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Macintosh and iPhone software updates and announcements for October 9, 2008:

• Freeverse has announced the release of Tranquility for the iPhone and iPod touch. Tranquility offers relaxing, professionally-recorded environmental sounds designed to ease stress and help the user sleep. Beautiful images and gentle sounds calm the nerves, delight the senses and help soothe the savage beast that is our modern lives.
• BreathPacer for the iPhone teaches users to pace their breathing at a slow therapeutic rate using visual and/or audio cues. Breathpacer is based on the hundreds of studies that demonstrate the benefits of slow breathing on health and wellbeing (e.g. hypertension, depression, cognitive performance).
• Eltima Software, a global software Development Company, has released SyncMate version 1.4. SyncMate is presented in two versions, Free and Expert, and provides its users even more opportunities for syncing their Mac with Windows mobile devices.
• Everyone has been so wrapped up in the new iPod family of late that it’s easy to forget about the ones that started off the whole craze. Proporta realises that many of you still appreciate (and own) the older generations of the most popular family in the world (okay, so next to the Simpsons) and are offering 50% discount on all Proporta cases for the 1G iPod, 2G iPod, 3G iPod, 4G iPod, 5G iPod (video), iPod mini, iPod photo, 1G iPod nano, 2G iPod nano, 3G iPod nano, 1G iPod touch, 1G iPod classic, 1G iPod shuffle, 2G iPod shuffle and 1G iPhone.
• Renkara Media Group has announced the release of AccelaStudy 1.1, advanced language education applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch. This release allows students to highly customize and optimize their study sessions with targeted study sets. A free update is available to existing customers through the App Store.
• Jumsoft today announces the release of its All-in-One packs, high-quality and professionally designed various types of templates for personal or small business usage. There are three themed packs to choose from - Craft, Elite, and Rich. All-in-One theme packs provide the templates for all the applications customers are likely to need in their business - iWeb, Keynote, Pages, and even Apple Mail.
• iPresentee, the developer of add-ons for Apple’s iWork and iLife applications, today released Keynote Themes 3.0 and free Keynote themes to be used with Apple’s Keynote presentation software. Keynote Themes 3.0 includes ten new awesome themes: Chocolate, Bloom, Brown Conformation, Blue Conformation, Blue Curve, Yellow Conformation, Metal Lead, Book, Black Sea and Stripe. iPresentee also offers free Keynote themes: Chocolate, Autumn Colors and Red Cloud.
• seyDoggy and Varsis Studio have announced Simplistic, their newly revised Pro Theme for RapidWeaver 4. Simplistic Pro, another Varsis Studio creation is a clean and simple RapidWeaver theme that is surprisingly flexible. Now under seyDoggy management, Simplistic Pro has been scrubbed clean and reworked from this inside out with more function, feature and flexibility.
• Dare to be Creative today announced the release of ResizeMe 1.3, the batch image and photo editor for Mac OS X Tiger and Leopard. ResizeMe is a productivity tool that can resize, scale, rotate and flip many images and photos at once. The new version ships with a German localization as part of the company’s global expansion plans, and following popular demand from users in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
• TeamViewer GmbH, a leading provider of solutions for online communication and collaboration, enables easy desktop sharing for sales agents working in the field. TeamViewer solutions are designed to facilitate instant information sharing and support. When used by a sales team, agents remain in close contact with their headquarters and client base.
• HOT CHILI APPS has brought iCard-style functionality to the iPhone. The C@rds concept also seems to have won the Apple seal of approval. On Monday of this week, “Birthday C@rds” put in a first appearance on the welcome page of the US/Canadian App Store. Because with their iCard-style functionality, C@rds can be sent from your iPhone or iPod Touch wherever you may be in the world.
• QuickerTek has announced the Apple Juicz External Battery/Charger for the 15 and 17 Inch MacBook Pro. This new product gives users up to 10 additional hours of computing power, and gives users far more flexibility in how and when they choose to use their computers. Styled to blend with your Apple equipment, the MacBook Pro External Battery/Charger is both lightweight and good looking. The Apple Juicz External Battery/Charger will be available in three weeks. Pre-orders are being taken online.
• Inspiration Sounds have announced the official launch of their new download site. The new site launches with an impressive 600 downloadable products from over 45 manufacturers, including offerings from AMG, Cluster Sound, Best Service, Loopmasters, Sonic Flavours and Zero-G.

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