Mac, iPhone, iPod and iPad product news – March 15, 2010

Macintosh and iPhone/iPod/iPad product updates and announcements for March 15, 2010:

• Macintosh
• iPod

Macintosh

• PagePlanet Software, Inc. has announced the Golden Master release of Modular Gateway Interface (MGI) 3.2 for the Macintosh OS X and Linux operating systems. MGI is an Apache 2 module that adds full functionality to every website on your server using a simple tag structure. MGI includes 67 tags to enhance a website with everything from simple counters and form processing to custom databases and shopping carts. You can also combine MGI’s powerful programming tags to make your website do anything you can imagine. Need to build a custom login and tracking system? No problem.
• TheMacBundles today released its March bundle and a new and innovative Build Your Own Bundle store. TheMacBundles has set a new standard of quality and value with its high quality, low priced bundles. These no-gimmick bundles provide users with the same software, support, licenses, and upgrade benefits that apply to users who paid the full price for the titles. The new BYOB store maintains these high standards and lets users create their own customized bundles with some simple mouse clicks.
• iWebTemplate has announced the addition of a free iWeb themes and templates section to be used with Apple’s iWeb Website building application. iWeb Free Themes includes seven great themes: Sky, Picture, Church, Joy, Love, Billiard and Cat. Each iWeb Free theme can be used as the basis for a great new website. Each iWeb template incorporates a number of different graphic elements which can be easily removed, moved and changed in size, opacity or color.

iPhone/iPod/iPad

• A new service from DCI Mobile Studios has made the process of sending holiday cards easier through iPhone. Send free greeting cards, ecards, postcards and egreetings for friends and family on special occasions. DCI Mobile Studios designed for New Years, birthdays, bon voyages, Valentine’s Day, happy holidays, Pongal, and congratulations for buying new iPhone.
• Ivanovich Games has announced iDaze 9000 v1.2, an update to their hilarious audio feedback application for iPhone and iPod touch devices. iDaze 9000 uses advanced digital audio algorithms to create a gap between speaking, and then hearing it. Known as Delayed Audio Feedback, this effect can be so confusing that the speaker becomes dazed. iDaze 9000 will create waves of laughter as a friend attempts to recite the multiplication tables while his speech is reduced to gibberish.
• Connect The Dots Extreme from independent developer, poccaDot, offers a new twist to an old classic game. The objective is to connect a sequence of dots by drawing a line, thus revealing an outline of an image hidden underneath. Connect The Dots Extreme brings the original concept to a new level of fun. Instead of connecting the dots in old-fashioned large and bland books manufactured of recycled paper, this game comes alive, literally. As you connect the dots using speed and accuracy, the line itself becomes alive and you have to press the right dot at the exact right time in order to complete the drawing properly. The faster the line moves, the higher your score becomes; a score you can compare against your friends best performance.
• Performing magical card tricks is no longer reserved for the trained professional. All you need in addition to your iPhone iPod touch is your personal download of No Freakin’ Way from professional magician Carl Andrews. With this app, you have the opportunity to amaze, shock and surprise anyone around you with the classic “Pick a card, any card” card trick.
• Tuparev Technologies has introduced Plants 1.0 for the iPhone and iPod touch devices. The Plants application consists of a photo reference guide to plants, and a plant maintainance scheduler. Using its simple, eye-catching interface, the user can easily provide all his plants at multiple locations with individualized care. Watering, re-potting and fertilizing are now done efficiently, correctly and on time.
• Dynadel has announced Ovulation Calendar 4.0 for iPhone and iPod touch. The Ovulation Calendar application helps you determine your fertile days of the month, so you can either achieve or avoid pregnancy. It also maintains a list of your symptoms during the cycle, your BBT chart and your weight chart among other features. Using the Shettles methods it can help you get pregnant and even estimate the gender of your baby.
• With no development experience under his belt, illustrator Kyle T. Webster defeated the odds by landing his first iPhone game, White Lines in the top 50 paid apps list last week. He credits a simple idea that is suitable for all ages and language independent, as well as the proven marketing power of social media, for the game’s sudden jump into the top 50. By Wednesday of last week, the game arrived at position number 5 behind the classic puzzle favorite, Tetris.
• Obecnie has released oBemo 2.0.1, the iPhone note taking app that stores your notes, photos and locations in one place. Features include optional password protection, the ability to email your notes and integration with Google Maps to share your locations or get turn by turn directions. Addresses and maps are automatically generated for saved locations. Customizable categories keep notes organized. Data detection highlights web links, emails and phone numbers.
• Zio for Apple iPhone and Apple iPod touch is an interactive generative art visualizer enabling you to explore and interact with an endlessly generating world of organic, audio reactive visuals. To some users, Zio is considered a therapeutic aquarium, while to others it is considered a zen garden in your pocket. The app is for anyone seeking a stunningly beautiful and highly customizable interactive generative visualizer. Zio is, among other things, a sophisticated eco-graphic design tool, an endlessly generating music video for your audio library, and a performance instrument for organic visuals.
• Innerplays has introduced Star Cargo 3000 v1.0, an innovative space combat game for iPhone and iPod touch. The player is captain of a giant cargo vessel parked in orbit above an unstable mining planet. The goal is to successfully transport 10 modular cargo containers up to the ship, before it is destroyed by debris ejected into space or insurgent weapons. The game includes 3 planets, 12 different lethal projectiles, 45 levels and Openfeint connectivity.
• ALK Technologies has announced CoPilot Live 8.0.0.651, the latest updates to their award-winning GPS navigation apps for iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS devices. CoPilot Live now include improved guidance at complex intersections, Facebook status updates, free local search, and the latest maps of North America. More than 15,000 miles of roads have been added, 73 completely updated counties and hundreds of map improvements submitted by the CoPilot Live User Community.
• Sustainable Softworks has announced Phone Amego 1.1.13. Phone Amego makes using your phone easier when you are near your computer by providing on-screen caller ID, letting you click to dial a phone number from your Address Book or on your screen, and optionally dialing through Google Voice. This release offers several user interface improvements including minimizing an active call window to the Dock, an option to translate mnemonics, and remotely dialing a landline phone.
• SQUAD has announced the new redesigned version of SalatTime 1.3, an indispensable app for every Muslim featuring Islamic prayer time list with automatic notifications, Calendar and Compass. This app is designed for people who want to have a push notifications assistant as well as Athan alarms always at their disposal. When the application is launched it sends prayer push alerts according to the exact prayer times specified on the list.
• 10-20 Media has announced GardenPilot 2.0, a powerful plant search tool for iPhone and iPod touch devices. GardenPilot is a unique research tool designed for the gardening professional and the inexperienced casual gardener. GardenPilot features over 12,000 beautifully illustrated plant information pages, all designed to educate today’s gardener about spectacular plants and where to buy them. The GardenPilot marketplace Navigator is the plant search web app developed to mirror the iPhone app.
• The Get the Focal Free Irish translator translates words from English to Irish (Gaeilge) and vice versa. It has a 13,000 word database, is very accurate and can even translate sentences and pronounce the words if you upgrade to the full version.
• iKit has introduced the AutoCon FM Transmitter, allowing you to take control of your iPhone or iPod in your car. The built in FM transmitter has rapid auto scan technology and lets you play music through your car radio, giving you high quality sound with no interference. Their very own AutoCon USB car charger comes with this purchase, giving you powerful rapid charge eliminating the chance of losing power. This device is a full-feature hands-free kit, with a built in microphone which provides clear crisp sound. The unit allows you to play/pause, adjust volume and track skip, and displays your selected music.