San Francisco, CA – WaterField Designs, a local manufacturer renowned for its high-quality custom sleeves, bags and cases for digital gear, introduces the first of its several cases for the hotly anticipated Apple iPad: the iPad Ultimate SleeveCase and the Suede Jacket. The Ultimate SleeveCase includes shock-absorbing neoprene and screen protecting, impact-resistant plastic plus a scratch-free, screen cleaning Ultrasuede(R) liner; the Suede Jacket’s custom sizing coupled with UltraSuede(R) stretch memory ensure a snug fit for scratch protection. Both are available for pre-order at the sfbags website.

“People are likely to take the iPad with them everywhere,” noted Gary Waterfield, company founder. “It’s too big for your pants pocket, but our custom-fitted Ultimate SleeveCase and Suede Jacket are the next best thing – they’re both slim and protective and they travel easily.”

The Suede Jacket, with or without an optional stretch pocket, protects the iPad from the occasional ding in a scratch- and static-free Ultrasuede(R) case that can double as a screen cleaner. Small pull-tabs help ease iPad insertion and removal.

The customizable iPad Ultimate SleeveCase provides scratch-free and compact, multi-layer protection. The iPad case interior is fully lined with screen-cleaning Ultrasuede(R). A nearly indestructible, ballistic nylon outer shell is lined with high-grade shock-absorbing neoprene and an impact-resistant insert to protect the iPad screen. A bottom loop helps ease iPad removal. Users may customize with several options: horizontal or vertical case orientation, our standard Lead Indium trim or a new limited run Brown Leather trim option, a shoulder strap and/or a removable “Piggyback” accessories pouch.

These TSA friendly iPad cases allow travelers to breeze through airport security. Both Apple iPad cases can be used alone or in WaterField’s Muzetto, Cargo, Cozmo, or VertiGo bags.

Pricing and Availability:
Available now for pre-order. Cases will ship within one week of Apple ship date.

Suede Jacket Price: $19 USD. With pocket: $25 Color: Black. Vertical orientation.

SleeveCase with Flap: Price: $55 USD. Colors: Black with Lead Indium or Black with brown leather trim ( $4). Additional options: Simple Shoulder Strap ($7), Piggyback accessory pouch: ($25), Piggyback with brown leather trim ( $2).

Compatible with WaterField’s Personal Muzetto ($239), Small Cargo ($179-$209), Small Cozmo ($169-$199), and small VertiGo ($85).

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WaterField Designs manufactures custom-fitted, high-quality cases and bags for a full-range of laptop computers, cameras, and other digital gear. All products are manufactured to exacting standards in San Francisco. More information is available WaterField Designs online in the About Us section. WaterField Designs, SleeveCase, Suede Jacket, PiggyBack, Muzetto, Cargo, Cozmo, VertiGo, are trademarks of WaterField Designs. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Brain Challenge by Gameloft is an awesome iPhone app to exercise your noggin. You can exercise your brain for vision, logic, memory, math and focus. This app has more levels than you may need before you start to develop big brain. There are 3 difficulty levels for every exercise and plenty of exercises to unlock. Brain Challenge is the last brain strengthening app you will need. This app costs $4.99 and receives $.5 CrazyMikes head’s. CM

The iPhone continues to fill voids in areas where people had to use multiple solutions for work and none were mobile. The iPastor iPhone app by Bowers Technologies is a perfect example of an iPhone productivity app that works. Ministers can have extremely busy days at times and when those days come an iPhone app like this can keep their ministry duties on task. This app allows pastors to enter in ministry needs (unlimited number), review ministry needs, and review completed ministry needs. Pastors are often on the go visiting people at their homes, hospitals, or other places their work calls them to. This app in their hand gives them the power to track individuals that need prayer, pre-marital counseling, an urgent meeting, etc. iPastor is a well organized app that works very smoothly, with no bumps, crashes or unexpected errors. There are several categories to track ministry needs, how the ministry need was dealt with, as well as ministry situation. There is a detailed area to record basic information about the person in need, which interfaces with the previously mentioned categories. iPastor costs $4.99 and receives 4.5 CrazyMikes head’s. CM

Safari is an okay browser for the iPhone, but it could be better. Thankfully, there are a number of iPhone app developers that agree with me. So much so that some developers have created alternate web browsers for the iPhone. Mobi iNet developed by Mobi Tech International has developed a very nice browser for the iPhone called Mobi iNet. This app comes in a paid and FREE version, but for some reason the paid version has been FREE since Christmas and New Years holidays. Apparently the developers are working on an update and they are leaving the paid version FREE until they put out the update. Mobi iNet basically tailors a massive number of social networking sites, news sites (World, US, Tech, Weather, etc), and much more into 1 clean browser for the iPhone that is quick and easy to navigate. There are categories to make your browsing easier (shopping, news, gaming, etc). There is also an aphabetical listing of all websites this app includes, which is extensive. Finally there is a search button on the bottom nav bar and a favorite section to make your own bookmarks to browse faster. The app has a lot, but it does lack some basic functionality that I feel this app needs. First up is the ability to add your own websites and second to share articles on at least Twitter, Facebook, and through email. This app has a tremendous upside, works fast, user interface is nice and it has a bunch of information. I recommend the Mobi iNet iPhone app for a splendid iPhone web browsing experience. This app is currently FREE, but normally costs $0.99 and it receives 3.5 CrazyMikes heads. CM

Some iPhone apps use push notifications better than others. Some iPhone apps have push notification, yet there seems to be no real functionality to this feature. The iPhone app News Hour – Breaking News and Front Page is not one of those “poser” push notification iPhone apps. I have tried several push notification news apps but experienced some poor results from those apps. Either I got too many push notifications, duplicate push notifications from different news sources (same topic), or news items pushed to me that I could care less about. News Hour has done a good job to find a balance between irrelevant push articles and what I want. Basically, all I am looking for is current major news push notifications. I do not want notifications every second and I could care less about what is happening in local Montana news (no offense Montana). There are a bunch of features in this app as follows:

-over 800+ front page newspaper views (not the whole newspaper)
-customizable news feeds
-major news feeds can be subscribed to very easy
-share news articles through Twitter and Email (without leaving app)
-audio/video functionality inside app
-built in dictionary
-ad’s are blocked
-and much more

News Hour is one of several news apps I have on my iPhone and one, which I will be leaving on my iPhone for quite some time. There is a News Hour – FREE iPhone app to test drive this app before purchase. However, you do not get push notifications with this app, but at least you can check out the “guts” of the app. News Hour – Breaking News and Front Page gets 4.5 CrazyMikes heads for app design and the perfect balance of push news. This app sells for $0.99. CM

Deerfield Beach, Florida – ObjectDev, a globally successful mobile application development company focused on delivering iPhone and Android apps, today is pleased to announce their immediately available iPad app development services. For businesses and entrepreneurs who want to capitalize on Apple’s(R) new tablet device and take advantage of this new platform for content distribution and custom apps, tapping into a team of experienced mobile app developers can be a crucial key to success, and ObjectDev’s team has the experience.

Since the release of the iPhone SDK in 2008, ObjectDev has helped many companies and entrepreneurs develop iPhone apps. More specifically, ObjectDev developers have designed and developed over 100 apps, many of which are featured in Apple’s App Store, including in-house apps and custom apps for their clients. Building on their experience with iPhone apps like iSweat2TheBeat, recently featured on NBC Austin news, and SOHOinmypocket, reaching top 10 in the navigation category, ObjectDev’s experienced development team is perfectly positioned to leverage the additional processing power and screen real estate available with the iPad.

“ObjectDev’s work on SOHOinmypocket was exemplary; I look forward to working with them on many more iPhone and iPad development projects,” said Eric J. Hinman.

ObjectDev developers are currently porting many of their existing apps to the iPad platform, and because ObjectDev’s integrated development team has been actively involved in the mobile app development revolution, they can guarantee expertise and experience with the specialized tools, methods and software development kits required for high-quality mobile app development for the Android, iPhone, and Blackberry devices – and now for the iPad device as well.

Mobile apps are currently the fastest growing sector in the world of high technology. Early predictions indicate that Apple(C) iPad sales will follow the same explosive growth curve as the iPhone(C) and iPod(C) devices, and the companies who deliver apps for the iPad in the coming months will have the strongest competitive advantage over their competition.

“Our customer commitment means we will make their time-to-market as fast as possible. We’re in a unique position to leverage our experience developing high-quality mobile apps for the iPhone, and we are prepared to begin development on custom iPad apps for our global clients immediately,” said Joseph Keith, Sales Manager for ObjectDev.

ObjectDev

ObjectDev has been in business since 2002 and specializes in high-quality, cost-effective mobile apps. Our founders originated in well-known and highly successful Internet startups. ObjectDev is comprised of a strong team of experienced U.S.-based iPhone app developers, architects, and designers. Copyright (C) 2002-2010 ObjectDev Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Rancho Santa Margarita, California – Bowers Technologies, Inc. today announced that that their latest iPhone app for the Christian marketplace, iPastor 1.0 is now available on the iTunes store. iPastor is a valuable tool for pastors, ministers, missionaries, church staff, and even volunteers to effectively and efficiently serve the church members. It works with both iPhone and iPod Touch.

iPastor allows people to:
* Record an unlimited number of ministry needs
* Assign multiple categories to a particular person’s needs
* Assign multiple care strategies to address the need
* Record notes as you address the need
* Track how the person is associated with your church (member, friend, etc)
* Record relevant contact information
* Delegate a ministry need to another person
* Sort needs according to situation, care strategy, or by delegate
* Review fulfilled needs for historical record, reminders, followup etc.

“People in ministry are so busy nowadays given the current economic conditions and the impact it is having on families.” said Bryan Bowers, founder of Bowers Technologies, Inc. “Pastors were asking us for an app like this based on their specific needs. Naturally we wanted to help make their lives a little easier and created the app. This is our way of thanking those who diligently serve others in the church.”

Device Requirements:
* iPhone and iPod touch
* Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later
* 0.8 MB

Pricing and Availability:
iPastor is $4.99 (USD) and available February 8, 2010 worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Productivity category. Review copies are available upon request.

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iPastor 1.0
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Headquartered in Rancho Santa Margarita, California, Bowers Technologies, Inc. is a privately held software development firm founded in 2003 by Bryan Bowers. Bowers Technologies has proudly served the IT needs of Southern California businesses for over 18 years. Today, the company forms a group of people who are absolutely passionate about technology and mobile phone applications. Their executive team leverages more than two decades of experience in the information technology industry who share a commitment to providing the highest quality solutions with a major emphasis on total customer satisfaction. Copyright (C) 2003-2010 Bowers Technologies, Inc. and iProduceApps. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

New York, NY – Toughturtle LLC, a developer of innovative solutions for the Internet and for the iPhone, has recently released ‘Winter 2010′, a new iPhone and iPod Touch App that is already being touted as the ‘go-to’ App for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. Winter 2010 has all the features that an Olympic App should have, and so much more.

Winter 2010 has up-to-the-minute news and information from an extensive list of providers, so you know that you have everything you need to stay on top of the Vancouver Games. The App also comes with a complete Event schedule, Sport Details, and a multi-tiered Medal tracker. Toughturtle takes Medal Trackers even farther with configurable Push Notifications. This enables the user to receive instant medals results by winning Country or by the individual Sport.

“Back in 2008 when the App Store came onto the scene, Toughturtle delivered the first iPhone App for the Beijing Summer Games called iOlympics.”, said Todd Barnes, Lead Developer at Toughturtle LLC. “iOlympics was very popular and we were hoping to re-release under that same name, but we ran into a trademark issue and went with ‘Winter 2010′ instead. Winter 2010 delivers everything you need to keep up with the Games, and the added Push Notifications really make this App an incredible piece of software… especially with the FREE price point”

App Description:
Keep up-to-date with all the events and news from the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver.

Get instant access to all the news and information all on your iPhone and/or iPod touch. Quickly reference the entire Event schedule so you know when you need to set your DVR to record an event. An up-to-the-minute Medal Tracker which lists the country with the most medals, with a breakdown of Gold, Silver, and Bronze totals.

Push Notifications:
Get Push Notifications for medal winnings by Nation and by Sport… as they happen.

News Feeds:
Article dates/times are converted automatically to your locale.
Articles saved to your device for true Offline viewing.
* General News
* News by Sport
* In-App full view of Article
* Launch full article in Mobile Safari

Sport Information:
Article dates/times are converted automatically to your locale.
Schedule dates/times are also converted automatically to your locale.
* News
* About the Sport
* Schedule
* Medals

Medals:
* Medal totals by Sport
* Medal totals by Nation
* Medal Details
* Get Push Notifications for Medals won by Nation and by Sport. When a Nation wins a medal, you can get a Push Notification instantly. You can even configure Push Notifications to see all the Medals won by Event, as they happen.

Schedule:
Schedule dates/times are converted automatically to your locale.
* Detailed schedule by Date
* Detailed schedule by Sport

Settings:
* Refresh At Startup
* Push Notifications On/Off
* Article Count
* Database Optimization
* In-App Technical Support Contact

Device Requirements:
* iPhone and iPod touch
* Requires iPhone OS 3.1.2 or later
* 0.6 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Winter 2010 is free and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Sports category.

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Winter 2010
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Established in November 1997, Toughturtle LLC develops innovative and easy to use interactive applications for the Internet and for Mobile Devices. For more information about Toughturtle, please visit their website. Copyright 1997-2010 Toughturtle LLC. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.