to the artistic development of children 3D Coloring Book for Kids continues to prove its viability, keeping children occupied in a positive and boundlessly creative way and parents happy.

Device Requirements:
* Compatible with iPad
* Requires iPhone OS 3.2 or later
* 30.4 MB

Pricing and Availability:
3D Coloring Book for Kids 1.0 is $1.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games category.

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Located in Vancouver, Canada, ComboApp Marketing and PR Agency is a first-of-its-kind service to provide strategic, customized mobile app marketing plans designed specifically for mobile app developers. ComboApp offers unparalleled experience bringing over 100 mobile apps to market for every major smartphone platform – iPhone, iPad, Android, BlackBerry, and Windows Mobile. Our in-house team of writers, mobile marketing and SEO specialists and PR professionals leverage this experience to create targeted marketing communications, App Store SEO, Social Media marketing and generate mass media placements. Copyright (C) 2010 ComboApp. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Sophia Antipolis, France – L’Escapadou is pleased to announce that Montessori Crosswords will be free on September 3rd, as part of Moms with Apps’ AppFriday. Based on the proven Montessori learning method, the app helps kids develop their writing/reading skills by building words from a set of pictures shown. The app provides 282 words and associated pictures sorted by their phonetic complexity. At the time of writing, Montessori Crosswords is ranked #22 in USA top paid iPad education App and its average rating is 4 stars.

Montessori Crosswords provides an amusing way to learn letters for children as young as 3, and can be used by children up to 10 or more to improve and reinforce their word-spelling and literacy skills. The game offers a complete movable alphabet, is auto-corrective, and the 3 increasingly difficult levels are based on the word series defined in the Montessori teaching according to the phonetic difficulty of each word.

The app has also been designed to have fun with the iPad, and one of the 21 colorful visual effects – based on a particle system – is displayed every time a crossword is completed. Other animations and sounds effects are also included to create a great and fun user experience.

Next update will support iPhone (high resolution on iPhone4) and add the possibility to interact with the visual effects displayed every time a crossword is completed for even greater fun. This update has already been submitted to Apple and should be available next week. We will also add word pronunciation in an update due end of September.

Montessori Crosswords also features a standalone movable alphabet providing open-ended activities with letters for young children who don’t know letters and their phonetic sounds yet. An article including a quick introduction to the Montessori approach to reading and writing, and how to use the game as an educational tool, is also provided.

Montessori Crosswords was created after we observed our homeschooled daughter having fun with a Montessori picture-spelling activity. We wanted to recreate this experience in a lighweight format, adding all the fun that the iPad/iPhone technology can bring, such as direct interactions, animations and sounds, as well as automatic crosswords construction.

This one-day free download is offered in cooperation with MomsWithApps, of which L’Escapadou is a member. Moms With Apps is a collaborative group of family-friendly developers seeking to promote quality apps for kids and families. App Friday is a weekly feature on a family-friendly developer from Moms With Apps. The goal is to highlight one of the developer’s apps with a review and description, along with a free download or special promotion.

Montessori Crosswords Features:
* 282 different words, and associated pictures
* Three word series of increasing difficulty as defined in the Montessori method according to the phonetic difficulty of each word
* Crosswords are created randomly to offer tens of thousands of different combinations (exactly 93696 for level 3!)
* 21 Fun and colorful visual effects -based on a particle system – displayed every time a crossword is completed !(you will be able to interact with these in the next update)
* Standalone Movable Alphabet to play with letters (and for the fun, letters can be resized and rotated)
* Letter case choice
* Alphabet Layout choice (alphabetically or vowels first and consonant at the end as in Montessori)
* Different colors for vowels and consonants (Montessori standard colors)

Device Requirements:
* Compatible with iPad (next update will support iPhone)
* Requires iPhone OS 3.2 or later
* 9.5 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Montessori Crosswords 1.0 regular price is $4.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies). It is available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Education category. Members of the media please contact Pierre Abel to obtain a promo code for a free copy of Montessori Crosswords.

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L’Escapadou is a family design studio dedicated to creating fun, creative and educational apps for iPad and iPhone. We are a homeschooling family, and watching our children – 4 and 7 years old – learn has always been a great inspiration for the educational tools we make. The studio was created after the launch of the iPad with the belief that the iPad can be a great tool for learning and creativity. “Dad” has developped and designed applications on Apple computers since Apple IIe and holds a PhD in computer Science, and “Mom” is a translator currently busy home-educating her daughters. L’Escapadou has already released “Draw with Stars!”, a toy for iPad and iPhone which was featured by Apple in New and Noteworthy” and “What’s Hot” in iPad/Entertainment category in several countries. Copyright (C) 2010 L’Escapadou. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

San Francisco, California – The Apple iPhone is defined by its user experience. “Sleek”, “Sophisticated” and “Stylish” are only some of the words that come to mind when faced with a shiny new iPhone or iPad. Traditionally, national and global news coverage does not have the same sort of adjectives associated with them. Things like “depressing”, “flat” or “biased” are often found more closely tied to how the public views mass news media. Pulling the two together is Blancspot, a revolutionary new way to experience and interact with the news on the iPhone that combines photojournalists elements and solid news reporting with social media and cause activation tools.

The idea has intrigued Apple, which is now prominently featuring Blancspot in the iTunes App Store for the second week running. “We were thrilled at the response we got to Blancspot from Apple”, said Camille LeBlanc, CEO of Blancspot Media. “The idea of Blancspot fits hand in hand with the ideology of Apple, where not only is function paramount, but the entire experience of the user. Blancspot is not just news you read – its news you experience.”

Being on Apple’s good side has its advantages. In the first 24 hours of its release, Blancspot shot to the top five of the best selling news applications, where it stayed for a week. In that time, its sales also landed it the number three position in the coveted top grossing news apps.

The goal of Blancspot is to give consumers a full 360 view of news, allowing them to form their own judgments and become a part of it, either through discussion or active engagement. To do this, Blancspot provides:

* Stunning images from top photojournalists around the world presented in cinematic sequences set to an ever evolving soundtrack.
* An unbiased summary of complex topics with links to relevant external sources on both sides of an story
* Engagement with up to the minute social conversation through a targeted look into Twitter
* The ability to engage with or create causes related to the news

Blancspot is currently available for the iPhone and iPod touch, and to celebrate its successful launch and featuring by Apple has reduced the price to $1.99 for a limited time . An iPad optimized edition of Blancspot is scheduled for a mid September debut. For up to the second headlines and updates, follow Blancspot Media on Twitter @BlancspotMedia, or on Facebook.

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Blancspot Media LLC, a privately held, privately financed company headquartered in San Francisco, CA, and was founded in 2009 by Camille LeBlanc, co-founder and former CEO of Roubini Global Economics, a leading macroeconomic information service and strategy firm. The Blancspot team is made up of technology and media veterans whose experience comes from companies such as Yahoo!, Dow Jones, MobiTV, Sega, Apple, Nokia, NBC, and more. The company raised an angel round of funding from private investors led by veteran Hollywood film producer Frank Marshall of Kennedy/Marshall Company. Copyright (C) 2010 Blancspot Media LLC. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Plymouth, Michigan – During the past decade, the most important tool has been the Internet, especially email, online search (like Google and Yahoo), and social media, such as Facebook and Twitter. During the past couple of years, it has become very clear that book promoters need to take advantage of the huge popularity of hand-held devices with Internet connectivity…especially smart phones … especially iPhone Apps.

Publicist Scott Lorenz says he’s always on the lookout for new tools and technology to reach consumers and convince them to purchase his client’s books, products or services. “As part of my book marketing strategy, I have made several contacts and established continuing business relationships with iPhone App developers. The experience and knowledge I have gained convinces me that the successful book promoter will tap into any and every iPhone App that’s related in any way to their book.”

One app that’s an excellent case study is the Kids Book App an iPhone App created by 1776 Productions. The app connects book buyers directly with the San Francisco Book Review (SFBR) and Sacramento Book Review (SBR) which produce some 500 new book reviews every month from 40 genres – most of them books for young adults, pre-teens, and children. The Kids Book App not only provides hundreds of book reviews, but also author-related events, such as tour stops and book signings, in addition to author podcast interviews.

1776 Productions was launched in 2008 by Heidi Komlofske and Ross Rojek to help readers find new books and authors and to be a means to support and encourage writers, publishers, and readers. One of the latest ventures of 1776 Productions is the Kids Book Review App, which can be downloaded at the iTunes App Store.

Says Lorenz, “Any author of a book written for children, middle schoolers, teens, or young adults will certainly want to do what it takes to get a review of their book done by SBR or SFBR, which can be accessed anytime, anywhere by book buyers using the Kids Book App to make a purchase decision. In offering your book up for review, remember that SBR/SFBR is only interested in new releases that are within 90 days of their release date.”

“There are a few options for book publicists or authors to submit a book for review with us,” says Ross Rojek. “We have about 150 books a week coming in for review, with about 130 book reviewers. The address for mailing books is: 1215 K Street, 17th Floor, Sacramento, CA 94518.

One author who found this service especially helpful was Karen McFarren, author of “Flaherty’s Crossing”, who comments: “As an author, reviews are incredibly important and a wonderful tool for marketing your book. My experience with Sacramento Book Review/San Francisco Book Review was nothing short of amazing. I received an honest, timely appraisal of my story and would love to have future novels reviewed by this professional group. Their name, alone, adds credibility and should be on the top of any author’s review list!”

Says Lorenz, “If the Kids Book App does not meet your criteria, simply go to the iPhone Store and search the apps on sale there for one that is appropriate and relevant to your book marketing needs. Then go to the developer’s website and learn more about the App and how to get your book listed,”

Lorenz concluded, “Technology opens many new doors for us each month. Let’s be sure we enter every one!”

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Scott Lorenz is President of Westwind Communications, a public relations and marketing firm that has a special knack for working with authors to help them get all the publicity they deserve and more. Lorenz works with bestselling authors and self-published authors promoting all types of books, whether it’s their first book or their 15th book. He’s handled publicity for books by CEOs, CIA Officers, Navy SEALS, Homemakers, Fitness Gurus, Doctors, Lawyers and Adventurers. His clients have been featured by Good Morning America, FOX News, CNN, ABC News, New York Times, Nightline, TIME, PBS, LA Times, USA Today, Washington Post, Woman’s World, & Howard Stern to name a few. Learn more about Westwind Communications’ book marketing approach at their web site. Copyright (C) 2010 Westwind Communications. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Hillsborough, New Jersey – CR Digital Design, Inc. is pleased to announce the launch of AppDictions. AppDictions brings you all the information you need about new and existing applications for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. AppDictions filters through the 350,000+ apps in the App Store to bring you up-to-date on relevant news regarding apps, as well as providing detailed app reviews. The website gives developers the resource to advertise their app, gain useful review information for future updates, see what the public has to say about their app, and the ability to introduce new and existing features to the AppDictions community. AppDictions gives iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch user helpful information about applications to aid in their app purchase.

Developers can choose from two different types of reviews. First a Spotlight Review which includes a full description of their app covering key features and a App review by AppDictions. The review will be added to the Spotlight Section (630 x 230 Graphic) of the AppDictions home page and also on the Spotlight App Page. When a user clicks on the ad they will see a description, features, app related links, and the AppDictions team review. Reviews are based on the functionality, design, and usability of applications which then generates a 5 star rating.

Unlike other review sites, AppDictions leave the same star feedback in iTunes for each application. Apps will show in the 630 x 230 spot for approximately 48 hrs or for the length of time it takes for other developers to submit additional Spotlight ads, but the app remains on the Spotlight Page indefinitely. The second option is a basic Featured Review which includes everything stated in the Spotlight Review except the display of a 630 x 230 ad at the top of the AppDictions website. Featured apps will display on the Featured Page indefinitely.

So whether you are a developer or AppDicted, AppDictions provides all information you need about iPhone, iPad and iPod applications.

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AppDictions brings you all the information you need about new and existing applications for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Copyright (C) 2010 AppDictions. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

London, United Kingdom – Frimby Limited today announced the release of SongStumblr v2.0, an update bringing a new form of musical interaction to the App Store, allowing users to share and discover music from people across the globe. Users can listen to discovered songs for free, purchase songs, or find information about songs from online databases. SongStumblr’s new servers bring the world’s music to your device, allowing you to discover music from people across the globe.

Building on the previous geosocial element, users now have the ability to enter ‘global mode’ which we believe will change the way music is shared and discovered on the iOS platform. The application asks for a username, which can be anonymous, and to choose a country to represent a user’s location. We have requested for this data because we strongly feel the ‘geosocial’ element of SongStumblr needs to be restored, allowing users to acquire a global sense of musical taste.

After this data has been filled in, our server automatically shares whatever the user is currently listening to and downloads, all in the space of a few seconds, a list of ten random songs from our other users. This list automatically refreshes after a minute, but it can be manually refreshed if the user does not like what songs are in front of them. This list gives a quick and easy way to discover music.

When discovering music, a user will see a song’s name and its artist, as well as the username of the person listening to this song, and a graphical flag, representing the user’s location. This way users can easily comprehend the global element of the application, which we are trying to stress, for music has been instilled in humanity for thousands of generations, and it is only natural to want to share our own to the world, thus SongStumblr’s purpose.

Users can still control their own music whilst running the application with a custom controller or can access other music controls by running the application in the background, using multitasking. SongStumblr automatically shares the user’s song and their profile is updated when users change what they’re listening to.

As well as ‘global mode’, the user is prompted to enter ‘nearby’ mode. This mode allows users to share out and discover music to devices within a 60 foot range, adding a geosocial element to the application, for one can gauge what genres of music are popular in certain areas. ‘nearby’ mode will always be run and allows for a new, unheard of, way of finding and sharing music, solely based on location.

SongStumblr’s groundbreaking feature is that the user can listen to discovered songs for free in the application’s embedded media player. The user can purchase the song from the device’s iTunes(TM) Music Store or can get information on their discovered song through the use of online databases such as Google(TM), Wikipedia(TM), Twitter(TM), Bing(TM) and more, without ever leaving the application.

The user also has the option to keep discovered songs by saving them to an offline database. Sticking to the geosocial theme of the application, a user can find out additional information about a saved song, such as the username of the person they discovered it off, or the discovery’s geocoded location. Songs can then be viewed on a map layout based on saved GPS data. (iPod touches use Skyhook(TM) for this).

Actions that can carried out on discovered songs include:
* Listen to discovered songs for free in our built in media player
* Find out information about discovered songs from search engines
* These include Google(TM), Wikipedia(TM), Bing(TM), Twitter(TM) Search and more
* Purchase the song from within the application

With 1 Dollar in-app purchase:
* Add discovered songs to a personal database which you can keep forever
* Store the location (reverse geocoded) of the discovery
* Store other data about your discoveries such as the person’s username or date
* Continue looking up information on-demand from many databases
* See your songs in a map view based on discovery locations
* Continue to listen to songs for free

Device Requirements:
* iPhone and iPod touch
* Requires iPhone OS 4.0 or later
* 3.2 MB

Pricing and Availability:
SongStumblr 2.0 is now free (with no ads) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Music category. It will continue to stay free, encouraging users to find music in a new, revolutionary way. Please visit the app’s website for more information about SongStumblr, including a promo video, screenshots, and further description of its features. Contact us for a promo account if you’re a reviewer.

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Frimby Limited is a company new to the App Store and hence is bringing fresh ideas to the market. Founded in early 2010, it has been working on its first application, SongStumblr, for the past few months from its offices in London, UK. For more information, visit Frimby online. Copyright (C) 2010 Frimby Limited. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Amsterdam, Netherlands – AssistiveWare(R) today announced the release of Proloquo2Go(TM) 1.4 for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Version 1.4 is a major update to the premier consumer device-based augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) solution for people who cannot speak. Costing a fraction of the dedicated devices it rivals in power, portability and easy of use, Proloquo2Go 1.4 has been optimized for the gorgeous retina display of the iPhone 4 and brand new iPod touch and includes updated higher quality voices. It will be a free update for current users.

Proloquo2Go is changing the world for people who have difficulty speaking. People with autism, Cerebral Palsy, Down syndrome, ALS, developmental disabilities and beyond benefit from the Proloquo2Go speech technology.

New Features and Enhancements:

* Added vocabulary backup with iTunes’ File Sharing using the dock connector cable (available for iOS 3.2 and higher)

* Added updated, higher quality voices

* Optimized all artwork, including all 7000+ symbols, for the retina display of the iPhone 4 and new iPod touch, providing crisp, gorgeous graphics

* Conversion of text to symbols several times faster

* Uploading of a vocabulary from computer to Proloquo2Go over Wi-Fi significantly faster

* Enhanced stability on iPad and iOS 4 devices

* Over 30 other improvements, bug fixes and performance enhancements

Proloquo is Latin for speak out loud and that’s exactly what it helps people do! It has taken the world by storm and is regularly featured in newspapers such as USA Today and The New York Times, as well as by major TV networks. This is an application that changes people’s lives. At US$189.99 Proloquo2Go costs a fraction of the dedicated devices it rivals, which typically cost anywhere between US$2500 and US$8000. Users and speech-language pathologists love Proloquo2Go and even though it has been on the market for a little over a year over 140 assistive technology centers already include it in client evaluations.

While some people need dedicated devices, an iPod, iPhone or an iPad with Proloquo2Go brings communication within reach of many people with autism, Down syndrome, apraxia, ALS, cerebral palsy and victims of stroke and others who could never before afford a communication device.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPod touch or iPad
* iOS 3.0 or later
* 273 MB of free space

Pricing and Availability:
Proloquo2Go 1.4 is $189.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Education category.

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AssistiveWare is the worldwide leader in innovative assistive technology software for Mac OS X and iOS. This includes award-winning KeyStrokes(R) and TouchStrokes(R) virtual keyboards, SwitchXS(R) scanning on-screen keyboard, LayoutKitchen(R) panel editor, Proloquo(R) multi-purpose speech solution, VisioVoice(R), the award-winning solution for vision impaired Mac users, and Proloquo(R) multi-purpose speech solution as well as the ground breaking Proloquo2Go communication solution for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. The ConvenienceWare product line makes the advanced technologies developed by AssistiveWare available in cool and convenient applications that can make the life of Mac users easier. AssistiveWare and ConvenienceWare are trade names of AssistiveWare B.V. and trademarks or registered trademarks of Niemeijer Consult. GhostReader, VisioVoice, SwitchXS, KeyStrokes, TouchStrokes, LayoutKitchen, VisioVoice, Proloquo2Go and Proloquo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Niemeijer Consult. All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners.

Tel-Aviv, Israel – Hashsoft is proud to announce the release of myPill 1.0, their first application for iOS. myPill is a useful tool that helps women who use birth control pills to remember to take a pill, predicting future periods, track history and more.

“The idea for this app came from a real life need,” said Tal Hashai, author of myPill. “I have several pill taking friends, which use their phone’s alarm to alert every day in a certain hour with concealed reminder message, having to disable it manually when the seven day of break start, redefining it on a new pack.”

We’ve seen pill reminder apps before. There are two things that distinguish this one from its competitors. It provides a verity of features that answers most women needs, it has friendly intuitive UI and high quality graphics that makes the whole usage experience fun. “When I wrote this app, my goal was to make the lives of women who are taking the pill easier. The design of this product is a result of conferring with different women, most of them had common needs while some had exceptions.” said Tal.

With myPill, after initial setup of the current pack first pill date, through realistic graphics, it provides an indication of the pills already taken, the ones that left in the pack and the missed ones ? if any. Using a finger swipe gesture, it is possible to look further into future packs and easily see the dates of future periods, up to six months ahead. If more convenient, myPill also provides monthly calendar view, with the same pill indications.

If configured, myPill will alert to take a pill every day at a chosen hour until the pack ends. After the seven days of break, once a new pack starts, it’ll automatically continue to remind taking pills. myPill’s application’s icon badge indicates how many pills are left at the pack ? or alternatively how many days left until the period start. Users are able to customize the message of alerts, protect data with chosen password and more.

Another interesting feature is the History tab. The user may write self-notes per day, then view the history of packs start date, missed pills and self-notes. This may be useful when having an appointment with the gynecologist ? you have a log of past events available at the palm of your hands.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone and iPod touch
* Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later
* iOS 4.0 Recommended for Local Notifications support
* 1.9 MB

Pricing and Availability:
myPill 1.0 is $1.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Lifestyle category.

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San Francisco, California – WaterField Designs, a leading maker of custom-fitted computer bags and cases for digital gear, today announces Suede Jacket cases to clothe Apple’s latest iPod touch. Each is custom-fitted to the iPod touch dimensions and is available in Black, Cheetah or Zebra Ultrasuede(R). WaterField also offers the Travel Case to keep the iPod touch and its cords and accessories organized and tangle free.

The iPod Suede Jacket is a minimalist case offering elegant protection from scratches without bulk. The Ultrasuede(R) case fits iPods snugly and actually serves to clean the iPod touch screen every time the device is inserted and extracted from the case. As a bonus, the case itself can be used to clean any digital screen.

The iPod Travel Case is designed to keep the iPod and its accessories all together and tangle-free. Custom-sized, padded, interior compartments keep gear organized. Self-locking zippers ensure contents don’t spill out accidentally. All three sizes maintain a thin and compact shape even when fully packed, so they can be easily stowed in a work or day bag. The case is available in six eye-catching colors.

“I love the Suede Jacket because it’s so simple and practical; I can slip it in my pants pocket and my iPod won’t get dinged by my keys,” explained owner and chief designer, Gary Waterfield. “It even keeps my screen clean.”

The iPod Suede Jacket:
* Black: $10 / with pocket $14
* Zebra or Cheetah: $12 / with pocket $16
* Available now for pre-order from company website. Ships by September 15, 2010

The iPod Travel Case:
* $35-$39
* Three sizes: Small, Medium, Large
* Six colors: black, blue, brown, green, red, silver
* Available now

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WaterField Designs manufactures custom-fitted, high-quality cases and bags for a full-range of laptop computers, cameras, MP3s, cell phones, gaming devices, electronic readers, and other digital gear. All products are manufactured to exacting standards in San Francisco. WaterField Designs Suede Jacket, Travel Case, are trademarks of WaterField Designs. Copyright (C) 2009 WaterField Designs. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo and MacBook are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Taos, New Mexico – KeitaiArts announces the release of GameQuartet 1.0, its first game for iPhone and iPod touch. GameQuartet packages four newly created, casual games in a single app: Peg Solitaire, Boule, Sliding Tiles, and Word Squares. Boule is an unusual version of roulette, while the other three games are unique puzzles. Early users report finding the graphics striking and the games challenging, but easy to learn.

The four games are based on classic entertainments, brought into the touch-screen era through the creative use of graphics, animation, sound effects, and device movements. The games were designed to be challenging, yet casual. Scrolling text messages provide clear instructions for each stage of the games and let users begin play immediately, while full online help is available for those who want the details.

Other Features:
* Each game has a distinct objective and evaluates the player’s performance
* The games can be configured and sound effects turned off for discreet playing
* On iOS 4, GameQuartet takes advantage of the suspended mode so that users can pause the app and then quickly resume play
* On all supported iOS versions, game states are saved and restored, so the player can resume right at the point where play was interrupted
* No advertisements

The Games:
Peg Solitaire is based on the classic board puzzle that is traditionally played with small pegs or marbles. According to legend, the game was invented by a French aristocrat imprisoned in the Bastille in the seventeenth century. The GameQuartet version enlivens the original puzzle with entertaining animations and sound effects, as the player attempts to clear the board by jumping the pegs.

Boule is based on an uncommon form of roulette that originated in the eighteenth century and is played today primarily in France. The GameQuartet version, with its animated layout board and rolling ball, looks and sounds much like the original casino game.

Sliding Tiles is based on the traditional sliding-tile pocket puzzle, which was invented in America toward the end of the nineteenth century. Rather than showing numbers on the 15 tiles, however, Sliding Tiles displays a mathematically generated pattern, which varies from game to game. Sliding Tiles combines the visual challenge of a jigsaw puzzle with the mechanical challenge involved in moving the tiles to their correct positions.

Word Squares is a word puzzle based on the popular word-square amusements that originated in nineteenth century England. The GameQuartet version provides 30 different games. The concept of a word square is simple, but the game is surprisingly challenging.

Device Requirements:
* Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
* Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later
* 1.5 MB

Pricing and Availability:
GameQuartet 1.0 is currently $0.99 (USD) and is available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games category. Journalists writing reviews may contact KeitaiArts for promo codes.

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KeitaiArts, located in Taos, New Mexico, creates games and utilities for mobile computing. It was founded in January 2010. Keitai is the Japanese word for Mobile. Copyright (C) 2010 KeitaiArts. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.