Mac, iPhone, iPod and iPad product news – March 17, 2010

Macintosh and iPhone/iPod/iPad product updates and announcements for March 17, 2010:

• Macintosh
• iPod

Macintosh

• MacUpdate has launched its Spring 2010 software bundle featuring Parallels Desktop 5 and nine other top Mac applications 88% off. Included in this limited time bundle are Parallels Desktop 5, Bee Docs Timeline 3D, Spell Catcher, Hydra, Back-In-Time, ForeverSave, Hyperspaces, Web Snapper, MacDVDRipper Pro and MacScan. The offer runs through March 31 exclusively at MacUpdate Promo.
• iPresentee has released iWeb Themes 7.0 for Apple’s Web site building application. iWeb Themes 7.0 are available in standard and iPhone edition. The new release includes five best ever built themes for iWeb: Blue Style, Shining Star, Greenish Style, Tango and Developer. iPresentee offers a double benefit – each iWeb user may build website for desktop computer and mobile device while maintaining the same site design within iWeb.

iPhone/iPod/iPad

• Little Green Software has announced Tally-O 1.1 for iPhone and iPod touch. Tally-O is a must-have iPhone app for travelers, scavenger hunters and geocaching fans: anyone with an iPhone that enjoys exploring unique places in the world. With more than 1,000 adventures worldwide, Tally-O is the only iPhone app that allows players to publish adventures to Facebook for their friends. Version 1.1 includes Google maps, Facebook status updates, 3GS compass support, and auto-save.
• From the land of down under comes a highly advanced and sophisticated Strobe Tuner developed by Jormy Games. A strobe tuner determines the difference between a reference frequency and the musical note. Even the slightest difference between the two will show up as a rotating motion in the strobe display. Using Strobe Tuner for Apple iPhone and Apple iPod touch, it is possible to tune instruments with supreme accuracy.
• Independent software developer Steve Glinberg has released 123 Color by KidCalc, version 1.2. 123 Color is a coloring book that teaches numbers, upper and lower case letters, shapes and colors in multiple languages as kids play. While teaching crucial language skills, 123 Color engages and entertains children ages 2-10 with beautiful artwork, fun sound effects and rich music. Less than two weeks after its launch, 123 Color by KidCalc became the most popular education app for iPhone/iPod touch.
• Independent software developer Steve Glinberg has announced KidCalc 7-in-1 Math Fun 1.12, the twelfth update to his popular animated math flash cards and learning activities app for iPhone and iPod touch. This new version of KidCalc Math Fun adds Easter themed graphics and voice-overs by adult speakers speaking numbers and mathematical operations. KidCalc teaches numbers and math to children, ages 2 to 10 years, using holiday themed graphics, engaging animations and voice-overs.
• Ever the celebrationists, Proporta has created two Limited Edition products in honour of St. Patrick’s Day—exclusively available to Proporta online customers. The Aluminium Lined Leather Case for the iPhone 3G/3GS and Leather Wallet have both received a makeover and now boast a green pillar box lining to give them that special St. Paddy’s Day feel. And to help you celebrate, we’d like to offer you a 15% discount off your next Proporta purchase. Simply enter the promotion code SHAMROCK at the cart page to receive your discount.
• MotionPortrait has announced PhotoAvatar 1.2 for iPhone and iPod touch devices. Ideal for your online double life, PhotoAvatar transforms your beautiful mug into a realistic 3D avatar from another planet. Powered by MotionPortrait technology, PhotoAvatar includes three different alien races, each with its own distinctive in-movie action and voice. Share your alien avatar by email with friends or use it as your profile picture on Twitter, Facebook and other online services.
• MotionPortrait has announced HourFace 1.3 for iPhone and iPod touch devices. Using MotionPortrait’s cutting-edge avatar-builder technology, HourFace analyzes a still photo and turns it into a living, breathing 3D movie that ages right there on the iPhone screen. HourFace ages your friends and family and generates a 3D interactive movie for you to poke, prod and be amazed by. Discover what you might look like 50 years from now – all in 3D.
• Are you the King of Tapdom? Do you utterly rule over everyone you battle? Good, then this contest is for you. Get out your iPod, polish those thumbs, and get your tap on. Every day for the next 30 days, one Kings of Leon Revenge player will win Only By the Night on CD. Then, one grand prize winner gets an autographed 10″ vinyl for Red Morning Light as well as a soon-to-be-released 16GB Wi-Fi iPad.
• David Day, a widely-read hiking guide writer for trails in Utah and Colorado, and TalkingRockies, a pioneer in mobile recreation guides, have just released apps for Utah’s 5 national parks for iPhone and Android systems. These guides introduce outdoor enthusiasts worldwide to the wonders that await them in the amazing backcountry in Utah’s national parks. One guide covers the western parks, Zion, Bryce Capitol Reef, and the other covers the eastern ones, Arches and Canyonlands.
• Gamedoctors has announced the release of their debut title, ZombieSmash! A physics-driven, graphically striking castle defense game for the iPhone and iPod Touch, ZombieSmash! requires players to jump the shoes of Joey, a lone survivor fighting to survive a zombie apocalypse. Players can paint the ground red by flicking and smashing zombies with their fingers, and knock the hordes of brain-craving corpses back into the ground where they belong, taking advantage of an arsenal of unique weaponry and specials along the way.
• ClayTracker 2.0.2, the first hand-held Sporting Clays scoring app for the iPhone and iPod touch, has just released its latest upgrade that includes scoring screens for American, English and Olympic/International Skeet. ClayTracker simplifies scoring by eliminating the need for pencils, scorecards, and manually adding scores during or after the round. Shooters can instantly view their totals and standings, then begin scoring another round with the touch of a button.
• Publicist and Internet Marketing Specialist Scott Lorenz has compiled a list of 52 tips on how to promote an iPhone App – tips he garnered from his extensive experience as a public relations professional in promoting all types of products, inventions, books and services. Apple has almost 150,000 iPhone applications available for sale at its App Store and this number will grow exponentially with the growing popularity of the iPhone, iPod and the new iPad.
• Wuonm has released DisCover 1.0, their one-tap music player for iPhone, iPod and iPad devices. DisCover allows anyone to add icons onto the home screen using artwork from their music library. The album can be played by simply tapping the created icon on their springboard. DisCover automatically searches for all the music on the device. Users scroll to their favorite artist and select the album they want to add as icon.
• Just nine months after the original launch of LetSimonDecide.com, Simon is now available to offer decision-making advice via an app for the iPhone. Simon can help anyone who needs to make a personal decision—from buying a car to a more difficult decision like selecting a college, changing career paths or deciding whether to stay married or get divorced#151;by using a weighted factors-based approach to offer guidance and steer the person to the best decision.
• Handmark has announced its support of the new Apple iPad, set to launch on April 3. The company plans to bring a variety of apps it powers for media partners to the iPad, in addition to its own branded mobile apps. Handmark currently supports mobile applications for a variety of the most trusted brands around the world including Zagat, New York Daily News, Forbes, Oxford University Press, Goal.com and others.
• Handmark and MMAjunkie.com have announced the availability of a new free MMAjunkie.com mobile news application for the iPhone and BlackBerry smartphones. MMAjunkie.com is an independent news site devoted to the highly popular sport of MMA, a full-contact combat sport that combines a wide variety of fighting techniques, mixing classical martial arts with other styles of fighting as diverse as wrestling and Brazilian jiu jitsu. MMAjunkie.com has established itself as the premier go-to source for the latest news and information for millions of fans worldwide who avidly follow the sport.
• Good.iWare has released a new version of its GoodReader file viewer for iPhone that includes “server-style” support for DropBox. Now users can upload files and even entire directories to Dropbox from GoodReader, and are also able to delete files just like they could with a normal file server, such as FTP. The most recent version of GoodReader offered a web-browser connection to DropBox, which enabled users to browse DropBox accounts and download files into GoodReader, but did not enable users to reverse that process and upload files from GoodReader to DropBox.
• The Boxing Fighter app features the ability to train and engage customizable fighters to box in locations ranging from the Street Bar to Vegas, Baby! Become a brawling champ and use points earned to purchase better gear and training for your boxer. And if you’re craving that adrenaline rush that comes from laying the smack down on one of your buddies, try the “vs” feature to battle each other over a network.