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San Francisco, CA — March 10, 2010 — SmileOnMyMac has released TextExpander 3.0, a new version of its customizable typing shortcut tool for Mac OS X. With TextExpander, users can define abbreviations for frequently-used text strings and images, also known as snippets. When an abbreviation is typed, it expands automatically to the full snippet.

The new version of TextExpander introduces features to make it easier to create and edit snippets. Users can define a keyboard combination, also known as a hotkey, to open a quick entry window for snippet creation. The last-expanded snippet can also be edited via a hotkey, making it easier to keep snippet content updated.

TextExpander 3 features new “fill-in” snippets. A fill-in snippet can have multiple blank fields in the snippet content that prompt for additional information to be entered manually. For example, a user can invoke a fill-in snippet for a receipt and proceed to fill in the name, product, and order number for the recipient.

New options for searching and finding snippets have been added. Users can now locate snippets via a search field in the menu bar. They can also type a few letters and then display a list of suggested matching snippets by invoking a hotkey.

TextExpander is no longer a system preference pane. The new version is an application, with an enhanced but familiar user interface. Users will still be able to see how much time they’ve saved using TextExpander. TextExpander 3 runs on Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) only.

For users with more than one Mac, TextExpander now offers two ways to sync snippets: MobileMe and Dropbox. With a single-user license, an individual user may install and use TextExpander on multiple computers, provided they are used primarily by that individual.

A 30-day fully-functioning demo of TextExpander can be downloaded at
http://www.smileonmymac.com/textexpander/download.html. The price is $34.95. A Family Pack license is available for $44.95, which covers up to five computers in one household. Upgrades from earlier versions of TextExpander are $15.00, and free to users who purchased after November 1, 2009.

“TextExpander users are really enthusiastic and creative, so we get lots of great feature requests.” said Greg Scown, co-founder of SmileOnMyMac. “We’ve done our best to incorporate most of them in TextExpander 3.0, while retaining TextExpander’s ease-of-use.”

What’s new in TextExpander 3.0:

• Converted from preference pane to application
• Specify multiple blank fields in a snippet for variable content to be filled in manually
• Search snippets from the menu bar
• Insert Tab and Return in snippets
• Enter new abbreviations quickly via hotkey
• Edit the last-expanded snippet via hotkey
• Built-in support for synchronization via Dropbox
• Correct double caps; ensure initial caps at the beginning of a sentence
• Automatic updates within the application (Sparkle)

TextExpander features:

• Insert standard greetings, text, and signatures, including formatted text and pictures
• Save keystrokes by typing short abbreviations to get long snippets
• Correct typos automatically
• Organize snippets into groups
• Add snippet groups from external files and online sources
• HTML, CSS, Autocorrect, Accented Word, Symbol snippet groups included
• Internet Productivity snippet group (shorten long URLs automatically)
• Sync snippets via MobileMe and Dropbox
• Insert the current date and time in any format you prefer
• Date/time math (add or subtract years, months, days, hours, minutes, seconds from current date and time)
• Print snippets by group
• Position the cursor wherever you want in your expanded snippet; use fill-ins for snippets with multiple blank fields for variable content
• For programmers, make editor-independent code templates; invoke AppleScripts and shell scripts
• Available in English, German, French, Japanese and Italian

Requirements:

• TextExpander 3.0 requires Mac OS X 10.6 and above

Pricing:

$34.95; Family Pack: $44.95 (up to 5 computers in one household)
Upgrade from earlier version of TextExpander: $15
Site licenses: $599
Site license terms: Single contact for support; single physical address or company with fewer than 1,000 employees. Visit our site license store: http://store.esellerate.net/somm/sitelicense

For more information on TextExpander, please visit: http://www.smileonmymac.com/TextExpander/

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SmileOnMyMac makes creative productivity software for Mac OS X, such as PDFpen, the PDF editing software that won an Editors’ Choice Award from Macworld and The Mac Observer; TextExpander, the typing shortcut tool that was named a Mac|Life Editor’s Choice; DiscLabel, the Macworld Eddy award-winning CD label design program; and PageSender, feature-rich fax software that also received an Eddy. All SmileOnMyMac products are available to download free at http://www.smileonmymac.com.

Apple® today announced that its magical and revolutionary iPad will be available in the US on Saturday, April 3, for Wi-Fi models and in late April for Wi-Fi + 3G models. In addition, all models of iPad will be available in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK in late April.

Beginning a week from today, on March 12, US customers can pre-order both Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi + 3G models from Apple’s online store (www.apple.com) or reserve a Wi-Fi model to pick up on Saturday, April 3, at an Apple retail store.

“iPad is something completely new,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “We’re excited for customers to get their hands on this magical and revolutionary product and connect with their apps and content in a more intimate, intuitive and fun way than ever before.”

Starting at just $499, iPad lets users browse the web, read and send email, enjoy and share photos, watch videos, listen to music, play games, read ebooks and much more. iPad is just 0.5 inches thick and weighs just 1.5 pounds—thinner and lighter than any laptop or netbook—and delivers battery life of up to 10 hours.*

iPad’s revolutionary Multi-Touch™ interface makes surfing the web an entirely new experience, dramatically more interactive and intimate than on a computer. You can read and send email on iPad’s large screen and almost full-size “soft” keyboard or import photos from a Mac®, PC or digital camera, see them organized as albums, and enjoy and share them using iPad’s elegant slideshows. iPad makes it easy to watch movies, TV shows and YouTube, all in HD, or flip through the pages of an ebook you downloaded from Apple’s new iBookstore while listening to your music collection.

The App Store on iPad lets you wirelessly browse, buy and download new apps from the world’s largest app store. iPad includes 12 new innovative apps designed especially for iPad and will run almost all of the more than 150,000 apps on the App Store, including apps already purchased for your iPhone® or iPod touch®. Developers are already creating exciting new apps designed for iPad that take advantage of its Multi-Touch interface, large screen and high-quality graphics.

The new iBooks app for iPad includes Apple’s new iBookstore, the best way to browse, buy and read books on a mobile product. The iBookstore will feature books from the New York Times Best Seller list from both major and independent publishers, including Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins Publishers, Macmillan Publishers, Penguin Group and Simon & Schuster.

The iTunes® Store gives iPad users access to the world’s most popular online music, TV and movie store with a catalog of over 12 million songs, over 55,000 TV episodes and over 8,500 films including over 2,500 in stunning high definition. All the apps and content you download on iPad from the App Store, iTunes Store and iBookstore will be automatically synced to your iTunes library the next time you connect with your computer.

Pricing & Availability

iPad will be available in Wi-Fi models on April 3 in the US for a suggested retail price of $499 for 16GB, $599 for 32GB, $699 for 64GB. The Wi-Fi + 3G models will be available in late April for a suggested retail price of $629 for 16GB, $729 for 32GB and $829 for 64GB. iPad will be sold in the US through the Apple Store® (www.apple.com), Apple’s retail stores and select Apple Authorized Resellers.

iPad will be available in both Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi + 3G models in late April in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK. International pricing will be announced in April. iPad will ship in additional countries later this year.

The iBooks app for iPad including Apple’s iBookstore will be available as a free download from the App Store in the US on April 3, with additional countries added later this year.

Luxembourg – Houdah Software, publisher of HoudahSpot and HoudahGeo, is proud to announc the immediate availability of ACTPrinter 1.6 for iPhone and iPod Touch. With ACTPrinter all your documents travel with you – on your iPhone. Ever wondered why you always end up printing those so-called electronic tickets, boarding passes, bar codes, and more?
Wasted a sheet of paper to remember that “will call” pickup number? No more! Beyond serving as a medium for tickets and the like, ACTPrinter is also a document reader. Take emails, web pages, letters, and more with you for reading on the go.
ACTPrinter serves a printer for “virtual paper” stored on iPhone or iPod Touch. Documents finally become mobile. Electronic tickets attain ultimate convenience. Bar codes may be scanned right off the display of your iPhone or iPod Touch.
ACTPrinter 1.6 brings speed improvements when used in combination with the new ACTPrinter Mac 1.3 (free download).
ACTPrinter 1.6 also provides a rotation lock feature. When engaged, the display will no longer adjust to match the orientation of the device. This makes scanning bar codes off the display easier.
ACTPrinter 1.6 now comes with built-in documentation.

Feature Highlights:

• Print from any Mac application to iPhone or iPod Touch
• Integration with Mac OS X PDF Services
• Easy setup. PDF service is installed on first launch of ACTPrinter Mac
• Mac and iPhone pair seamlessly using Bonjour aka ZeroConf
• Portrait and landscape viewing. Pinch zoom
• Compatible with Tiger, Leopard and Snow Leopard. Some features require Leopard or better.

System Requirements:

• iPhone OS 3.0 or better
• Mac with AirPort card
• Mac OS X Tiger, Leopard or Snow Leopard

Pricing and Availability:

ACTPrinter is priced at $0.99 (USD) and available exclusively through Apple’s App Store. The Mac client software, ACTPrinter Mac, is available for free from the Houdah Software web site.

• ACTPrinter: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/actprinter-print-to-iphone/id296083171?mt=8
• ACTPrinter Mac: http://www.houdah.com
• Screencast: http://www.apptheater.com/video/556/ACTPrinter
• Houdah Support: http://www.houdah.com/support

Houdah Software s.a r.l is a small company based in Luxembourg Europe. The company was founded in late 2005 by Pierre Bernard. Apple, Macintosh, Mac, iPhone, iPod, iPad, Spotlight, iPhoto, Aperture and the Mac logo are trademarks of Apple Computer. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Yokosuka, Japan – Art & Mobile today is pleased to announce QuadCamera 2.30 for iPhone and iPod touch devices. One of the first Multi-Shoot iPhone camera app, QuadCamera now can post animated gifs to Twitter. By using the QuadCam, you can take 4-8 sequential pictures with beautiful retro effects. Watching Twitter Animated Gif Stream is very fun and new way to share the fun motion in daily life. Now you don’t need video for sharing animation with your friends.

QuadCamera won the Best App Ever Award 2009 and got Best Photography App. It also got Good Design Award 2009, honorable mention in Japan. Also Takayuki Fukatsu’ other app, TiltShift Generator also got 2nd place of Best App Ever Award, Best Photo Manipulating app. ToyCamera app also got honorable mention in both Best Photography and Best Photo Manipulation sections of The Best App Ever Award. He is individual interactive designer but, the biggest iPhone camera app publisher in Japan.

Specification of QuadCamera:
* 0.25s – 3.00s shutter interval
* 2×2, 4×1, 4×2, 8×1 layout, portrait / landscape
* 6 effect, Vivid, Dull, HiCon, and Black & White, Blight, NoEffect
* Animation Player
* Twitter, Email export
* Animated Gif export

Device Requirements:
* iPhone and iPod touch
* Requires iPhone OS 3.1 or later
* 0.4 MB

Pricing and Availability:
QuadCamera 2.30 is only $0.99 (USD) and available exclusively through the App Store in the Photography category. Please let me know if you want to have a promo code for review.

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Individual but the biggest camera app publisher in Japan. Art & Mobile is Takayuki Fukatsu’s personal application brand. We only make applications for artists, designers, and other creative people. Copyright (C) 2010 Art & Mobile. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Junin, Buenos Aires, Argentina – Oniric Games today is proud to announce that Crunchy Planets 1.0, an insanely addictive planet eating game for the iPhone and iPod touch, has just been approved by Apple and is available for purchase through the App Store. Snackie, a crazy-looking purple creature, is dying for some planets. He just can’t have enough of them! Help him dodge space junk and bullets, and guide him from a galaxy-sized bite to the next one.

Feature Highlights:
* The bigger the planets you eat the more points you get!
* Eat planets quickly to get combo multiplier (x2, x3…)
* Keep an eye out for the shiny blue orbs, eat three of them for a surprise!
* Avoid dangers like space junk, black holes and bullets
* Use power-ups like shield, ghost and magnet to protect yourself and get more points
* Local and global high scores
* Share your high scores on Twitter
* Publish your scores on your Facebook wall
* Choose portrait or landscape screen orientation

System Requirements:
* iPhone and iPod touch
* Requires iPhone OS 2.2.1 or later
* 4.1 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Crunchy Planets 1.0 is only $0.99 (USD) and available exclusively through Apple’s App Store in the Games category. Oniric Games is also developing great additions for future updates.

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Oniric Games is a game development studio based in Argentina, committed to creating those games players have always dreamed of. The studio produces top quality PC, Mac and iPhone video games for both the local and the international market. Copyright (C) 2010 Oniric Games. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Computer Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Rastatt, Germany – Codewave Software Michael Descher is very pleased to announce that MyTunesRSS has been successfully introduced at Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC) for digital music library sharing. MyTunesRSS was selected from the pool of music sharing tools because of its advantageous features and overall usability.

“MyTunesRSS has been invaluable to Jazz at Lincoln Center’s ability to share its music,” said Phil Cuykendall, Associate of Information Technology at JALC. “It allows all of our employees to listen to the music we have in our digital music library, whether they are in the office or on the road, and its integration with Yoics also allows us to share our MyTunesRSS library with teachers, students, or anyone else working with our organization. Jazz at Lincoln center has over 100 users using different platforms (Mac OS X, Windows), and MyTunesRSS’ web-based platform-independent interface makes accessing the music library easy.

Also, its MySQL database feature enables us to continue to build our already large library (25,000 mp3s) without noticeable performance degradation. Adding music to the music library as easy as ripping a CD directly into ‘Watch Folders’ and waiting for automatically scheduled updates, making library building simple. And despite our library’s size, users have noted that MyTunessRSS’ very simple web interface and great search features makes specific tracks or artists easy to find. In short, MyTunesRSS’ combination of robust features and user-friendly interface has made Jazz at Lincoln Center’s music library a success.”

MyTunesRSS is a Media Server that makes iTunes libraries or simple watch folders available on a local or corporate network, or even over the internet. You can browse the complete music collection in a web browser and even play music or videos right inside an embedded Flash player.

MyTunesRSS can create RSS feeds and playlists from any album, artist or search result. Depending upon their permissions, users can create regular and smart playlists, add tags to the music collection, upload new media files and use transcoders to convert music stored on the server to other formats on-the-fly. The user authentication and security management features LDAP integration, which protects the media library from unauthorized access. Encrypted URLs make it easy to restrict sharing to specific tracks or playlists and a remote API lets programmers integrate MyTunesRSS into any existing application.

Pricing and Availability:
A 30-day trial version is available for download. A MyTunesRSS license can be purchased for only 15 EUR.

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Located in Rastatt, Germany, Codewave Software Michael Descher was founded in 2007 by Michael Descher. With more than 10 years experience in multi-tiered server application development Descher delivers first class software and provides excellent customer support. All Material and Software (C) 2007-2010 Codewave Software Michael Descher / All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo and iTunes are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Madison, Wisconsin – Independent software developer Steve Glinberg today is pleased to announce the release of 123 Color by KidCalc, a companion app to his top ranked math learning game for iPhone and iPod touch. 123 Color is a coloring book with a unique twist: 123 Color teaches numbers, upper and lower case letters, shapes, and colors as kids play.

123 Color is brought to you by the creator of KidCalc 7-in-1 Math Fun, the top selling math learning game which is currently being feature on Apple’s list of Apps for Kids. KidCalc 7-in-1 Math Fun was the #1 ranked education app in October, 2009, and is presently ranked #10 in the education category.

123 Color not only engages and entertains children with beautiful artwork, fun sound effects, rich music and the challenge of painting 32 pictures, but it also teaches language skills with the help of clear, crisp voice-overs by male and female adult native speakers of English and Spanish. Parents can select the English or Spanish alphabet to be displayed and spoken, and parents can choose numbers to be spoken either in English or Spanish, or in English and Spanish together.

KidCalc’s developer, Steve Glinberg, has created a new app that, like his first app, perfectly balances entertainment value, capturing and holding kids’ attention, with educational value. 123 Color excites and engages kids, it makes learning fun and easy, and it enables parents to feel great about the games their children want to play.

123 Color’s learning activities challenge children to color segments of one of 32 drawings by finding and touching the properly numbered or lettered color on the color pallet. When letters and numbers are touched, voice-overs in the selected language or languages are played. Fun sound effects are also heard each time the drawing is touched, and when a drawing is complete children are rewarded with sounding trumpets, animated musical notes, and a chance to sing along with one of the 17 children’s songs included.

“There is so much that we can now do as educational software developers given these great new tools that we couldn’t do before. The high-technology mobile devices we have today, such as the iPhone and iPod touch, and soon the iPad, hold unprecedented and boundless potential as tools for learning. With 123 Color I aimed to provide children with an immersive rich and exciting multimedia experience with plenty to touch, see and hear, and to make learning a language something children don’t even notice they are doing as they play 123 Color. Watching my daughter color in the drawings with determination, and then quickly jump to snapping her fingers, dancing and singing along with the music after she completes each one, I get a strong sense that I have accomplished my goals.”

123 Color teaches the following skills:
* Number recognition by sight and sound
* Upper and lower case letter recognition by sight and sound
* English and Spanish number and letter pronunciations
* Creative expression – a mode where any color can be used to color the drawing

Additional features include:
* Currently 32 pages of engaging and colorful drawings
* 7 or 30 color pallet (7 for young children)
* Choice of one or two languages to be spoken
* 17 songs included
* 23 sound effects included
* Songs and sound effects can be enabled or disabled individually or all at once
* Voice-overs speaking numbers and letters can be enabled or disabled
* Save drawings to camera roll
* Email pictures to friends and family without leaving 123 Color

Songs include:
* Clementine
* London Bridges
* Mary Had A Little Lamb
* Oh Susanna
* Three Blind Mice
* The Wheels On The Bus
* I’ve Been Working On The Railroad
* Many more

In addition to teaching English or Spanish language skills to children in their native language, 123 Color is also a powerful tool for introducing children to Spanish or English as a foreign language.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad
* Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later
* 8.0 MB

Pricing and Availability:
123 Color by KidCalc for iPhone and iPod touch is available on sale for $.99 (USD) in the App Store in the Education category. Review copies are available upon request.

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Located in beautiful Madison, Wisconsin, Steve Glinberg is an independent software developer, iPhone enthusiast, and dad who is passionate about finding simple and effective ways to teach even advanced concepts to young children. All Material and Software (C) 2010 Steve Glinberg / All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad, are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Aarhus, Denmark – DevDay for iPhone is a dedicated interactive one day conference for software developers and business professionals who want to learn how to successfully build and market iPhone applications. DevDay for iPhone will take place at Dexter House in London, UK April 26, 2010.

Key speakers at DevDay for iPhone include Raven Zachary and Daniel Steinberg, experts in the field of iPhone application development and distribution. Raven Zachary, President of Small Society, who directed the Obama ‘08 iPhone application for the Obama Campaign will provide the keynote presentation. Daniel Steinberg is the editor for the new series of Mac Developer titles and the author of “Cocoa Programming, A Quick-Start Guide for Developers” by Pragmatic Programmers will present on the latest in iPhone application development with a deep dive into Core Animation and a workshop on developing applications for the recently announced iPad (subject to the release of the current NDA on the iPad SDK by Apple).

In addition, the creators behind iPhone applications including Stanza, Deutsche Bank, Tag Heuer and Starbucks share their experiences of bringing iPhone applications to market.

Raven Zachary is President of Small Society, working with big brands, established companies, investors, and startups on iPhone strategy and product development. Zachary has worked with companies such as Whole Foods Market, Zipcar, Clif Bar, and Air New Zealand on iPhone application initiatives. He is the founder of iPhoneDevCamp, a not-forprofit iPhone developer conference. Zachary is also a Contributing Analyst with The 451 Group, an IT industry analyst firm and works closely with O’Reilly Media on iPhone and mobile technology related events and coverage.

Daniel Steinberg is a podcaster, author, editor, trainer, and developer at Dim Sum Thinking. He writes feature articles for Apple’s ADC web site and is a regular contributor to Mac Devcenter. He has presented at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference, MacWorld, MacHack and other Mac developer conferences. Daniel has produced podcasts for Apple featuring the work of developers and scientists working on the platform. He has coauthored books on Apple’s Bonjour technology as well as on Java Programming and using Extreme Programming in Software Engineering classes.

DevDay for iPhone London programme, additional speakers and registration is available online. For additional information or questions about DevDay for iPhone London, contact Geeta Schmidt.

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Since 1996, Trifork A/S, a Danish software consulting and conference company, has organized conferences for software developers, architects and project managers tracking the latest updates in the industry. With an international network of over 300 industry thought leaders, trendsetters and authors, Trifork produces JAOO and QCon conferences in UK, US and Australia. Trifork is a public company listed on NASDAQ/OMX under the listing TRIFOR. Copyright (C) 1996-2010 Trifork A/S. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

London, UK – Announcing that iPhonky, the developers of Pidgey, are excited to announce that they have released a new game app. Players must fly Pidgey all over town, feeding him tasty bugs and keeping him safe from Vinnie, the hungry vulture. Extra points are awarded when Pidgey relieves himself on the cars and people below. This fun, simple game features cute characters and an easy gameplay that quickly becomes addictive.

Pidgey has the simplicity of Frogger and is super easy to play. Users fly Pidgey all over town, guiding him to find lots and lots of bugs to eat. The more insects ingested, the faster the pigeon goes, which is crucial to his safety. If Pidgey slows down too much, Vinnie the vulture can move in and make the bird his meal. While gliding through the airspace over town, Pidgey is bound to do what pigeons are best known for. Players get extra points when the pigeon relieves himself on the cars and people below.

All of the app’s graphics and characters are cute as can be. Developers have made the interface colorful and really easy to use, believing that fun does not have to be complicated. Gameplay is a simple matter of using the touch screen controls. Users can challenge themselves to better their playing with Pidgey. The app automatically displays the speed and score of a game upon completion. Players can take note of the stats and try to surpass them in the next game.

Features:
* Cute graphics and characters
* Super easy gameplay with touch screen controls
* Stats are automatically calculated – speed and score
* Help available but not likely needed
* Highly fun and addictive

Pidgey is the type of game a user should buy if they just want to relax and have some fun. It’s cute, simple and can keep a gamer entertained for hours.

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

Pricing and Availability:
Pidgey 1.0 is only $0.99 (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.

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London based company iPhonky was formed in 2009 by 3 friends Luca, Sunny and Tony, all with several years experience in design and development. iPhonky focuses on providing cost-effective iPhone application development solutions for startups and mainstream technological companies. Copyright (C) 2010 Mobile-App-Marketing-Makeover & Edward Turner. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Tokyo, Japan – Announcing that Limited Securities, the developers of iCurrency Plus, has launched a one of a kind app. The application tracks and evaluates currency exchange rates, as well as provides trends, graphs and a currency conversion calculator. iCurrency Plus is the only app on the market that can send push notifications of changes in currency rates, too. It is the perfect example of ‘Simplicity to the Extreme’.

What do travelers, Forex and precious metal traders all have in common? Exchange rates. Changes in currencies, whether domestic or foreign, can affect profit, as well as affordability. A wise person watches for the best opportunity before purchasing or selling money or foreign goods, to avoid paying more than necessary.

All of that just makes sense but it can get complicated and labor intensive to monitor daily exchange activity and trends. If that’s your full time job, fine. Otherwise, it is a daunting task for people to locate and keep tabs on currency for two different countries. Then of course, the figures need to be compared and converted.

The developers at Limited Securities have created a much simpler solution. It’s called iCurrency Plus. The application is downloaded to a user’s iPhone or iPod Touch, where it sets to work taking care of all the details. The easy, intuitive interface makes operation a snap, while the full list of features offers true flexibility.

With iCurrency Plus, users get the following features:
* Add currency pairs of choice (not only currencies versus the USD)
* See the change in value over a period of time of your choice
* Get notified in the app if this change is larger than a percentage you choose
* The same notification can be sent via push: no other app has this
* See pair details for the period you chose, including min and max value
* See several graphs to check trends: daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly
* Convert prices on the spot, quite useful if you are traveling
* More than 90 currencies used in more than 150 countries
* Intuitive interface, very easy to use
* Currencies can be added per request on the fly, no need to update the application

While all of these functions are great, there is one that stands out from the rest. It is the optional push notification feature. iCurrency Plus is the only application offering this capability, which is indispensable to anyone who is keeping a close eye on exchange rates. Users can be notified of rate variances, predetermined by the user’s choice of percentage spreads.

A user can find out what a foreign object costs in their native currency before deciding if they want to make the purchase, thanks to the handy currency converter in this app. It’s a feature that appeals to business and vacation travelers, alike. Some think of it as an interpreter, only for money rather than language.

Trends are important to a lot of people and this app provides them, along with colorful charts for quick reference. Users get to select the time period that they want to see, whether daily, weekly, monthly or even quarterly. Developers are planning to add the option of seeing yearly trends in the very near future.

This application should prove to be a winner, not just because it saves time, work and money but also because it is so versatile and easy to use. Most currency apps can compare the US dollar with other currencies. iCurrency Plus can compare units from any of the ninety (and counting) currencies from over one hundred countries.

Limited Securities developers encourage users to find iCurrency Plus on sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Wordpress, where they offer free updates and the latest news. Simplicity to the extreme. It’s a beautiful turn of phrase that describes this application perfectly.

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

Pricing and Availability:
iCurrency Plus 1.0.1 is only $1.99 (USD) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Finance category. Promo codes are available for qualified reviewers. Please specify the website or blog you represent when making your request.

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Limited Securities is a company built in Tokyo, Japan in 2009, with the objective of developing software for the financial industry. Their products serve to reduce the knowledge gap between a user’s community and their banker and traders. iCurrency Plus is a good example of the Limited Securities pledge of helpful excellence to the end user. Copyright (C) 2010 Mobile-App-Marketing-Makeover & Edward Turner. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.