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Insurance Kit 1.2

Category: Finance
Price: $3.99, Version: 1.1 -> 1.2 (iTunes)

Description:

Insurance Kit is an invaluable tool for Insurance Professionals and Financial Planners.

1. Calculates Rate of Return of limited payment saving/ insurance/ investment plans.
2. Calculates Retirement Fund required
3. Calculates Life Insurance required
4. Calculates College Fund required and
5. Is also a Financial Calculator

Rate of Return
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Using cash flow calculation, Insurance Kit works out the rate of return of limited payment plans e.g. plans that require 10 annual payments and mature on the 20th year.

A financial calculator can do the job too but it involves many steps. With Insurance Kit , all you need is to enter the following fields and the the rate of return will be generated instantaneously:
- Annual Payment/premium
- Number of payments (in years)
- Year of maturity or surrender
- Maturity/surrender value

Retirement
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Using Capital Liquidation method, Insurance Kit calculates Retirement fund needed. The app takes into account inflation and interest rate and the amount needed to finance a desired retirement lifestyle in today's dollar. It then calculates the amount required at retirement age. The calculation will be shown with a touch of a button.

Life Insurance
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Insurance Kit calculates the amount of life insurance required.

Education
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Insurance Kit calculates the projected cost of college education.

Financial Calculator
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Insurance Kit is also a financial calculator that allows you to calculate anyone of the following fields:
- Present Value (PV)
- Period (N)
- Payment ( PMT)
- Interest Rate (I)
- Future Value (FV)

What's New

1. Added View Preferences for Payment (PMT) in Financial Calculator

2. Fix Bug in Retirement and Life Insurance Module when launching keyboard for iPhone OS3

Insurance Kit

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Intelliga Alarm Clock 1.3.2

Category: Utilities
Price: Free, Version: 1.3.1 -> 1.3.2 (iTunes)

Description:

Intelliga Alarm Clock Lite is the free version of a musical alarm clock with multiple clock faces inspired by iconic watch designs, with an integrated music player. It will appeal to everyone with a sense of style, a love of music, an iPhone or iPod Touch, and a desire to be on time. Stylish and easy to use, future versions will include more designs and features.

What's New

- minor bug fixes and performance enhancements

Intelliga Alarm Clock

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Ireland's Cinema Times 2.3

Category: Entertainment
Price: Free, Version: 2.2 -> 2.3 (iTunes)

Description:

***The iPhone App that is simply the best Movie Listings and Hollywood News source for the iPod Touch. ***
Listing and Movie data need only be downloaded once weekly. Other than this the App functions perfectly offline. No need for GPS, the Movie, Cinema and Celebrity information is at your fingertips immediately where ever you are located.

The Ireland’s Cinema Times Application allows users of the iPhone to effortlessly source the schedules of any Irish cinema in an instant.

It is simple and intuitive to use. Just select your county, and the App gives you a full listing of movie theatres in the area, what films are available and at what times they are playing.

The application also includes Movie Rating and Classification information.

° This version includes comprehensive Movie information, such as details of the leading Actors, Director, Genre, Run Time, etc. It also provides a synopsis of the film.
° Movie Reviews provided by Hollywood.com (where available);
° Built-in Maps: View Maps of all the cinemas in the area;
° Auto call the cinema using the telephone number provided.
° Listing and Movie data only need to be downloaded once weekly (updated each Friday). It is recommended that this weekly download is done via a Wi-Fi internet connection but will work over edge or 3G. Once the weekly download is completed the App can be used without an internet connection, thus making it ideal for iPod Touch users.

Use it the next time you need to check where and when that big blockbuster is playing!

Please Note: If you have discover that a certain cinema is not listed or have any other issues with this App please email: donal@iphoneAppSolutions.com.
The listings information is being licensed from “West World Media” who are a world leader in syndicating showtimes listings and movie data. We are constantly striving to improve the service so please email if you find any deficiency in the content and action will be taken to rectify and remedy same ASAP...
The code in this App is currently being used by thousands of satisfied clients across the USA, Canada, UK and Ireland. Please beware of the damage that an inaccurate or misguided review can cause...

What's New

° This version will work with iOS3 and iOS4;
° Listings show Hollywood.com Star Rating for Movie where available;
° Listings now display “Subtitled” and “a/d” for sublitled and audio described movies.

Ireland's Cinema Times

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XProcess 1.0.2

Category: Photography
Price: $.99, Version: 1.0.1 -> 1.0.2 (iTunes)

Description:

XProcess (pronounced Cross Process) is an app that simulates a cross processing effect and makes your photos strange and beautiful.

Cross processing simply refers to the process of developing one kind of film with the chemicals meant for another type of film.
Doing so produces some wild, usually unpredictable results that can give you photographs with vivid saturated colors and higher levels of contrast.

With XProcess, You do not need any difficult setting.
All you need is just take photo or choose from the photo library.
XProcess automatically adds effect.

Enjoy!

=== Sheke to Shuffle mode

Sheke your iPhone/iPod touch, then XProcess adds a random effect to the photo.

=== FEATURES:

-- Output size: 320px to original size (maximum width)
-- Output format: High Quality JPEG, Low Quality JPEG, and PNG
-- Shake to Shuffle mode
-- Supports Facebook and Email so you can easily share your photos with your friends

What's New

Add a new option to share photos on Facebook.

XProcess

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]]> http://appleous.com/new-apps-changes/update-xprocess-photography/ Update: Studiometry Touch (Business)

Studiometry Touch 1.0.1

Category: Business
Price: Free, Version: 1.0 -> 1.0.1 (iTunes)

Description:

Studiometry Touch is a business management tool for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad, designed to be used with Studiometry on the Mac or PC. Studiometry Touch lets you track your clients and projects, record your time and expenses, and send invoices directly from your mobile device.

** Requires Studiometry on your Mac or PC **

Studiometry Touch: Take your work wherever work takes you.

With Studiometry Touch you'll have access to your business's critical information on the go. Clients, contacts, projects, to dos, work, invoices, and payments can all be viewed, created, and edited on your mobile device.

Studiometry Touch gives you mobile access to your entire business for $39.95 USD per device / year. Try Studiometry Touch with sample data for free, and when you're ready to synchronize with Studiometry for Mac or PC, purchase a license and add it to your Studiometry server.

Key Features:

- Running timers with your customized rates to track your time while you work.

- Expense entry with markup and quantity capabilities.

- Clients & Contacts: Track business clients and contacts to stay in touch on the go. Categories, notes, and ID numbering features included.

- Projects: Manage your projects from anywhere including your pipeline and stage information, as well as all work, expenses, and to dos.

- Share calendars and delegate tasks between employees.

- Send invoices from your mobile device using your customized invoice templates from Studiometry on your Mac or PC.

Requirements:
Studiometry 7.1 or newer on Mac or Windows. Wireless network or internet connection for syncing capabilities.

What's New

- iOS 4.0 Compatability
- Can now assign employees to To Dos on Stage templates (requires sync with Studiometry 8.0 and later)
- Compatible with new split permissions to view or edit reports and invoices (requires sync with Studiometry 8.0)
- Tweaked several small issues related to Employee permissions
- Fixed an issue causing a crash on setups that color Projects based on their Clients color

Studiometry Touch

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HD Camera - 7.0 Mega Pixel with zoom 2.1

Category: Utilities
Price: $.99, Version: 2.0 -> 2.1 (iTunes)

Description:

Worldwide first 7 Mega Pixels Camera App in App Store!
HIGHER resolution, LESS noise and MORE detail! (For iPhone Only)

Take better pictures with a real time digital zoom slider.

This application is designed to solve the bad image quality issue when you took picture using “digital zoom” feature.

Key advantages compared with normal zoom related apps:
1. Better image quality
2. Bigger output image resolution
3. Better performance

Features:
1. Up to 4x digital zoom
2. Real-time zoom in/out camera preview
3. Fix noise and blur
4. Upscale to higher resolution

NOTES: iPhone OS 3.1 or above is required.

What's New

1. Fix compatible issues for iOS 4;
2. Reduce memory usage.

HD Camera - 7.0 Mega Pixel with zoom

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Fortune Panda 1.2

Category: Games
Price: $1.99, Version: 1.1 -> 1.2 (iTunes)

Description:

Gold coins falling from the sky! Wait... there's a catch...

"There ain't no such thing as a free lunch, Fortune Panda" - Dark Panda Lord

Isn't money falling down from the sky such a dream? But even as gold coins fall from the sky, our friend Fortune Panda, realizes that he needs to run and dodge all the bombs, lobsters, frogs and even a truck! Truck? What the...

Challenge your friends to see who can make more $$$!

FEATURES:
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- Unlimited hours of addicting gameplay and levels
- $1, $5 gold coins to collect
- Shield, x3 booster, time slow
- Bombs, frogs, lobsters, and trucks to stop you!
- Leaderboard to compare your score with your friends
- Intuitive controls and an interactive tutorial
- Facebook & Twitter integration

HOW TO PLAY:
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- Tilt your device to move left or right
- Tap the screen to jump
- Tap the screen quickly to low jump
oh, and the screen loops around : )

CONTACT INFO:
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Questions or suggestions?
Email us at support@kooapps.com

Become a fan of Fortune Panda on Facebook!
Our Website: http://fortunepanda.kooapps.com/

Please write us a review : ) We value your thoughts and appreciate any feedback. Thanks!

A note from our producer:
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Inspired by Doodle Jump's amazingly addictive gameplay (and a personal favorite, pandas!), we've created a comical play on today's society about free lunch.

What's New

- Redesigned gameplay to make it fun and easy
- Interactive tutorial "learn as you go"
- Fixed jump responsiveness
- Skip button for tutorial
- Facebook bug fixes

Fortune Panda

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Pocket Fart - Accelerometer Driven Flatulence 1.2

Category: Entertainment
Price: Free, Version: 1.1 -> 1.2 (iTunes)

Description:

#1 Top app in Italy, Nederland
#3 Top app in Switzerland, Taiwan

"I've never seen a software like this." (funiphone.pixnet.net)

Have you ever wished you could fart on command just by lifting your leg?

Well, now there's an app for that!

Pocket Fart allows you to do just that. Just put your iPhone in your pocket and let Pocket Fart do its job.

Explore different kinds of movements to trigger our award-winning FPE (Farting Physics Engine) that uses the iPhone’s accelerometer in an unprecedented way.

*** NEW ***
LOUDER farts.
Record your own farts.

Other quotes:

"Using the iPhone’s accelerometer to transform its user into a fart on command superhero is an App Store first." (krapps.com)
"The use of technology in Pocket Fart is amazing." (krapps.com)
"Pocket Fart has changed the world!" (krapps.com)
"The possibilities with Pocket Fart are endless." (krapps.com)
"Who knew farting can be so much fun." (appyzilla.com)

What's New

- Louder farts
- Use custom farts (you can record your own!)
- High-res icon for iPhone 4.
- Improved accelerometer sensitivity.

Pocket Fart - Accelerometer Driven Flatulence

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Fastar! 1.0

Category: Games
Price: $.99, Version: 1.0 (iTunes)

Description:

--- Opening weekend sale! 50% off! ---

Action and Role-Playing in their purest, gleefulest form!

Fastar! is the timeless tale of a boy with a big sword and a bowtie journeying across vast lands while being ambushed by malicious geometry. Wait, what, seriously? I'm not typing that, it doesn't make any sense. Oh, look what you made me do. I'll just start over.

Fastar! is an Action RPG for when you just don't have time for an Action RPG. Dead simple to pick up and play, you'll be slashing and shopping your way across the grassy plains of [irrelevant flavorful name of fantasy world here] in seconds. You'll cross the world in mere minutes. But mastery of your true objective -- reaching that goal as fast as humanly possible -- could take a lifetime*.

Fun for everyone from the casual player who loves to mash buttons, to the hardcore gamer-optimizer who loves to mash numbers, Fastar! will provide you with hours of minutes of seconds of simple arcadey joy.

Featured features:

- Reasonably adorable hand-drawn graphics!

- 24 different game modes for a variety of play experiences, some of which don't actually count!

- Global arcade-style high scores lists, where you can become internationally renowned if your full name is three letters or less!

- Flashy magic spells for any kind of player, from Daring to Thrifty to Congealed!

- A variety of control schemes to suit your particular playing posture! (Astronaut gymnasts excepted)

- Sometimes in the background you can see a guy on a unicycle! Look for him, he's nice.

"A ridiculous amount of fun!"
-TouchArcade Review

"It’s all about distilling the unique fun of RPGs... into mere seconds of play."
-PocketGamer

"[A] great cartoon RPG for the iPhone!"
-1stimpressions.mobi

"What this game has, above all, is that very particular, intangible magic which makes the very few select games rise above the rest."
-Gabrien, TouchArcade forums

"Pick it up for some great action!"
-148Apps

* Lifetime reference mammal unspecified

Fastar!

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Number Hunt Free: Number Find Puzzles 1.0

Category: Games
Price: Free, Version: 1.0 (iTunes)

Description:

Go on a Number Hunt to exercise your brain. In this game, multi-digit numbers will be hidden in a grid. Your job is to find the numbers in the grid and touch the first digit. This is a free version with ads - you may upgrade the app to remove the ads.

It's like a crossword puzzle, but with numbers instead of words! And there is an infinite number of puzzles so you never have to worry about running out!

To play, first click "NEW GAME" then wait for up to 10 seconds while your puzzle is generated. The numbers you're hunting for will be displayed to the left and right of the grid. Touch one of the numbers, then touch the first digit of that number within the grid. If you are right the number in the grid will turn green and the number will disappear from the sidebar. Repeat for the next number. When you finish the last number the game will display your time.

This game was designed for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. On iPad, you will seek numbers in an 18x18 grid. On iPhone or iPod Touch you will seek numbers in an 11x11 grid.

Number Hunt Free: Number Find Puzzles

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