Tidal Pool Software releases Wanderlust 1.1 for iPhone and iPod touch

Tidal Pool Software today is pleased to announce the release of Wanderlust 1.1 for Apple iPhone and iPod touch. Wanderlust allows you to search for great airfares and book flights on your iPhone/iPod touch. Wanderlust is the only iPhone app to support in-app flight bookings.

Wanderlust searches millions of airfare combinations from over 400 airlines worldwide with savings of up to 60%. This includes over 20 million consolidator fares and over 40 low cost carriers in Europe and Asia with fares starting at just $10. Wanderlust features a simple user interface to easily find great flights and book them from within the app.

The Wanderlust 1.1 update includes new support to search nearby airports. It also provides performance improvements when searching for flights and browsing large numbers of airfares. The flight search parameters can now be cleared by shaking the device. The settings user interface has also been simplified.

Cypress unveils new CY8CKIT-023 iPhone and iPod dev kit

The dev kit is called the CY8CKIT-023 PSoC Expansion Board kit for iPhone and iPod. The kit uses a PSoC with a programmable system-on-chip architecture. The kit uses the iPhone OS and the OS of other Apple products and the iPhone SDK to provide two-way communication between the dev kit and the device.

The kit features capacitive touch sensing controls, LCD segment drive and other features for developing audio docks, speakers, chargers, and produce for automotive use. The kit also has its own display for providing meta data and more. The kit is available for developers now for $249 and includes a MiniProg3 debug and evaluation device, prototype cabling kit, USB cable, 12V AC adapter, PSoC creator and PSoC Designer software.

SoundGrid 3.0 released for iPhone and iPod touch

Vitaliy Pronkin today is pleased to announce availability of SoundGrid 3.0 for iPhone and iPod touch. SoundGrid is the most advanced matrix sequencer for iPhone and iPod touch devices. It was inspired by famous Yamaha Tenori-On and popular ToneMatrix webapp by Andre Michelle. Version 3.0 is major update with completely redesigned UI, Web Console, Live Play mode, Amp Envelope control and other great new features.

Even if you have never composed music, you will find SoundGrid simple and exciting to play with and will start creating unique compositions in minutes with just the tips of your fingers. Then easily share them with other users and in turn browse, download and rate their creations. You can also record tracks and live performances to audio file, upload it directly to SoundCloud or export to a computer. For more experienced users SoundGrid offers advanced features and has everything required to create longer and rich compositions and live performances.

iPhone OS 4.0 jailbreak has a few major caveats

Many iPhone users out there like the handset, but aren’t big fans of being locked to one network or limited to using only approved software. For this type of user jailbreaking, their device is often one of the first things done.

The catch is that with each update the jailbreak crowd has to find another way around the lockdowns Apple puts into effect. With iPhone OS 4.0, coming soon jailbreak artist MuscleNerd is already at work on jailbreaking the new OS.

MuscleNerd has succeeded already with some specific stipulations. First, the jailbreak only works on the iPhone 3G. The second is that the jailbreak software is only for developers. The third caveat is that reports are the jailbreak is unstable now with reports of wireless connectivity issues. Still, this is certainly a start and we can expect things to get better.

Mix.dj becomes the World’s #1 Electronic Music Stream Service On Mobile

DigitalDeejay today is pleased to announced that Mix.dj becomes the World’s #1 Electonic Music Streaming Service On Mobiles. Mix.DJ is primary a website where more than 100,000 Mix.DJ community members DJ’s, pro and amateur, upload their mixes 24:7 and make them available for free via our streaming technology. Mix.dj Pro charted top 20 paid music app on 40 Appstores over the World:

#2 in France and Belgium
#4 in Germany
#7 in UK
#7 in Netherlands
#8 in Italy and Spain

A single click for hours of non-stop music. Perfect for parties, the application will play hours and hours of uninterrupted music, with 1000’s of DJ’s in your pocket. Choose from 24 pre-programmed moods and genres: Select a mood and Mix.DJ Pro takes care of the playlist for you. Want more control? No problem. Mix.DJ allows you to create your own playlist simply by selecting your favorite mixes for playback.

Sauce Digital releases Monkey Tennis for iPhone

Monkey Tennis is a gesture controlled Tennis game played entirely
using monkeys. Using swipes and flicks to run and play a variety of
shots, it’s the most fun, addictive and amusing tennis game available
for your iPhone.

Monkey Tennis is rendered in 3D, and uses an advanced 3D physics
engine, so it is also a very realistic tennis experience – despite the
fact that you might be playing against a Chimpanzee.

You can swerve the ball, play lobs, drop shots, volleys, accurately
aim your shots and vary power, all with simple swipe gestures.

All of this can be done on grass, clay and hard courts – which all
have their own attributes. There are also over 30 monkeys to play
with, each with their own skills levels, style of play.

How will you handle a Gibbon that plays from the baseline? What about
a serve and volleying Gorilla? Easy? Well wait until you meet an
Orangutan that serves like Andy Roddick.

BugMe! Lite – Free Version of iPhone Sticky Note App Now Available

Electric Pocket Limited is pleased to announce the availability of BugMe! Lite, a free version of the popular note-taker and reminder application for iPhone users. For well over a decade, PDA and smartphone users have been using BugMe! to create notes and set reminder alarms to keep them on-task and on-time. BugMe! Lite offers all of the features of the full version, but is limited to three notes.

BugMe! Lite lets users jot quick notes and doodles – with their finger as the pen – just like a digital yellow sticky note. Notes can also be created using the iPhone’s keyboard. BugMe!’s notes can be organized for reference, or easily shared by email or Twitter.

A favorite feature with BugMe! users is the ability to quickly choose alarm times from a pick list of time intervals – for example 20 minutes or “top of the hour”. This makes the application very effective for informal, lightweight reminders, such as watching a TV show, returning a phone call, or plugging the parking meter.

Humble Daisy unveils SonicPics 1.3 and SonicPics Lite 1.3 for the iPhone

Humble Daisy today is pleased to announce an update to its popular mobile recording tool, SonicPics 1.3 and it’s free counterpart SonicPics Lite 1.3. SonicPics is a tool for creating and narrating custom photo slide shows on the iPhone or iPod touch. The update includes support for device rotation when making recordings as well as several bug fixes.

SonicPics makes it easy to use images from the iPhone’s photo library or built in camera to make custom slide shows and then record a voiceover narrating the images as you swipe through them. Once you are finished, you can create an enhanced m4v video with your images synchronized to your narration, complete with chapter markers. You can share your recording with your family and friends, or even the world.

“One of the most popular feature requests from our customers was the ability to use a horizontal view when making recordings.” explained David Chmura, Humble Daisy’s CEO. “Now users can see their landscape pictures full screen when making recordings.”

PIC-SAFE 1.0 for iPhone Offers Exclusive Drag and Drop Technology

Announcing that Cal Stach, the developers of PIC-SAFE, has launched a unique app for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users. The application offers users an exclusive tool and cutting edge picture sorting and privacy technology for iDevices. It is the only app that removes the need for cutting and pasting, replacing it with fast and easy, drag and drop action. PIC-SAFE has built-in sharing and security features, essentially offering a well organized photo vault.

The developer has created the program to increase the ease and speed of tucking pictures away in a secure environment. Users can reveal only photos that they want to share with others, without people realizing that some are left out or accidentally seeing a snapshot that the owner would rather they didn’t.

Using the PIC-SAFE app is easy enough for everyone. All a user has to do is create a folder, select as many photos as they want to put into that folder then drag and drop the pictures into it. Each folder can have its only password protection to keep out prying eyes. Viewing snapshots is also easily done, just by touching and holding for one second. The usual pinch and pull motions will enlarge the photograph, if desired. PIC-SAFE also allows users to email photos directly from within the application.

Treasure Hunt: The Ultimate Memory Game for iPhone, Addictive Recall Fun

Announcing that Demansol, the developers of Treasure Hunt: The Ultimate Memory Game, has launched their newest product offering. The application is actually a memory puzzle, which users must solve in order to win the game. Players are challenged to remember where objects are in a scene before that scene changes and they must search to find hidden coins in the objects that have been moved. The app’s amazing graphics are a treat for the eyes to enjoy while engaging in the game improves memory.

The object of Treasure Hunt is simple: locate hidden treasure. There are a variety of beautifully illustrated places to search throughout the twenty-five levels of gameplay.

Treasure Hunt, as the name says, is the ultimate memory game. Very quickly, the searching becomes addictive and users who play regularly will notice an improvement where their memory is concerned. A player’s observation skills are also sharpened as they repeatedly take note of original objects and locations, before the screen changes and all are hidden.