Mac, iPhone, iPod and iPad product news – March 8, 2010

Macintosh and iPhone/iPod/iPad product updates and announcements for March 8, 2010:

• Macintosh
• iPod

Macintosh

• Zevrix Solutions is offering BatchOutput Server—its output workflow automation solution for InDesign—at 50% off on maczot on Tuesday March 9th. BatchOutput Server offloads printing and exporting to PDF and PostScript to a central system by processing InDesign files from hotfolders. Originally developed for a major magazine publisher in the United States, the software saves companies countless hours that are lost each year because operators have to wait for InDesign to output files.
• Macgamestore.com has announced Murder, She Wrote. The game was developed by leading casual games developer and publisher, Legacy Interactive. Murder, She Wrote is an interactive seek and find who-dun-it mystery adventure with unique minigames in every scene. Play as the lovable murder novelist Jessica Fletcher and solve each of the five cases by carefully and methodically investigating murders using an innovative new style of hidden object and light adventure gameplay.
• Eternal Storms Software has announced the immediate availability of flickery 1.8 for Mac OS X. flickery is a unique desktop flickr client which combines the flickr photo-community with the ease-of-use and elegance of Mac OS X. Easily upload photos and videos to your Flickr photostream, organize items in photosets and groups, browse Favorites, and more. flickery 1.8 adds Google Maps to the search functionality to bring more powerful searches to flickery users.
• Badia Software has announced the public beta release of Exportools Professional 3.0, its flagship software for high-end exporting and printing of multiple Adobe InDesign and QuarkXPress documents. Exportools Professional 3.0 has been entirely rewritten in Cocoa, and it’s the first add-on for InDesign and QuarkXPress built with 64-bit code, boosting overall performance and stability. Almost every aspect of Exportools Professional’s functionality has been refined and improved.

iPhone/iPod/iPad

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• SpinThought has announced the launch of StoryPages 2 for the Apple iPhone. StoryPages borrows from the storyboarding format used in film and animation production, allowing users to rapidly layout drawings and associated text, including anything they need to describe in a photo, sketch or text, and deliver their custom StoryPages via email as a PDF, export to the iPhone Gallery as PNG, or deliver via MMS. For example, StoryPages 2 can send entire stories as PDF files via email in WYSIWYG format so you can use the illustrations and text in other products. It can be used for any projects that use images with associated text such as comics, children’s books, architecture, landscape and interior designs, renovations, and help manuals, to name a few.
• Motivational content developer Bienestar LLC has released Dream Planner Lite 1.0 for iPhone, a new and intuitive, all-audience, goal-setting App tool. Dream Planner Lite is a free and unique goal setting and life balance App for the iPhone. It consists of an intuitive, all-audience tool, featuring a Wheel of Life in which users can enter their dreams in important life areas such as finance, career, relationships, physical well-being, community service and life’s “maintenance” activities.
• Kitty Code has announced Traveler’s Quest 1.4 worldwide through the Apple iTunes App Store. Made just for the iPhone and iPad 3G, Traveler’s Quest gets you off the couch and out of the house in search of virtual treasure in the real world. Treasure hunting adventures have never been more fun, or more social now that you can not only pilfer your friend’s treasures, but now you can brag about it on their Facebook wall.
• Kabuki Vision has solved the problem of shaky iPhone videos with the release of Smooth Movie 1.0 for the iPhone 3GS. Smooth Movie analyzes shaky videos and applies an image stabilization algorithm to the frames, resulting in a much smoother movie. After processing, the smoothed movie can be saved to the iPhone’s photo album for future viewing, emailing, or uploading. The app features a streamlined interface and allows anyone to get started right away.
• Izatt has announced that MatchTunes, its 41st app for iPhone and iPod touch, is now 66% OFF for a limited time. New free updates will bring more levels. MatchTunes is the game of matching song clips from the user’s own iTunes library. Choose to match on music clip, song, album, or artist. Select the genre of music to play with or select to use all genres. Use 2-player mode to challenge others. Players can submit their best scores via OpenFeint to prove to the world they know their music.
• If you like puzzlers but are looking for a little more excitement, check out Babo Crash for iPhone. It’s a fast-paced match-3 puzzle game with more depth than you’d expect from this tried-and-true genre.It’s like a fast-action Bejeweled built specially for the iPhone, where the occasional tilt-controls actually add to the experience.
• GP Imports has introduced App Genie Lite 1.1, their new suite of applications and utilities for iPhone and iPod touch devices. Designed specifically to take advantage of the iPhone’s unique capabilities and touch interface, App Genie Lite allows its users to unlock up to three applications from a selection of more than 30. The application includes a Barcode Scanner, Facebook Tools, Currency Converter, GPS Locator, Sound Meter, Voice Compass, and others.
• Sunstorm Interactive Inc. has announced Real Trophy Hunting 1.0 for iPhone and iPod touch devices. iPhone and iPod touch users can now experience the thrill of hunting the most prized big game animals of North America. Real Trophy Hunting is an ultra-realistic hunting experience developed by the founders of the hunting game genre. Building on the knowledge of over 50+ value games and hunting simulations, Real Trophy Hunting takes big game hunting to a new level of realism.
• MusicSkins LLC, has announced a licensing deal with Cartoon Network Enterprises (CNE), the licensing and merchandising arm of Adult Swim, that grants MusicSkins rights to offer skins featuring the artwork from Adult Swim’s portfolio of highly-popular, original, animated programs.
• Pawn Software has released Elemental Dusk 1.2.2, their strategy card game for iPhone and iPod touch devices. Elemental Dusk is inpired by Triple Triad, a famous minigame of Final Fantasy VIII around which different communities were born on the web. Elemental Dusk offers simple rules, yet it can be very strategic and addictive in nature. It already has been covered by some online iPhone dedicated sites and received good reviews on the App Store.
• iKit has made their first introduction into the car accessory world with the new Auto USB car charger. This sleak little device allows you to charge on the move and is compatible with the iPhone and iPod. It features a high performance USB port which provides rapid charge convenience and is complimented with a ring LED charging indicator. The high gloss finish is an added bonus giving this product a slick and stylish look fit for any car.
• The sports accessory world will be introduced to something new with the iKit Audio Waist Pack. This unique product is made of special sports fabric, to help prevent sweat while you exercise. It also has an adjustable waist strap to fit any size. The waist pack has two zip pockets in the front allowing you to keep your keys, music and small items moving right along with you. The interior contains a fitted media player pocket, with a convenient cord managment solution which makes this product stand out.