The game itself could be said to be a part of the popular “Swinging Games” genre recently highlighted by Apple on the App Store, along with favorites like ‘Hook Champ.’ This gameplay is then transposed to the world of arcade games circa 1979, with the player instead swinging a spaceship through an increasingly dense asteroid field.

Inspired by endless nights playing Atari’s ‘Asteroids’ and a fascination with the latest in Apple technology, Tractor Beam’s developers aimed to create an intuitive game with broad appeal that would recapture some of the glory of classic arcade games while offering the benefits of Apple’s platform, not the least of which is the ability to choose your own background music from the iPod application. Its own evolving loop-based soundtrack is something that would not have been possible in the games it emulates while the music itself is reminescent of classic science fiction movies.

Tractor Beam is among the new wave of games embracing the latest technology but with a nod to the classic games of eras gone by.

Device Requirements:
*iPhone or iPod Touch 3.12 or later

Pricing and Availability:
Tractor Beam 1.0 is only $0.99 (USD) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games category.

Tractor Beam 1.0: http://www.manufacturingcontent.com/tractorbeam/
Purchase and Download: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tractor-beam/id352841522?mt=8
YouTube Demo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Scok2QNzwTE
Screenshot #1: http://www.manufacturingcontent.com/tractorbeam/s1.jpg
Screenshot #2: http://www.manufacturingcontent.com/tractorbeam/s2.jpg
Icon: http://manufacturingcontent.com/tractorbeam/Icon512.png

a) Install and use one of the third-party Web browsers available on the App Store – replacing Safari entirely.
b) Use one of the less-than-stellar “bookmarklets” circa 2007 that feature no user interface for navigation among search results and suffer from a number of technical, as well as general usability issues.

Unsatisfied with these options and tired of waiting for Apple to add in-page search to mobile Safari, the developer of Find In Page simply created his own app to deliver this missing feature to iPhone and iPod touch users via the App Store. Find In Page app delivers its functionality in the form of a “bookmarklet” – the only way new features can be added directly to the mobile Safari browser. Once installed, accessing in-page search functionality is exactly 2 taps – same as the two clicks required for “Edit – Find” in traditional browsers.

In-page search is one of the most important productivity tools for doing serious research on the Web, as well as simply getting oriented in larger webpages. It significantly reduces the amount of time required to review search engine results: instead of scanning and reading each page for relevance, you can use in-page search to look for relevant keywords, saving time and frustration. Ability to search text, especially in long webpages is critical to mastery of online content. Now this vital productivity tool is available to iPhone users.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod touch 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability:
Find In Page 1.0 is only $0.99 (USD) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store.

Find In Page 1.0: http://findinpage.blogspot.com
Purchase and Download: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/find-in-page/id349889817?mt=8

Features:
* Document Sync – get instant anywhere access to any document, spreadsheet, presentation, or pdf you have synced. Great for flights, subway travel – any place your internet connection is unreliable.
* Document Stars – ensure important docs are synced by just starring them. And change the starred status of docs right from your phone for streamlined management.
* Syncing Options – synchronize starred documents to your phone by default, or have all or none of your documents synced.
* Long pdf Support – frustrated with other viewers that crawl and crash on long documents? gogoDocs handles long pdfs with ease.
* Automatic Bookmarking – continue reading where you left off when you revisit saved documents.
* Document List Filtering – filter your documents by type, synced status, starred status, or visibility to find what you need faster.
* Document Sharing – need to share a great doc? Email any of your saved documents as attachments.
* Portrait and Landscape document viewing, pinch or double tap to zoom.
* Fast document navigation.

Minimum Requirements:
* iPhone OS 3.0 or higher
* iPhone or iPod Touch (any generation)

Price and availability:
gogoDocs 1.0 is available from the App Store immediately on sale for $1.99 USD (regular price: $2.99 USD) in the Productivity category.

gogoDocs 1.0: http://gogodocs.com
Purchase and Download: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id335536499?mt=8

New York, NY, Sounds Broken Inc was founded in 2005 by Jonathan Saggau Sounds Broken inc is a Mac OS X and iPhone software company as well as a technical and business process consultancy. If you can program it, control it, drive it, compile it, touch it, or talk to it, we make it work better. Copyright (C) 2005-2010 Sounds Broken Inc All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

All aspects of flight safety are up to the user. Once they get a plane in the sky at the right altitude, users can make any adjustments necessary for the flight’s heading. Beginners are happy for the takeoff and landing tutorials that are included. The ATC Pro format differs from other air traffic simulation games. Many, if not most, use a normal radar interface. ATC Pro utilizes a USGS map approach for more interesting and realistic playing experiences. Players have the option of indulging in the disastrous side of air travel with ATC Pro. They can adjust settings to allow crashes, near misses and other emergencies, complete with a roaring fireball and other appropriate sounds and graphics.

There is a scoring system for each of the included simulated scenarios listed below:
* Handle 5 landings (practice)
* Handle 5 takeoffs (practice)
* Handle 10 aircraft landing and taking off
* Handle 20 aircraft landing and taking off
* Play Until Incident (crash or lost aircraft)
* Play 5 minute speed round
* Play 10 minute speed round

The app offers different maps with a choice of Detroit (DTW) or Chicago (ORD) airport locations and runway layouts. Zoom and pan features allow users to focus on a tricky landing and other situations that call for close attention. Future versions of ATC Pro will introduce new map areas with multiple airports and more challenges to keep the excitement alive and feed the addiction this app is known for. Users can take advantage of the new lower price of $1.99 to get in on the action now in preparation for the planned updates.

About Larry Roy
Larry Roy specializes in creating technical simulations and games for handheld platforms.  Larry was the creator of “Puzzles-In-Motion” on the Palm platform a number of years ago, and enjoys creating engaging simulations.

Device Requirements
* iPhone or iPod Touch 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability
ATC Pro 1.3 is only $1.99 (USD) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games category. Promo codes are available for qualified reviewers. Please specify the website or blog you represent when making your request.

ATC Pro 1.3 : http://web.me.com/larryroy/index.html
Purchase and Download: http://www.itunes.com/apps/atcpro
Demonstration Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBBfuMXATJM
Media Assets: http://s769.photobucket.com/albums/xx340/lroy890/ATCPro/

Whatever your name is, whomever is calling, there’s a ringtone for that. Users can select from 20  voices including quality commercially licensed voices such as British Man or Woman. They can also use 100+ introductory sound effects as fun attention getters. With AutoRingtone, users simply type the name of a contact to create a talking ringtone. Ringtones Uncensored lets users type any message they want and have it turned into a talking ringtone!

No wonder 9,999 Ringtones Uncensored has become a bestselling Top 15 Social Networking app in its first week of availability. In fact, over 100,000 unique AutoRingtones have been created so far. And many are leveraging the “uncensored” feature. Why settle for built-in stock ringtones or even third-party ringtone collections when you can have each caller’s name, title, and a personal message spoken out loud! No more guessing who is calling or whose phone is ringing!

Users can submit funny ringtones to No Tie for a weekly contest for the funniest ringtone created using AutoRingtone or 9,999 Ringtones Uncensored. Prizes include iTunes giftcards, iPhone cases, chargers, headphones and earbuds!

Device Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod touch 2.2.1 or later

Pricing and Availability:
Ringtones Uncensored and AutoRingtone PRO are both currently available at an introductory price of just $0.99! There are even free “lite’ versions of AutoRingtone so users can try before they buy. In addition to the iPhone .m4r ringtone format, ringtone sound files can be downloaded in .AIFF format, for use on other phones! No Tie Software has dozens of apps in the app store, but 100sounds is their most popular app. indeed, many of the 100’s of sound effects in 100sounds are included in AutoRingtone PRO and 9,999 Ringtones Uncensored.

No Tie Software: http://www.notiesoftware.com/
AutoRingtone TEXT-TO-SPEECH on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=333264447&mt=8
9,999 Ringtones Uncensored on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/9-999-ringtones-uncensored/id348701167?mt=8

Express Dictate, called Pocket Dictate at Apple’s app store, allows you to record and send dictation directly from your PC, Mac, PocketPC, Palm, SmartPhone, and now iPhone. The software is a professional dictation voice recorder that works like a traditional Dictaphone with HIPAA compliant for secure encryption.

Accounting firms, medical practices, and law firms in particular have the need for dictation and transcription software that cuts out time, and even secretarial needs. A lawyer can dictate while at the courthouse, hit send and have the audio file emailed to their transcriptionist instantly.

“Express Dictate is the most useful productivity tool in my arsenal,” said Richard Georges, a St. Petersburg, Fla.-based lawyer whose practice handles real property, corporations, wills, trusts and estates law. “You can email the dictation, send it to a specified location on any computer in your network, and it sits in the active application tray, just waiting to be used.”

It will also use any microphone and speaker combination. “I just dictate into my phone, and it’s ready to email to the transcriptionist,” Georges said.

Many small businesses, including Georges’ law office, are able to cut out the secretarial services traditionally needed for dictation. The time professionals like Georges save is time they can spend with clients.

Express Dictate also works well with Express Scribe transcription software, which supports both audio and video playback for quick and efficient transcription turnaround.

Maidenhead, UK – Byte Squared today is proud to announce the release of Doc2 3.0, an update to its word processor application for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Doc2 now includes support for the Microsoft Word .doc format and integration with Google Docs. Pronounced “Doc Squared”, provides formatted text editing with the following features:

General Features:
* View, create, edit and save documents in Word 97-2003 (.doc) format
* Compatibility with Microsoft Word, NeoOffice and any other .doc compatible word processor
* Character formatting, including text and fill color, bold, italic, underline, font face and size
* Paragraph formatting including alignment, indenting, bullets and numbering
* Support for tables, including table creation
* Support for images, including inserting of images from the camera roll or pasting from other programs
* Searching of text within documents
* Undo and redo, up to 100 undo levels
* Copy and paste within the app in addition to copy and paste of text and images from other applications, including Safari
* Auto-correction and auto-completion are supported

Organizing Documents:
* Access documents stored in Google Docs, iDisk and any WebDAV server, including open, edit, save, delete and rename
* Create or delete folders
* Move or copy documents between folders locally
* Move or copy documents between Google Docs or iDisk accounts and the local folders
* Move or copy documents within folders in Google Docs or iDisk accounts
* Email documents as attachments

Byte Squared CEO Simon Bates said: “This is the first word processor app to tightly integrate with Google Docs, giving our users ubiquitous access to their data over the cloud from either desktop or iPhone.”

Minimum Requirements:
iPhone or iPod touch 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability:
Doc2 3.0 is $3.99 (USD) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Productivity category.

Byte Squared: http://www.bytesquared.com
Doc2 3.0: http://www.bytesquared.com/products/doc/iPhone
Purchase and Download: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/id348364931?mt=8
Screenshot: http://www.bytesquared.com/images/doc/iPhone/iPhone_full.gif
App Icon: http://www.bytesquared.com/Images/doc_icon.gif

These holidays, only iPhone and iPod touch users with fring can talk with and also see their family and friends on Skype or fring, from anywhere, for free, over Wi-Fi internet connection. This is the first video over internet service on the iPhone or iPod touch.

This video feature is embedded within the fring application that enables free voice calls from the iPhone and iPod Touch to other fring users, Skype and GTalk buddies as well as friends on regular phone lines via Skype-Out and hundreds of popular SIP services. fring users can live chat, update profiles, share files and talk with friends from several Instant Messaging services like MSN, AIM, GoogleTalk and Skype, in addition to interacting with popular online social networks like Twitter ,all from one integrated fring contact list.

Avi Shechter, Co-Founder & CEO of fring: “Leveraging excellent video capabilities on the iPhone and iPod touch together with our open internet and social environment, we’re bringing together families and friends these holidays, wherever they are…” Shechter continued, “We were the first to bring mobile voice over internet (VoIP) to mobile devices, the first to bring iPhone/ iPod touch users the choice to make free Internet calls, the first to enable cost-saving mobile twitter over internet, and now we’re proud to continue leading the field of  rich mobile-internet communication by bringing users the world’s first fring video calls over internet for the iPhone and iPod touch.”

The new fring version with video calls support is currently available to users with iPhone/ iPod touch OS 3.0 (only incoming video-stream available, due to the location of the camera) and selected  Nokia Symbian S60 devices (2-way video streaming is available) . In addition, fring supports thousands of handsets on multiple platforms including Symbian S60, Android, Windows Mobile, J2ME and Linux devices.

San Diego, California – Kabuki Vision has just released an update to their popular note-taking app NoteMaster for iPhone and iPod Touch. NoteMaster, already well-known for its ability to create great-looking notes that contain text, images, and headers, now extends its capabilities in version 2.3 by allowing for font selection and supporting hyperlinks.

NoteMaster makes it easy to create great-looking notes by inserting images, photos, and headers right inside the text. Fonts can be selected for each note for a customized look.

“The ability to insert images directly into your notes opens up a world of possibilities”, says Adam Shaw, founder of Kabuki Vision. “It is the key to making NoteMaster perfect for meetings, shopping, travel, journals, or just general note-taking.”

Other NoteMaster features include categories, password-protection, hyperlink detection, full-text search, e-mail, and syncing with Google Docs(TM). As the only notes app offering true syncing with the Google Docs(TM) service, NoteMaster makes it easy to sync your notes to the cloud, allowing one to read and edit them on the web.

System Requirements:
* Any iPhone or iPod Touch

Pricing and Availability
NoteMaster is $3.99 (USD) and is available exclusively through the App Store in the Productivity category. NoteMaster was recently featured by Apple in the “New and Noteworthy” section of the US iTunes app store, and is currently one of the top-selling note apps in the store.

NoteMaster 2.3: http://www.kabukivision.com
Purchase and Download: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/notemaster-notes-with-images-synced/id297921531?mt=8
Screenshot: http://www.kabukivision.com/screenshots/files/page6-1000-full.jpg
Screenshot: http://www.kabukivision.com/screenshots/files/page6-1001-full.jpg