Mac, iPhone, iPod and iPad product news – June 2, 2010

Macintosh and iPhone/iPod/iPad product updates and announcements for June 2, 2010:

• Macintosh
• iPod

Macintosh

• Boinx Software has announced the release of FotoMagico 3.5, the gold standard for animating still images. FotoMagico , winner of two Apple Design Awards, amplifies its functionality in version 3.5 with new plug-in support for Apple Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express, Motion and Adobe After Effects. The native plug-in integration allows videographers and motion graphic artists to animate still images and render with flawless results directly within the host applications, eliminating workflow disruption and time-consuming key frame adjustments.
• publicspace.net has announced A Better Finder Rename 8.60, an update to its popular file, music and photo renaming utility. A Better Finder Rename is a sophisticated tool that caters for the full range of file renaming tasks encountered by the modern creative professional. It has transformed the tedious and time-consuming task of renaming multiple files into a simple matter of seconds. The new version 8.60 release provides improved support for inserting roman numerals into existing file names.
• CrumplePop today announced Metal, a new tool for creating big, mean, blockbuster titles in Final Cut Pro. CrumplePop Metal allows busy editors to quickly and easily add high-quality metallic titles to any FCP project by simply typing in text and rendering. Quickly and easily add titles that appear to be cut from a solid block of steel, copper, chrome-plated steel, or steel diamond plate. CrumplePop Metal works right on the Final Cut Pro timeline, without requiring a trip to another application.
• The Mac Sale is once again running a Mac software bundle, with 10 apps. This time around The Mac Sale includes the amazing revStudio by RunRev, which allows easy development of Mac apps, and the ability to create for Windows and Linux. As always, The Mac Sale endeavours to give a great deal to both customers and developers. Yet again, The Mac Sale has partnered with MacZOT. The Mac Sale is running until June 15th, so head over and see what’s on offer.
• iWeb Themes Park has announced five new iWeb themes for Apple’s website building application. The new outstanding themes are a big step forward in building websites using iWeb. The updated collection now contains thirty-two iWeb themes including two free iWeb themes available to download from our website for every iWeb user. In addition, iWeb Themes Park presents iWebThemesTrio – a new possibility to obtain 3 iWeb Themes of your choice from our whole collection for 2 themes’ price.
• The PandaWare Company has released DiskWrangler 3.1, an update to its file launching and browsing application for Mac OS X. DiskWrangler allows Mac users to launch any file with the application of their choice. Version 3.1 offers a number of improvements for working in Mac OS X 10.6, as well as a cleaner, more focused interface, and a number of other improvements. DiskWrangler also includes a Find File feature and an option for exporting disk or folder content listings.
• iPresentee has announced iWeb Themes for Business 7.0 to be used with Apple’s Web site building application. iWeb Themes for Business 7.0 includes five new superb themes available in standard and flash edition: Clock, Golden, Relax, Architecture and Business World. The new release extends iPresentee’s iWeb themes collection up to seventy themes designed for casual and business use. Themes included in the new package are available in standard and flash editions.
• drahtwerk has announced the availability of the iWebcamera OS X drivers. The iWebcamera OS X drivers enable users to use the iWebcamera iPhone application together with their favorite operating system. iWebcamera is the only application that turns the iPhone into a real, driver-based webcamera. With iWebcamera the iPhone can be used as webcamera in applications like Skype, Microsoft Live Messenger, YouTube, Chat Roulette and every single webcamera enabled application.
• CS Odessa has released ConceptDraw MindWave, an updated version of its popular mind mapping tool for Google Wave. This is a no charge add-in, which enables users to rapidly collaborate with any amount of people, from 2 to 2000. ConceptDraw MindWave provides teams the opportunity to interactively collaborate on a mind map while building a map structure that represents the focus of collaboration. The mind map can then take full advantage of Google Wave playback and more.
• Other World Computing has announced today its Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2 desktop hardware RAID storage line delivers an entirely new level of affordability to high capacity, highly reliable performance data storage with its 8.0TB model now priced at $979.99. Pre-configured with hardware RAID 5 redundancy to protect against data loss, the Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2 has four hot swappable SATA hard drive bays; a “Quad Interface” of FireWire® 800, FireWire 400, USB 2.0, and eSATA ports for Mac and PC compatibility; and data transfer speeds of up to 300MB/s.

iPhone/iPod/iPad

• Bioserie stays true to its environmentally responsible philosophy by expanding its bioplastic protective cover line from iPhone to iPod Touch and iPod Nano by using the same plant based, environmentally friendly, cutting edge material mix.
• The Porsche Club of America has announced that the PCA iPhone App is now available for download on the App Store. The Porsche Club is the first car club to release an iPhone App. Members can stay connected with PCA regions, events as well as having PCA/Porsche related resource information right at their fingertips. Members can find Porsche dealers and Porsche related service providers using GPS or zip code, find tracks closest to you using GPS or zip code and much more.
• OOFsource has announced that All Cars Catalog – 48,000 Cars 1.1 for the iPhone is on sale. Compatible with the iPhone, and iPod touch, the comprehensive app provides full search capabilities of over 48,000 vehicles, including 205 car brands since 1900, over 8,000 color photos, and detailed specifications for every listing. The app operates in full screen mode, displays photos in “cover flow”, saves photos to the media library, and is one of the most extensive car catalogs in the App Store.
• See Here Studios, publisher of the first 3D children’s storybook for the iPad “3D Storybook-The Wrong Side Of The Bed 3D,” has teamed with 3D filmmaker Andrea Senise to bring interactive 3D movies to their upcoming children’s iPad e-book titles. Senise is an experienced producer of 3D stereoscopic television and animated commercials. A sneak preview of the 3D storybook movie format is now viewable on Youtube, along with animated video of See Here Studios’ first iPad e-book app.
• iLounge’s iPad Buyers’ Guide has combined with The iPod + iPhone Book 5 to form an impressive 150-page look at all things iPod, iPhone, and iPad, providing readers with the ultimate resource for buying, maximizing, and even selling Apple’s popular digital devices. Best of all, it’s completely free. The Book also contains beautiful Around The World photographs and images of globe-trotting iPads, iPhones, and iPods submitted by iLounge readers, and much more.
• Bit Mantra has released major updates for Stock Genie 2.2.2 for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users. The application, which is the number one stock app in all of iTunes, breaks down the details of daily stocks and picks the best one, based on fifteen different criteria, effectively doing all the research for making an informed decision. Users are shown the result and can then consider whether or not to include the stock in their portfolio.
• MotionObj has announced SimplyTweet 3.1.1, an update to their full featured Twitter application for iPhone and iPod touch. SimplyTweet combines a fast, simple user interface with a rich set of features, as well as offers built-in support of push notifications for new mentions and direct messages. Version 3.1.1 adds Instapaper mobilizer support as well as many other features and fixes.
• Macvide has announced iPod Converter 3.4, an update to their video to iPad, iPhone, iPod mp4 conversion utility for Mac OS X. iPod Converter allows conversion of video files to mp4 iPod video. MacVide iPod Converter provides powerful functions to set different settings for your video files. iPod Converter offers an easy-to-use interface that guides the user through the conversion process. All of the most popular formats are supported.
• Byte Squared has announced Office2 HD 3.3.1, its office application for the iPad. Office2 HD provides DOC compatible document editing and XLS compatible spreadsheet editing, including tight integration with Dropbox, Google Docs, MobileMe iDisk and several other cloud based services. Compatible with Microsoft Word, NeoOffice and any other .doc compatible word processor, users can view, create, edit and save documents in Word 97-2003 format and much more.
• TicBits Ltd has announced that iAssociate 2 will remain as a free app for the remainder of the week, until Sunday June 6th. iAssociate 2 was featured on FreeAppADay on June 1st. iAssociate 2 is a highly addictive word association game, where players have to figure out which words or phrases are associated to each other. iAssociate 2 has been developed with the requests from the players in mind, offering brand new gameplay elements to further enhance the gameplay experience.
• Sonos, Inc., has introduced the latest addition to its suite of products: the Sonos ZonePlayer S5 in black. Applauded by experts as one of the Gadgets of the Year, the Sonos S5 is an all-in-one wireless music system that can be controlled with an iPhone, iPod touch or any Sonos Controller.
• iHome has introduced the iP49 Portable Rechargeable Audio System for iPhone/iPod to retail outlets nationwide. The first portable offering from iHome’s newly minted Studio Series that exclusively features Bongiovi Acoustics’ Digital Power Station technology, the iP49 is also iHome’s first portable alarm clock radio with a rechargeable battery that lets users enjoy hours of music anywhere, any time, without the need to replace batteries.
• Sinecure Industries is out to ruin your life. After cataloging over 800 pieces of bad advice, Sinecure Industries put it into Halp 1.0.1 and is now serving it up for mass consumption. This advice will more than likely land you in the hospital, jail or the morgue – use it at you own discretion. Esteemed humorologist Michael Mizov spent a year finding people whose lives serve as a warning for others.
• Light Technology LLC has announced See Where I Am 1.0 for iPhone devices. This simple multi-function app combines the iPhone’s built in email, camera, and GPS locator. See Where I Am makes it quick and easy to share a photo and message with time, date, and google map navigation information to your address book contacts. See Where I Am is currently featured on iTunes under “what’s hot” in the navigation section.
• Do you know where your teenager is? Are you sure? Want to be precisely sure? Parents now can learn precisely where their child or teenager is at any moment by calling them and asking them to take a picture using the new iPhone app called IcePics (In Case of Emergency Pictures). IcePics’ primary purpose is to assist anyone who suspects they are about to become a victim of kidnapping, rape, robbery or assault by having then simply point their iPhone at the suspicious person and push the IcePics button on their iPhone. IcePics will immediately email a picture of the bad guy along with the GPS location pinpointed on a Google Map to contacts pre-selected by the owner.
• Jet Set Games has announced that Highborn is now available on Apple’s iTunes App Store for a limited-time, introductory price of $2.99. In Highborn, players are treated to two strategy games that combine to offer an intelligent, tactical experience without the frenetic play of a traditional RTS. Players move forces around an overhead map to secure spells and combat support, then dive into 3D combat to deploy those advantages against an unsuspecting enemy. All the fun and fighting is set against an irreverent tale, filled with wacky heroes, witty dialogue and wild assumptions.
• SizeMyBike computes the optimal geometry of your road or mountain bike’s frame to perfectly match your morphology. Six body measurements (height, inseam, sternum, arm length, foot length, and shoulder width) allow for an accurate computation of the best geometry. This information is useful in choosing the right frame size and obtaining the best fit for your bike.
• Sound ID has created the world’s first Blue Tooth headset offering its own iPhone App that allows people to “EarPrint,” called Sound ID 510. The EarPrint application is designed to work with the eardrum to tailor the volume and tone of all conversations to fit each individual’s specific hearing needs. Think of it as a blueprint for the ears.