And what a new year’s gift this is… the world’s first video calls over internet on the iPhone and iPod Touch!
fringsters with iPhones and iPod Touch (and selected Nokia devices as announced last week) can now see all their family and friends on fring and Skype this Holiday Season!

Right now iPhone and iPod touch users can receive and make fring and Skype video calls entirely over Internet connection (for free!) and see the person on the other end. When a front camera is placed on these, we’ll have two-way video calls available here too just as we do on all the supported Nokia devices.

Just download the new fring version now and see your family and friends on fring and Skype these holidays!

Your feedback and comments are welcome, as always.

Albuquerque, NM – Twitter today turned on Geotagging of Tweets and automatic ReTweeting and Stone Design’s top-selling iPhone Twitter client Twittelator Pro currently shipping version 3.3.1 is the first iPhone Twitter client to take full advantage of both features.

Geotagging allows users to optionally attach a latitude and longitude to each tweet – and in Twittelator, you can tap the tweet to see a map of where it originated or use the Nearby search to find tweeters near you or any location on the planet. You can toggle the geotagging on or off at tweet time.

Twitter’s new ReTweet feature was also 100% deployed today, and Twittelator lets you create these new “official” ReTweets, as well as monitor ReTweet’s of yours that are ReTweeted, and see the ones that you ReTweet or are ReTweeted to you.

“We were insane to ship Twittelator V3.3.1 with untested, undeployed features.” said Stone Design CEO Andrew Stone, @twittelator. “but it’s insanely great that you can Geotag and auto ReTweet today with our shipping version right now!”

Twittelator Pro was recently featured at the top of the Summer’s Hottest iPhone Apps in an Apple/AT&T full page ad in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and USA Today, and runs on all models of the iPhone and iPod Touch. With so many other power features including multiple accounts, lists, record audio, shoot video, unlimited drafts, offline tweeting, Twittelator Pro packs the most features into a Twitter client, mobile or desktop.

“There are two major factors which set Twittelator apart from the rest of the pack,” remarked Mr. Stone. “We do a free major monthly update and we listen carefully to and act on our customers’ issues and feature requests.”

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod Touch 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability:
Twittelator Pro 3.3.1  is $4.99 (USD) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Social Networking category. Twittelator Pro was chosen as Editor’s pick for best iPhone Twitter client by Mac|Life in May 2009 issue.

Twittelator 3.3.1: http://stone.com/Twittelator
Purchase and Download: http://j.mp/twitpro
Screenshots: http://www.stone.com/Twittelator/Twittelator_Screens.html
Icon: http://www.stone.com/Twittelator/images/TwittelatorPro.png

Treascovery today released Here IM version 1.0 for iPhone and iPod Touch users. Nicknamed HIM, for short, the app appeals to modern mobiles who want everything they need in one application. It offers portable GPS locating and photo emailing, which is great for general communication or for when you’re lost.

Waretown, NJ – Announcing that Treascovery, the developers of Here IM (HIM) for iPhone and iPod Touch users has launched version 1.0 for the modernly mobile. HIM uses GPS technology to easily transmit location co-ordinates but the app’s versatility allows users to manually enter a specific address. This is the app people want to have on trips. If lost, you can use HIM to easily let others know where you are. This is also very handy for communicating with a group of people who are traveling to a common destination or for anybody trying to find someone in a large area, such as a campground or Disneyland.

The flexibility of HIM means that photos can be taken on the spot or pulled from an existing photo library and emailed, along with your position settings. There are a great many uses for HIM but the most common is the sending of vacation photos and co-ordinates while traveling. Available in eight languages, HIM is able to send a user’s location and photos with only three clicks, which makes it one of the quickest, easiest apps on the market.

Features:
* Location service camera
* Address book integration
* Select favorite contacts for emailing ease
* Auto generation of email content
* MapKit
* Supports 8 languages
* GPS optional
* WIFI, GPRS or 3G can be used to send messages and download Google maps

About Here IM (HIM)
Here IM is an iPhone and iPod Touch application that has everything you need to stay in touch. This little helper app uses GPS technology to easily transmit photos and location co-ordinates via email.

Device Requirements:
* Compatible with iPhone and iPod Touch (second generation)
* Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later
* GPS: optional
* Network: WIFI, 3G

Pricing and Availability:
Here IM (HIM) 1.0 is only $0.99 (USD) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Lifestyle category. Promo codes are available for qualified reviewers. Please specify the website or blog you represent when making your request.

Here IM 1.0: http://www.treascovery.com
Purchase and Download: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=327787668&mt=8
Demonstration Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiczZa-0g-c

Albuquerque, NM – Stone Design aka Big Stone Phone today released Twittelator Pro 3.3.1, a free upgrade to its top-selling iPhone Twitter client. Twittelator Pro was recently featured at the top of the Summer’s Hottest iPhone Apps in an Apple/AT&T full page ad in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and USA Today, and runs on all models of the iPhone and iPod Touch.

“As the Twitter API evolves, so does Twittelator” said Stone Design CEO Andrew Stone, @twittelator. “Users can geocode their tweets at will, report spammers, tap and hold any map to find tweets from nearby that location, anywhere in the world. What’s exciting is that Twitter’s new Auto Retweet system is built into this version ready to go when Twitter throws the switch.”

The key new features recently added to Twittelator Pro v3.3.1 include:

* Nearby Tweets of any location
* Option to geocode your tweets with your location
* Change your avatar picture
* Report as Spammer – blocks and reports the tweeter
* Entire TwitLonger is shown in place by tapping link icon
* Localized to Japanese

(Note: these will start working when Twitter turns them on end of October)
* Automatic ReTweeting uses new Twitter RT architecture
* See all your RT’s, RT’s of your tweets, and RT’s by your friends

With so many other power features including multiple accounts, record audio, shoot video, unlimited drafts, offline tweeting, unlimited sub groups of friends, Twittelator Pro v3.3.1 packs the most features into a Twitter client, mobile or desktop. Recently added was the ability to upload your photos directly to your own WordPress site when you install the free TweetPress Plug-In, and to claim your own shortened links produced by bit.ly.

“Twittelator has always rode the cutting edge,” remarked Mr. Stone. “And yes, we’ve gotten cut! This release fixes a crasher that was found 4.5 hours before V3.3.1 became available, as well as other reported problems of V3.3 ”

Twittelator Pro was listed on the top of “16 of the summer’s hottest new releases” in the New York Times, Sunday August 2nd and the Wall Street Journal, Monday August 3rd in full page Apple and AT&T advertisements.

Twittelator Pro was chosen as Editor’s pick for best iPhone Twitter client by Mac|Life in May 2009 issue.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod Touch 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability:
Twittelator Pro 3.3.1 is only $4.99 (USD) and available exclusively through the App Store in the Social Networking category.

Twittelator Pro 3.3.1: http://stone.com/Twittelator
What’s New: http://www.stone.com/Twittelator/Twittelator_News.html
Purchase and Download: http://j.mp/twitpro
Help: http://stone.com/Twittelator/help
Screenshot: http://www.stone.com/Twittelator/Twittelator_Screens.html
Icon: http://www.stone.com/Twittelator/images/TwittelatorPro.png

Lund, Sweden – Combining Twitter and Google Maps, Tweetspotting is a powerful Twitter client for the iPhone and iPod Touch that allows you to browse tweets from all over the globe. Explore any location and find out what people are thinking, doing and saying (i.e tweeting). Tweetspotting also includes a real-time friend tracker that will help you find and follow your friends.

Tweetspotting displays Twitter activity in four different modes: World, Timeline, Mentions and Track. Each mode sports a map-view and a list-view for convenient browsing.

The World mode is useful for watching news and events happening nearby or in a city far, far away. It is possible to filter tweets by specific content, such as keywords, hashtags (a method for linking tweets to a specific topic) and user mentions.

The Timeline mode is for displaying your home timeline, which contains tweets from the people you are following. Find out where your friends are and what they are doing.

The Mentions mode allows you to see what people all over the world are saying about you.

Tweetspotting will, if granted access, automatically post your current location to the Twitter servers while you’re on the move. In Track mode, Tweetspotting will download this information from the your friends and plot their movement on the map. Following friends has never been easier. Naturally, Tweetspotting contains standard Twitter features such as posting tweets, geocoding them accordingly, replying and retweeting, image uploading through yFrog and url shortening through bit.ly.

The application is prepared with the draft specification of Twitter’s geocoding API which, according to Twitter, will be available in the near future. When released, the geocoding API will provide Tweetspotting with additional geographical data making it even more powerful and exciting.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod Touch 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability:
Tweetspotting 1.0.1 is only $1.99 (USD) and available exclusively through the App Store in the Social Networking category.

Tweetspotting 1.0.1: http://www.tweetspottingapp.com/
Purchase and Download: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=335158720&mt=8
Screenshot #1: http://www.tweetspottingapp.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/world.png
Screenshot #2: http://www.tweetspottingapp.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/track.png

Hollywood based Elements2Dance today is excited to announce songvoo 1.1, their updated iPod music player app for iPhone and iPod Touch. This update adds many groundbreaking features including Facebook integration, shape gestures, 15,000 theme combinations, Intro-Outro skipping, and a streamlined interface. songvoo serves as a great iPod companion for both casual user and music professionals alike, or anyone who has a large, constantly changing music collection to stay on top of.

Hollywood, California – Elements2Dance (E2D) today is proud to announce songvoo(TM) 1.1, their updated iPod app and music player for iPhone and iPod Touch. Developed specifically to leverage the iPhone’s unique capabilities and interface, songvoo uses the entire display for the song title and artist of the current playing song. songvoo serves as a great iPod companion for both casual user and music professionals alike, or anyone who has a large, constantly changing music collection to stay on top of.

Facebook Enabled: songvoo lets the user share his currently playing song info on their Facebook stream, and update their Facebook status from within the app. The Facebook story includes a link to listen to and purchase the currently playing song, and others from the artist, from the iTunes Store.

Perfect for jogging, driving, and many other active diversions, the large, easy-to-read display shows at-a-glance exactly what song is playing and who the artist is. songvoo will look great in a car-mount or speaker dock. It even responds to all external remote controls like next song, previous song, pause, and play, including control from Apple’s earbud remote.

songvoo features intuitive, yet incredibly useful controls that work great no matter what the users orientation is to the screen, such as when the device is in an armband, or even when driving. New in this version is Shape Gestures, which also work in any orientation. Just tap once to play or pause, swipe or double-tap the screen to go to the next track, or go to the previous track with a triple-tap or back-arrow gesture (<). songvoo also shows elapsed and remaining time for the currently playing track, along with a slider that can be used to skip sections or replay a certain part. The interface elements can also be faded out while music is playing to further reduce distractions. You can activate song shuffle by holding a thumb on the screen and shaking the device.

Also new in this version is Intro-Outro Skip, loop, shuffle, and a song info screen. Intro-Outro Skip lets you skip a user-defined amount from the beginning and end of each track. People who need to go through a large amount of music in a short amount of time will appreciate this feature that lets you get to the “meat” of each track quickly. The song info screen lets you see all of the meta data associated and available for the current track including the album art, rating, composer, disc number, and more.

“I developed songvoo originally to fill a need for my own enormous and constantly growing music collection.” said Jokton Strealy, resident DJ of E2D. “The included iPod app was not enough for my needs because the text seemed too small, and song names and artists appeared cut off for lack of space because the album cover art was so big. When I’m browsing my music before a set, I’ve also always wanted to be able to automatically cut off the intros and outros, which can be quite long and repetitive in dance music mixes. I also felt that the interface needed to be more fun and look stylish. Apple opening up version 3.0 of the iPhone OS allows so much more freedom. Although created for music professionals, songvoo allows for extensive user customization which should also appeal to a wider audience.”

Users can choose a new playlist (or songs) from their iPod library at any time, as well as choose music in the iPod app if they prefer, and bounce back and forth between apps with no problem. Additionally, it is possible to personalize songvoo. Change font, colors, background image, or enable the shake to randomize feature and set these automatically.

Device Requirements:
* Original iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch 1st or 2nd Generation, with OS 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability:
songvoo 1.1 is only $0.99 (USD) and available exclusively through the App Store in the Music category. songvoo was a “Featured New Release” by Apple in the month of September on the App Store.

songvoo 1.1: http://songvoo.com
Purchase and Download: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=322156651&mt=8
Youtube Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zSBVzJNh18