iPhone App

TomTom has a new version of the TomTom app for iPhone available. Version 1.2 now offers compatibility with the iPod touch and includes features such as Advanced Lane Guidance, Text-to-speech, a Help Menu, and updated maps of the US and Canada. It also gives you iPod player control, so you can control your music through the app.

Version 1.2 of the TomTom app for iPhone and iPod touch is now available for $99.99 at www.tomtom.com/tomtom-app. The new version of the software will be made available for free to existing TomTom app for iPhone customers.

"Our latest update adds the most highly anticipated advanced features to the TomTom app. These major enhancements and new features will be a great complement to its easy-to-use and intuitive interface, turn-by-turn spoken navigation and unique routing technology," said Benoit Simeray, TomTom’s senior vice president, on-board mobile. "We're also pleased to be able to offer this major update to existing TomTom app for iPhone customers for free."

This week it was announced that iPhone users can receive HD radio stations with the new Gigaware Navigation Control HD Radio Receiver from iBiquity. Sold only at Radio Shack, this device allows iPhone and iPod touch devices running Apple 3.0 software to receive HD Radio.

The device acts as an antenna to receive HD Radio signals. To use, just plug it into the dock connector on your iPhone or iPod touch and HD Radio FM stations will play on your handheld's headphones. The device works in conjunction with the free Gigaware app (available at Apple's app store) which includes iTunes tagging, favorite station bookmarks, as well as Twitter and Facebook integration.

The Gigaware Navigation Control HD Radio Receiver is available now for $79.99 at RadioShack stores and the RadioShack Web site. The Gigaware application is available as a free download at Apple's App Store.

Kodak today announced the new KODAK Pic Flick app that lets iPhone and iPod touch users print and share photos directly to Kodak ESP 5250 printers and W1020 wireless digital frames.

"At Kodak, we believe pictures are meant to be shared and are committed to helping people do more with their pictures by providing solutions to make, manage and move images easily and effortlessly," continues Brody. "With the KODAK Pic Flick App, we are helping consumers to print and share moments in the time it takes to make a simple phone call."

The KODAK Pic Flick App is free and is available now on the App Store. To find out more information, visit www.kodak.com/go/picflick.

Owners of the Olive Opus Hi-Fi Digital Stereo now have a new way to control their stereo. The company just introduced the free iMaestro application for the iPhone and iPod Touch, giving iPhone users the ability to control the Opus Hi-Fi Digital Stereo from anywhere in the home.

iMaestro application features:

• Control the Olive Opus from anywhere in the home with access to their complete music collection.
• Control the Olive Melody multi-room players for easy wireless access to play music throughout the home.
• Find music in their collection easily with the full-color touchscreen. Select by artist, album, track or genre or tap a few letters to do a quick search.
• See album artwork and detailed information, including artist, album, release date, record label, instruments, soloists and more about the music currently playing on the Opus.
• Control music currently playing by adjusting the volume, repeating or shuffling tracks or rating a track to personalize their music collection.
• Create playlists to set the mood for any occasion. Songs can even be added to playlists while listening.
• Choose from thousands of free, pre-set internet radio stations or add personal favorites.

Adobe just announced the Photoshop.com Mobile for iPhone application. This new app lets you edit photos, apply effects and save pictures to your iPhone/iPod touch or Photoshop.com account. 2GB of free online album storage is included at Photoshop.com. The application is available free of charge at Apple's App Store.

Editing tools included in the app are Crop, Rotate, Flip, as well as the ability to adjust the saturation and tint, and convert images to black and white. Want to apply a special effect? Some of the tools included are Sketch, Soft Focus, Warm Vintage, Vignette and Pop. As with most photo software, changes can be undone or redone so you can experiment to your hearts' content. Read more

This is an application that email addicts have been waiting for! GPush, developed by Tiverias Apps, is a GMail push app for the iPhone. It is now available through the Apple App Store for $0.99. Once you have downloaded and installed the app, you will instantly be able to see emails sent to your Gmail account as soon as they arrive – no waiting period – you get them in real time.

GPush Application lets you choose how you want to be notified of new email. Options include having your iPhone vibrate and ring and having the GPush icon display the number of unread messages received. You also receive previews of incoming emails, displaying the sender's name and subject headings.

For more information, and to get yours today, visit www.gmailpush.com

The NAVIGON MobileNavigator transforms any iPhone 3G, equipped with the new Apple OS 3.0 operating system, and any iPhone 3G S into a complete navigation device.

NAVIGON's on-board approach has a clear advantage over off-board systems: After downloading the GPS application, the software and map data is saved directly on the device. This means that users don't have to pay subscription fees or wait for map downloads during the navigation.

The software includes many of NAVIGON's hallmark navigation functions such as Reality View Pro, Lane Assistant Pro, Speed Assistant and Day & Night Mode. It also features NAVIGON's sophisticated and elegant map views including branded POIs along the route. NAVIGON will even add more features with software updates later this year. The only requirement for using the MobileNavigator on the iPhone is the new Apple OS 3.0 operating system.Read more

The Comcast mobile application is a free downloadable app for the iPhone or iPod touch that gives customers access to all of their favorite services from Comcast including a unified inbox with Comcast.net email; visual voice mail; address book synch; real-time TV listings and trailers of movies available through Comcast On Demand.

Other features include:

• Check Comcast email and listen to home voice mail in one combined inbox.
• Read, reply, forward and compose email as well as read attachments supported by the iPhone.
• Manage voice mail messages and call logs, view voice mail in any preferred order as well as "touch" to call.
• Forward home phone calls to the iPhone from the iPhone, view call history and manage home phone settings.
• See what's on TV tonight, tomorrow or next week, including program details.
• Watch Video On Demand movie trailers.
• Synch all Universal Address Book contacts to an iPhone or iPod touch as well as the ability to add pictures to favorite contacts.

Download yours today!

I told you about the mobile photo sharing site SnapMyLife back in March. Now, jumping on the Twitter bandwagon, they have introduced Snap2Twitter, a free Twitter application for BlackBerry or iPhone users that lets you take a photo (or use a picture already on your phone), add text, tweet it and save the photo on the SnapMyLife site.

And hey…Michael Papajohn, who co-stars in Terminator Salvation, Land of the Lost and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen uses Snap2Twitter to tweet behind-the-scenes pictures of his movie premieres, on-location shoots and more, so it is certainly worth checking out...and remember, it's free!

For more information and to download the free Snap2Twitter app, visit www.blackberry.com/appworld from your BlackBerry smartphone or www.apple.com/iphone/appstore from your iPhone.