Year: 2009

Iotum (http://www.iotum.com) has announced that its Calliflower
conference-calling service is now mobile and available to iPhone
users. It offers free conference calls, flat rate pricing for
unlimited global meetings, local dial-in numbers and document sharing.

Calliflower on iPhone allows participants to see the status of other
callers. It also sports features such as interactive chat, intuitive
conference controls, recordings, call archives, invitations and
reminders, integration with calendars, and more.

Calliflower on the iPhone is free.

lastminute.com has launched a new, free talking 2009 phrasebook
(http://www.realwire.com/writeitfiles/sixinarow.png) for iPhone and
iPod touch users in the UK. Developed by Coolgorilla, the phrasebook
is available in six different language versions: French, German,
Greek, Italian Portuguese and Spanish, and can be downloaded by
visiting Apple’s App Store.

Using the talking phrasebook consumers can ask for directions, hire a
car and even engage in small talk.

The Tiffen Company, a Long Island based leading manufacturer and
distributor of photographic accessories, has announced a special
version of its award-winning Tiffen Dfx Digital Filter Creative
Effects software, for iPhone and iPod touch owners. It’s available at
the Apple App Store for US$2.99.

Tiffen Photo fx (http://www.tiffen.com/photofx_homepage.html)
features 26 filters/effects with slider controls for an range of
custom effects within five different groups and a range of 27
different film looks.

The Method (http://www.Method-Solutions.com), formerly Method
Solutions LLC, in partnership with Slapdash Games, has released Yard
Sale Hidden Treasures: Sunnyville for the iPhone and iPod touch.
Priced at $4.99, it’s available at the Apple App Store
(http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=302934222&mt=8).
A free “lite” version is also available (
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=303525765&mt=8).

Nova media (http://www.novamedia.com) has unveiled iCON 431, a 3G USB
modem with memory stick functionality for Mac OS X computers. The
iCON 431 supports most kinds of mobile connection speeds and can be
used worldwide.

It has a silver/black color scheme and features a microSD card slot
so can be used as a memory stick with up to 8GB memory, says Jan
Fuellemann of nova media. The iCON 431 supports download rates with
up to 7.2 Mbit/second and upload rates with up to 2 Mbit/s.