Sophia Antipolis, France – One month after the release of version 1.0 for the iPad, Montessori Crosswords 1.1 now also runs on iPhone (HD on iPhone 4). L’Escapadou has taken great care to adapt the app to the smaller screen in order to ensure the same level of user experience. In addition, it is now possible to interact with the visual effects displayed every time a crossword is completed for even greater fun.

Montessori Crosswords 1.0 has been on the iPad Education Top 40 Best Sellers list for one month and was featured by Apple as a “What’s Hot” product and a “New & Noteworthy” release under the iPad education category. At the time of writing, its average rating on the App Store is above 4 stars (22 ratings).

CommonSenseMedia awarded Montessori Crosswords 1.0 4 stars on a scale of 5, and wrote the following review: “The best edutainment apps are able to teach kids without condescending to them, and MONTESSORI CROSSWORDS (available only on the iPad) is a beautiful example of this. Its presentation is fun and aesthetically pleasing, but not too sugary as to turn off older kids (the app targets kids as old as 10 and as young as 3). With a database of nearly 300 words and their corresponding pictures, along with tens of thousands of possible crosswords, Montessori Crosswords is a great way for kids to develop literacy in an engaging way that feels like play”.

Montessori Crosswords was created after the founders of L’Escapadou observed their home-schooled daughter having fun with a Montessori picture-spelling activity. They wanted to recreate this experience in a lightweight 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.

Features:
* Three word series of increasing difficulty as defined in the Montessori method according to the phonetic difficulty of each word
* Level 1 (corresponding to the simplest word series) displays only one word to make the game easier for beginner writers/readers
* In levels 2 and 3, crosswords are created randomly to offer tens of thousands of different combinations (exactly 93,696 for level 3)
* 21 fun, colorful and interactive visual effects displayed every time a crossword is completed to add some fun
* Solutions are always accessible to kids so that they can check spelling on their own, when they feel they need to
* Also featured is a Standalone Movable Alphabet to provide open-ended activities with letters for young children who don’t know letters and their phonetic sounds yet. Letters can be moved, rotated and resized
* Packed with animations and sounds to create a fun and enjoyable experience
* An article on how to use the game as an educational tool following the Montessori principles is provided with the game
* Letter case choice
* Alphabet Layout choice – alphabetical or vowels first and consonants at the end as in Montessori
* Montessori standard colors for vowels and consonants
* Total number of completed words displayed

Device Requirements:
* Compatible with iPad, iPhone and iPod touch
* Requires iPhone OS 3.1 or later
* 10.8 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Montessori Crosswords 1.1 is $2.99 USD for one week only. 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 1.1.

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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 developed 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” & “What’s Hot” in iPad/Entertainment category in several countries.

Fara Novarese, Italy – Independent developer Libero Spagnolini today is pleased to announce the release and immediate availability of FaceMan 1.0, his new video effects app for iPhone and iPod touch devices. Let the fun begin! Leveraging on the latest iOS graphics technologies, FaceMan is an amazing app that does Photoshop like video effects.

The real fun starts when you use the cool effects that FaceMan is able to render. Based on a streamlined and super easy to use interface, FaceMan sports 16 incredible effects, and pushes the limits of what is possible on a mobile device. FaceMan is sure to provide many hours of fun that you can share with your friends.

FaceMan also comes with a great built in album that lets you collect all your coolest effects. You can even save a picture to the Photo Album app or share it by email. Specifically designed to make great use of front facing camera, FaceMan can become very addictive so watch out. It works great to kill some time, and will provide hours of fun.

Terrific effects list:
* Swirl: start a “revolution” today
* X-Ray: need to look in depth
* Stretch: square face anyone?
* Heat: simulate a thermal camera
* Sketch: everyone favorite
* Sepia: old style pictures
* Dent: cannot resist laughing
* Led: not too many pixels
* Emboss: displacement face
* LightTunnel: radiant smile
* Bulge: big potato nose
* Squeeze: dragon ball style effect
* BrokenTv: need to fix it
* Mirror: the other you
* Toon: less color for everybody
* BlackAndWhite: old times

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPod touch
* Requires iOS 4.0 or later
* 0.6 MB

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

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Located in Fara Novarese, Italy, Libero Spagnolini is an independent developer. Whether you want to report a problem, suggest a new feature or just say hello, we want to hear from you! Copyright (C) 2010 Libero Spagnolini. 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.

Christchurch, New Zealand – MiniMonos, the sustainability-focused virtual world for children, today launched its first iPhone app, MiniMonos Flight 1.0. Players of the game become flying monkeys, and have to tilt their iPhones left and right to swoop through the sky, collecting wind clouds and avoiding energy-sapping pollution clouds. Trampolines on the ground provide bouncing rescues to monkeys that get too low.

MiniMonos Flight is an iPhone adaptation of the game on its website, the popular children’s virtual world. Banana chips scored on the iPhone app can be posted to your MiniMonos account.

“We had a great time adapting MiniMonos Flight to the iPhone,” says Greg Montgomery, MiniMonos’ Chief Technical Officer. “It’s quite gratifying to fly in the game by physically moving the device.”

As the iPhone app was receiving the green light from Apple, MiniMonos passed another milestone: inspired by the company’s core values of sustainability, generosity, community and fun, more than 32,000 children from more than 150 countries have now registered for the virtual world. The team at MiniMonos will be continually updating the iPhone app, as well as launching new apps based on the other games in the MiniMonos virtual world like R.A.T.S. (Recycle All This Stuff), Go Go Green, and Monkey Fist.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
* Requires iPhone OS 3.1 or later
* 4.3 MB

Pricing and Availability:
MiniMonos Flight 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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MiniMonos is a virtual world for children: a place of fun, beauty, discovery, generosity, sustainability and friendship. MiniMonos was created by Melissa Clark-Reynolds so that children could have a place of their own, a place that allows them to explore and grow without constant pressure to buy stuff. It’s a place that embodies core values like sustainability and generosity, without turning those values into a boring lecture. Children’s in-world treehouses require care and nourishment in order to flourish – just like our planet. The games they play are fun games – with a connection to our core values. MiniMonos’ aim is to continually answer the question: What would a virtual world for children look like if sustainability were a given and we could just focus on entertainment? Copyright (C) 2010 MiniMonos. 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 Jose, California – Emtrace Technologies, Inc., a Smartphone solutions provider, today announced the launch of Moxier Collage 1.0, a new iPad(TM) application for creating and sharing electronic cards. Moxier Collage enables users to design stunning cards, collages, storyboards, idea boards, and much more. Offering eCard sharing via Email, Facebook, and Twitter, Moxier Collage simplifies the creative process and enhances the distribution of ideas and memories.

Moxier Collage has a wide variety of useful applications. For eCard creation, Moxier Collage helps users design, personalize, and share professional looking eCards quickly and effortlessly. For travel photos, consumers simply add pictures to the canvas, personalize the collage by selecting from a collection of available design elements, then send it off to friends and loved ones, or share it via Twitter and Facebook. For storyboarding and brainstorming, Moxier Collage allows consumers to smoothly arrange pictures, sticky notes, and ideas, and then email them to coworkers and collaborators.

Leveraging the iPad’s dynamic touch-screen interface, Moxier Collage makes designing collages fun and easy. Consumers start by selecting a background from a list of templates or add their own. By simply tapping a few icons, consumers can stylize their creations and add photos, sticky notes, clipart, as well as text. Consumers can quickly pinch objects to resize them on the canvas; and by employing only a slight finger drag, users can rotate and move objects with ease. Moxier Collage also enables users to add photo frames to pictures and adjust photo color, brightness, and contrast. Once a design is created, users can instantly share creations, photos, and ideas.

“Moxier Collage is a platform to stimulate creativity, enhance collaboration, and facilitate the sharing of photos and eCards with friends,” said Mr. Naekwon Jung, CEO of Emtrace Technologies. “By adding practical features and an interactive User Interface, we’ve taken the pain out of eCard creation. The average user will be up to speed in no time at all and be very pleased with how fun and easy it is to use.”

Moxier Collage Key Features:
* Create collages, eCards, storyboards, picture boards, wallpaper, memories, and much more
* Stylize by adding pictures, frames, clipart, text, speech bubbles, sticky notes, and headings
* Quickly and easily resize, move, rotate, and regroup images and text
* Adjust photo color, brightness, and contrast
* Select from a list of backgrounds or add your own
* Supports both landscape and portrait modes
* Share with friends using Facebook, Twitter, and Email
* Fast, fun, and oh so easy

Apple Wireless Keyboard Giveaway:
In conjunction with this Moxier Collage launch, Emtrace is giving away ten free Apple Wireless Keyboards, which are great for iPads, laptops, and computers. Moxier Collage is currently available at a special introductory price of $0.99 per download for the duration of the giveaway. Visit Moxier online for more details. Contest ends September 1st, 2010. Must be a U.S. resident and 18 years of age or older to enter. Void where prohibited.

Additional Moxier Products:
Moxier Mail is the world’s first Exchange Active-Sync(R) push email client for Android Smartphones. Featuring Contacts, Calendars, Tasks, Attachments, Folders, and Global Address List (GAL) support; Moxier Mail is currently available at the Android Market.

Moxier Wallet is a customizable and secure personal information vault for managing and storing important frequently used information such as financial data, prescription and health info, vehicle and product data, as well as website logins and passwords. Moxier Wallet allows consumers to encrypt sensitive data and sync to PCs, Macs, iPhones, iPod touches, and now Android Smartphones. Moxier Wallet is currently available at the iTunes’ App Store, the Android Market, and at Moxier online.

Moxier World is a handy global weather application featuring five-day weather forecasts, current weather conditions, live webcams, a Wikipedia(R) link for detailed city information, and a virtually unlimited favorites’ list supported by a huge city database. Moxier World is currently available at both the Android Market and the iTunes’ App Store.

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

Pricing and Availability:
Moxier Collage 1.0 is only $0.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Photography category.

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Moxier is a dedicated mobile apps division of Emtrace Technologies, Inc.. Since the year 2000, Emtrace has been developing robust software for leading technology companies. With offices in the U.S. and Korea, Moxier delivers Smartphone as well as mobile O.S. platform solutions, and a suite of user-friendly Smartphone applications. Emtrace is well positioned to meet the software development needs of today’s technology-savvy organizations. Emtrace Technologies, Inc. Copyright (C) 2010, all rights reserved. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners. App Store, iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, iTunes, and Mac are registered trademarks of Apple, Inc. Apple, Inc. shares no affiliations with Emtrace Technologies or Moxier and does not endorse either company or the Wireless Keyboard giveaway. Android and Android Market are registered trademarks of Google. Palm and Palm O.S. are registered trademarks of Palm, Inc. and HP. Exchange ActiveSync, Windows, and Windows Mobile are registered trademarks of Microsoft. Blackberry is a registered trademark of Research in Motion. Wikipedia is a registered trademark of the not-for-profit Wikimedia Foundation.

Munich, Germany – Announcing Entwicklungsschmiede UG (haftungsbeschrankt) & Co KG, the developer of Durion Word Game, has launched a new product for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users. Developers are offering the addictively fun word game at a price that’s enjoyable, too. For seven days, the Scrabble inspired app will be selling for only 99 cents, instead of its regular $1.99. Durion provides lots of mental challenge as users try to form words from a group of letters, in five seconds or less. Players with the highest scores make it to the national and global leaderboards.

The low sale price is being offered for seven days in celebration of the game’s debut in the U.S. marketplace. Originally from Germany, Durion has been adapted to an English speaking market, so that North American players can share in the fun and challenge.

Durion gamers must think and act fast to form words from letters provided within the five second time limit. According to developer Holger Frank, “The basic inspiration was the mother of all offline word games – Scrabble. We mixed the letter-combination with a time factor and a couple of strategic add-ons, and Durion was born.”

The idea is to develop a personal strategy to increase playing speed and scores. The faster that more correct words are built, the higher the points and the better chance a user has to see their name on the national or international leaderboards.

These are some of the features that developers are offering in Durion:
* Extremely fun and addictive
* Provides mental challenge and sharpens brain power
* Innovative and intuitive
* Easy-to-use interface
* Quick drag and drop controls
* National and global highscore lists
* Facebook Connect
* Lots of bonuses!

Information about this special offer, or about purchase and downloading can be found on the Durion website or on the Durion Word Game page on iTunes.

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

Pricing and Availability:
Durion Word Game 1.2 is only $1.99 (USD) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games category. Promo codes are available for qualified reviewers. Please specify the website or blog you represent when making your request.

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The entwicklungsschmiede UG (haftungsbeschrankt) & Co KG stands for intelligent, innovative and superior software development for the future mobile platforms. The company offers customized services for the iPhone and Google’s Android, including their flagship app – MobileButler, which was one of the top selling applications in the first year of the German AppStore. Entwicklungsschmiede is demonstrating a far-ranging experience of developing different Apps, from little useful helpers to thrilling games like Durion. Copyright (C) 2010 Mobile-App-Marketing-Makeover & Edward Turner. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Paris, France – Announcing that Interactive Studio, the developers of Let’s Discover Animals, today released an application specifically for very young children. This app is new, offering a fun way for toddlers twelve months and older to learn what twenty different animals look and sound like, as well as how to name them in one or all three available languages – English, French or Spanish. Let’s Discover Animals is also good to use for some extra cuddle time with little ones.

Let’s Discover Animals is the perfect educational tool for children twelve months old and up. The app features twenty popular animals, complete with high quality, original drawings and photos that appeal to very young kids. Inspired by the developer’s own child, the application draws a little one’s attention with its original music and holds it with the app’s visual and audio treats. Kids can hear the sounds each animal makes, as well as how to pronounce their name in English, French and Spanish. The child’s memory will be stimulated, right along with their curiosity.

Features:
* For young children 12 months of age and over
* 22 animals with high quality and original drawings
* Three language audio translation of animal names – English, French, Spanish spoken in a different voice for each
* Original music
* Helps develop memory and motricity in very young children
* Children learn in a really fun way
* Provides a bonding opportunity between parent and child
* Easy to use interface

Let’s Discover Animals is easy to use. Parents need only to open the app and go to the animal list to select one for their toddler to learn about. The functionality of the app allows for scrolling to the next or previous animal. Perhaps the biggest benefit of Let’s Discover Animals is the increase of quality cuddling and bonding between parent and child. Little ones don’t realize that they’re being taught, they just think they’re having fun and spending time with mom or dad.

Pricing and Availability:
Let’s Discover Animals 1.0 is only $0.99 (USD) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Education category.

Flirtomatic (www.flirtomatic.com), one of the most popular social mobile services used by young adults, makes flirting easier and more fun than ever with the release of Flirtomatic for the iPhone. Available for free at the Apple iTunes Store, the award-winning service is now available to all iPhone and iPod Touch users to meet, flirt, and have fun online.

“Customers have told us they want to flirt everywhere and anywhere,” said Mark Curtis, CEO of Flirtomatic. “We already have a web presence and partnerships with major carriers around the world. Now we are taking flirting to the world’s most talked-about smart phone. We’re excited about the application and hope that customers can go global with their flirting.”

Once downloaded, the Flirtomatic iPhone application allows users to take all of 20 seconds to set up a profile and start chatting. Users can also:

• Search over 1.8 million hot profiles. Find people who live nearby and search by gender, age, interests, and flirting preference.
• Chat Live – Fire off messages for free, or send a virtual gift, kiss, wink or supersnog to start a conversation. Users can also send a “flirtbomb” to hit many flirts in one go – and watch the responses come in.
• Buy their own user-generated advertising in the Look At Me section, where they bid in real-time auctions, 24 hours a day, to get more attention than any rivals.
• Browse the top-rated gallery to find the most popular, the most snogged, and the most generous people on Flirtomatic. Check out full profiles and photos or create your own.
• Tons of extras – Rate your favorites, find out who’s rated you, see who’s checked you out, see who’s online right now, delete freak ratings, and much more.

Flirtomatic content is screened to have a PG rating, so there’s nothing inappropriate and no adult advertising. The site actively moderates and approves all content.

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