Animoto On The iPhone 3G

Yeah, I gush about Animoto (and so do others). And I’ll keep on gushing because they are an example of a startup that just focuses like a laser on doing one thing well. In their case, it’s creating slideshows for users from their photos.

They just launched their iPhone application. Select 8-16 photos from your photo library, pick some music to play in the background, and it creates a slideshow for you on the fly. Watch it on your iPhone or email it to friends. I created one in just a few second with some photos I took today. It’s embedded below.

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WordsWorth iPhone App

UDUPI, India, December 15, 2008 – 99Games, creator and publisher of games for iPhone, iPod touch and Mac, today announced the release of ‘WordsWorth’, a word game for the iPhone and iPod touch, which is available on the Apple App Store. WordsWorth is a challenging, fun, engaging and an addictive word game, with the perfect ingredients to loosen up. The objective of the game is to trace words and link letters into words in the library.

Players can choose from a range of 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, and 7×7 grids and can create longer words with rare letters to earn hefty points. There are 20 levels with different rankings and an option to customize the game according to the players’ level on intellect. Rewards, buzzwords and timed tiles are put forth as levels progress to increase the challenge.

“People get addicted to word games quickly. Utilizing the revolutionary Multi-Touch user interface of iPhone and iPod touch, 99Games has created a word game that is very intuitive and convenient for word- game players to rapidly form words and earn points. Given the global nature of distribution of App Store, popular word lists like TWL, SOWPODS and ENABLE have been integrated into the game to allow players the flexibility to choose their preferred wordlists” says Anila Andrade of 99Games. “WordsWorth is not merely a game but a means to get players to have a good time expanding their vocabulary, learning new words, and exercising their brain”, she added.

As an Introductory offer, WordsWorth is available in the App Store for $0.99. For more information on WordsWorth, please visit http://wordsworth.99games.in

The other titles developed by 99Games for iPhone and iPod touch are Chess Lite and Chess Pro – Chess games for the novice as well as experienced users, and Puzzle games – Jigsaw Wild and Aqua Jigsaw.

About 99Games
Our creative and vibrant team at 99Games is all geared up to get you completely absorbed with your iPhones, iPods and Macs into the new world of gaming. 99Games will enthrall you with some of the memorable old titles that would bring out your childhood, and gazillion other new casual games that would keep you totally gripped. Visit http://www.99games.in for more details.

SitOrSquat Announces Text Messaging Service and Second iPhone Version to Find Toilets Anywhere, Anytime

SitOrSquat, Inc releases the second version of their iPhone application to critical acclaim as well as a revamped website which Whoopi Goldberg brought up on “The View” during the “Hot Topics” round table. SitOrSquat is also available through the BlackBerry, SMS Text Messaging and any WAP capable phone as well as on the Web.

Everyone everywhere text messages everybody they know about everything from life changing events to the fact that they’ve found the perfect Thai restaurant; well now you can send a text message (texting is only supported in the US now) to DOTCOM (368266) simply containing the word “sitorsquat” and you will be prompted to enter your address, postal code, city, state, intersection, etc. You will immediately be delivered the closest public toilets, restrooms and bathrooms. Nearly any piece of geographic data will suffice and best of all it is free to the consumer.

SitOrSquat, Inc, the world’s leading toilet finder has just released a new platform for support, SMS Text Messaging. 99.6% of cellular telephones (mobiles) manufactured in the last 9 years support Text Messaging and it is the most common medium among mobile users.

Currently populated cities include New York (NYC), London, Amsterdam, San Francisco and many cities in Australia.

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SeaDragon Microsoft iPhone App

Microsoft iPhone App

Microsoft: http://livelabs.com/blog/seadragon-goes-mobile/

App link: http://www.itunes.com/app/seadragonmobile

Want to see giga-pixel images on your iPhone?

Seadragon Mobile – the new microsoft iphone app allows you to get super-close in on a map or photo, with just a few pinches or taps of your finger.  Browse an entire collection of photos from a single screen.  You can browse Deep Zoom Images that you can create from your own pictures or your Photosynth collection (or anybody else’s).

The Seadragon app is available for free at the iTunes App Store.

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Network Utility — Connectivity Checker for iPhone

Codepacity have released a connectivity / connection texter for the iPhone 3G.

Main features:

* Ping (ICMP Echo)
* TCP/IP Port Scan
* GeoIP lookup
* Geotargeting with Google Maps
* Whois Query
* IP Address Information

Sounds great… look forward to testing it.

ZeptoPad 1.5 ;handwritten note-taking application for the iPhone and iPod touch – Copy / Paste

24-7PressRelease/ – TOKYO, JAPAN – September 08, 2008 – Ubiquitous Entertainment Inc. (abbreviated to UEI; headquarters: Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Ryo Shimizu) is pleased to announce the launch of ZeptoPad 1.5, an upgraded version of the handwritten note-taking application ZeptoPad, now on sale for the iPhone and iPod touch. A video available on Youtube: http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=02_GqDD1w8k

This product will show at AppleExpo 2008 in Paris, 17th-20th September. The functions added to the ZeptoPad 1.5 are as follows:

New functions provided by ZeptoPad 1.5
Copy / paste of multiple figures and texts
Thanks to this newly added function, users will now be able to copy and paste multiple figures and texts using the editing tool.

Three display modes available.
Instead of the single display mode originally offered, ZeptoPad 1.5 will allow users to choose from a total of three different display modes: plain, ruler, and grid. An especially high level of demand had been expressed for the grid display function.

Zoom out function
After using the ZeptoPad special feature which allows the screen to be expanded and higher levels of detail in drawings, users will now be able to zoom out so as to quickly display entire drawings within a single screen.

Redo function
In addition to the undo function offered previously, ZeptoPad 1.5 will also include a redo function, providing users with a greater level of control to edit content.

Rotate / expand / shrink
In addition to the move function offered previously, ZeptoPad 1.5 will allow users to rotate, expand, and shrink imported images and the entire drawn area of text and figures.

Enhanced basic functions
- The maximum number of worksheets that can be saved has increased from 16 to 320.
- The maximum number of paths that can be drawn has increased from 96 to 256.
- The resolution of pasted images has been upgraded from 32×32 to 128×128.

Help page featuring multilingual support
In line with the global expansion of the App Store, the help page will be written in eight different languages. (Languages available: English, Japanese, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Spanish, and Portuguese)

About ZeptoPad
ZeptoPad allows users to write and draw on their iPhone with a freedom that rivals the experience of using a paper notebook. “Zepto” is a prefix in the International System of Units denoting 10 to the negative 21st power.Accordingly, this application was developed to allow users to sketch without limitations, expanding and shrinking worksheets as they see fit. While previous note-taking applications have always focused on memorization, the aim of ZeptoPad is to support the act of thinking.

Main functions of ZeptoPad

Text input
Users are able to record text data inputted via the keypad.

Handwritten note-taking
In order to create figures which would be difficult to construct using text alone, users can input data by handwriting on the touchscreen. Data with a much higher level of detail can therefore be recorded.

Directory
Using this function, users can bring up a list of the worksheets they have created.

Worksheet sharing (Shake&Share function)
To share a worksheet, users can either attach it as an image to an email and then send it, or transmit it to another ZeptoPad via Wi-Fi (using the Shake&Share function).

Note: A worksheet can be transmitted with the Shake&Share function when two iPhones (iPod touches) have ZeptoPad installed, are connected to the same Wi-Fi access point, and are then shaken up and down simultaneously.

Product / service specifications
Product / service name: Handwritten note-taking application ZeptoPad 1.5
Developer / seller: Ubiquitous Entertainment Inc.
URL: http://zeptopad.com/ (English website)
http://zeptopad.com/index_j.html (Japanese website)
Purchase site: App Store
Price: Free ($9.99 for a new purchase)

About Ubiquitous Entertainment Inc.
Ubiquitous Entertainment Inc. (headquarters:Tokyo,Japan; CEO: Ryo Shimizu) is a technology development corporation offering services based on technologies adopted by the IPA (Information-Technology Promotion Agency, Japan) Exploratory Software Project over a wide range of applications.

UEI boasts a large number of web-based products including an independently developed high-performance RDF database framework, the ZEKE CMS solution, and a CGM site development tool (as of June 2008).

URL: http://www.uei.co.jp/

Contact information
Ubiquitous Entertainment Inc.
Hongo Ohara Bldg, 5-24-6 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan 113-0033
Phone: 81 (0)3-5840-8823
Fax: 81 (0)3-5840-8825
Department to be contacted: Solution Business Division
Email: info@uei.co.jp

*The iPhone and iPod touch are registered trademarks of Apple Inc.
*Other general product names, etc. are all trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

Ubiquitous Entertainment Inc. (headquarters: Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Ryo Shimizu) is a technology development corporation offering services based on technologies adopted by the IPA (Information-Technology Promotion Agency, Japan) Exploratory Software Project over a wide range of applications.

UEI boasts a large number of web-based products including an independently developed high-performance RDF database framework, the ZEKE CMS solution, and a CGM site development tool (as of June 2008).

UEI releases ZeptoPad 1.5 ;the handwritten note-taking application for the iPhone and iPod touch. Copy / paste of multiple figures and texts, as well as a grid display function, are now available.
http://zeptopad.com/ (English website)
http://zeptopad.com/index_j.html (Japanese website)

About Ubiquitous Entertainment Inc

Ubiquitous Entertainment Inc. (headquarters: Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Ryo Shimizu) is a technology development corporation offering services based on technologies adopted by the IPA (Information-Technology Promotion Agency, Japan) Exploratory Software Project over a wide range of applications.

UEI boasts a large number of web-based products including an independently developed high-performance RDF database framework, the ZEKE CMS solution, and a CGM site development tool (as of June 2008).

Kevin Rose reviews Enigmo iPhone 3G app

Kevin Rose reviews Enigmo iPhone 3G app.

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Tertis iPhone 3G Game

The Tetris iPhone game previously available in the iPhone App Store has been pulled following a complaint by the copyright owners.

Tris was a Tetris clone created by Noah Witherspoon