Hagenberg, Austria – Ergonis Software today announced the release and immediate availability of Typinator 4.1, a new version of their popular text expander. The new version allows to define set-specific presets for abbreviation options and speeds up the newly introduced QuickSearch function as well as the import of text files.

Bains Software announced the release of their first iPhone app: instaplaylist. instaplaylist is the universal remote for music. It allows users to quickly create a playlist of YouTube music videos from their iPhone or iPod touch and enjoy them on any computer on the same WiFi network.

The videos play on the user’s computer while they control playback from their iPhone. Videos continue to play even if the user exits instaplaylist or turns off their iPhone.

The iphone has taken the mobile phone community by storm with the unique design and innovation it carries. The mobile phone manufacturers are waking up, some of them are trying to bring something that knocks down the iphone phenomenum while the majority has opted for mimic functions and form. LG and Samsung announced phones packed with a lot of the iphone features, but Digisino Technology, a tawainese manufacturer of Mp3 Player & Mp4 Player, USB Flash Drive, Photo Frame and Digital Speakers has gone farther launching a MP3 player with voice recording that uses the iphone design and I don’t understand how can the CES Association let Digisino Tech. Co., Ltd. shows its products at CES 2008. Apple should have a CES presence next year.

Spotigo’s WiFi hotspot directory contains more than 250.000 hotspots in over 150 countries and now is adapted for the user interface of the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch. Spotigo offers a comprehensive search interface with a look and feel that users are familiar with from their Apple devices. It allows them to search for free and commercial hotspots in a certain area country, town, address and / or postal code. The result is displayed in a list where the users can see more details of the hotspot like provider, rates and contact details. The exact location of a certain hotspot can also be displayed on Google maps.

The Friends at Mashable.com made an extraordinary effort and collected a bunch of the most important applications for OUR iphone and some for the iPod Touch, install them, test them, share them and why not, visit mashable.com from your iphone to taste it. Enjoy for this list and expect for the third installment of the iPhone Applications Survivor Kit.

iPhoneChat- iChat-like AIM chat application.

OneTrip – Simple shopping-list application.

FlickIM – Multi-featured AIM chat application.

Applications for the iphone and ipod touch are growing like bad grass, faster than you can kill it and every single day you notice new and amazing services, tools and utilities for this new platform. We collected a bunch of them, those that we believe are the most important ones to hang out… In the next part we will add business related applications. Please notice that this applications can damage your iphone, a fresh restore could help but act wisely, we are not affiliated with the designers/programmers or vendors of these applications, we only provide this list as an recommendation, we are not receiving any kind of endorsement from their respective owners. We really don’t know them, but appreciate their time.

Use your iPhone to easily make group calls with up to 5 friends from all over the world for the cost of a single local call. With more than three million iPhones expected in consumers’ hands by the end of 2007, Voice 2.0 company Talkster is delivering an early holiday gift to iPhone users: simplified group conference calling all over the globe for the cost of a single local call.

During a seminar with Apple in Paris, eZ Systems demonstrated eZ Publish running on Mac OS X Server v10.5 Leopard. In addition, eZ showed eZ Flow, a new extension for eZ Publish designed for media companies who need to build complex page layouts and pre-plan publication schedules to ensure a constant flow of rich content. Among other features, eZ Flow supports delivery of content to Apple iPhones.

Using an Apple Mac or iPhone for Web browsing? More people are, according to a Web metrics firm’s report issued Wednesday. Internet browser traffic from Apple products rose significantly in December, with the increase in the last two days of the month.
The Mac accounted for 7.31% of all the systems accessing the Web in the last month of the year, compared to 6.8% in November, according to Net Applications, which monitors traffic at 40,000 sites worldwide. The iPhone’s market share rose to 0.12% from 0.09% the previous month.

MobileScrobbler connects your Apple iPhone or iPod Touch with the Last.fm social music website. As you listen to music on your device, MobileScrobbler sends the title, artist, and album to the Last.fm website. Last.fm uses this information to suggest new music, new friends, concerts, and events based on the music you listen to.

Excitement about the Apple iPhone and similar high-end mobile phones has created a secondary market for less expensive Chinese knockoffs in the UAE.

Stores in Dubai’s central business districts of Deira and Bur Dubai are stocking up on the Chinese clones, which include imitations of other famous brands including Sony Ericsson and Nokia.

The number of phones imported into the country from China is unknown, but importers and shopkeepers said the demand for the knockoffs has been high and has created a boom for smaller mobile phone retailers.

The smartphone market is shaping up like a three-horse race in 2008. BlackBerry remains the leader, Windows Mobile continues to make slow and steady progress, and Apple has come out of nowhere with the hottest and most widely-hyped product of year to become a legitimate contender with the iPhone.

A study by the IT analyst firm Canalys revealed that the iPhone surpassed Windows Mobile in market share in Q3 (see graph below).

Iphysics game provides a new way to enjoyr yor old physics classes in your iPhone. The fun and entertainment is guaranteed with iphysics and all of its levels. This is the smarter way to take advantage of the iPhone technology, creating a game that put its features to the edge… and iphysics gives take that from the iphone, smart, easy to follow and entertainment, the better part? It is free. Go get it.

Simplify Media has developed a simple iPhone/iPod Touch application that connects to your computer — and your friends — anywhere you have WiFi internet access. Browse through your music library just as you would at home, just as you would if you actually had the music stored on your iPhone. It can be used with itunes or winamp.

Now, iPhone owners have an easy way to transfer important data from a previous device and increase your backup capabilities. With The Missing Sync for iPhone, easily transfer your calendar, contacts, photos and more from your old BlackBerry, Palm OS or Window Mobile smartphone to your iPhone. Then, start power syncing and backup up your SMS messages, call logs and notes in addition to your calendar and contacts data.