SSA Mobile has released their new photo editing app, Color Range.

Simple and easy to use, this truly wonderful app enables you to convert any image into grayscale while keeping the selected color (or colors) bright and vivid. Color Range will make you feel like an artist photographer, except that instead of messing with a brush you'll just need to tap the chosen color, select the color range and the smart app will automatically do the rest!

• Unique Color Range effect with 2 work modes: color picker & color slider
• Real time preview for all effects
• Load pictures in any resolution or use the built-in camera
• Zooming in and out for more convenient color choice
• Gray / Color brush for custom edit of certain image areas when needed
• Unlimited number of undo and redo options
• HUE effect that allows you to change originally highlighted color (or colors)
• Saturation and brightness controls
• Easy and super user friendly interface and help
• Save to Photo roll or share via eMail, Facebook & Twitter

Personally, I’m not the biggest fan of selective coloring, but if I was, this app looks like a great choice. Just tapping on the color is much easier than painting it in by hand.

Color Range is a universal app for iPhone and iPad and has an introductory price of $0.99.

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Either every single outlandish rumour surrounding Apple’s upcoming iPhone 5 is real, or someone has been reading the blogs and sending around “case leaks” again. We’ll bet on the latter until there’s real physical proof of the former.

If you’re into this sort of thing, though, MobileFun is claiming two sources on these cases, which show off a bigger screen, sound controls on the opposite side of the iPhone, and no home button, just a large gesture area.

Steve Jobs originally intended for the iPhone to be buttonless, but found he couldn't quite get away with it. It looks like he's some way closer to that goal with the iPhone 5; the physical home screen button has been replaced with a touch-sensitive ovaloid area which takes up the middle half of the bottom border. This area might be used for unique multi-touch gestures, given its increased size.

Again, take with the largest grain of salt you can ingest without crystallizing.

[MobileFun]

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iSheetMusic, an app that allows you to download sheet music to your iPhone or iPad, is now available.

iSheetMusic is an educational music app providing fully dynamic sheet music to amateur/hobbyist musicians across every genre imaginable.

• Download your favorite sheet music directly to your device.
• Search for Music in FKBK or PVG formats.
• Use In-App purchase to download new music to your sheet music collection.
• Organize your music into sets; or view by Artist, Composer, or Genre.
• Both an Audible and Visual Metronome are included. Each song defaults to the music default tempo, but you can adjust freely.
• Guitar Chords Diagrams are included (when appropriate).

iSheetMusic is available on the iPhone and iPad for free. Screenshots after the break.

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Every day, TiPb gets flooded with announcements for new and updated iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad apps and games. So every day we pick just a few of the most interesting, the most notable, and simply the most awesome to share with you!

• Tweetbot: Now with push notifications for everyone! [$2.99 for iPhone - iTunes link]

• ExpenseMagic: Capture receipts on the move and claim every expense easily. [Free for iPhone - iTunes link]

• Nervous Fly: Living in a glass slowly filling with colorful ice cubes thrown in from above, you can fly to the left and right — but you can’t control up and down movement. Your goal? Crush as much ice as possible by pushing together two cubes of a color. [Free for iPhone and iPad - iTunes link]

• Vignature: Sign a PDF document online, anywhere, anytime. It's fast, easy, and secure. Just open a PDF document in Vignature and "Tap to Sign." Your image is captured in real time as you sign the document so there is no doubting the validity of your signature. [Free for iPhone and iPad - iTunes link]

• FitRabbit: Get in shape by turning your fitness goals into an exciting and competitive social game! [Free for iPhone - iTunes link]

Any other big apps or game releases or updates today? If you pick any of these up, let us know what you think!

According to Mark Gurman at 9to5Mac, Apple has added face detection API in iOS 5. Apple had previously used face detection on the Mac for everything from iPhoto’s Faces feature to OS X Lion’s advanced PhotoBooth effects, and along the way bought the company behind it, Polar Rose.

We have taken a look at these iOS 5-exclusive APIs and they are highly sophisticated. The first, called CIFaceFeature, can determine through an image where a person's mouth and eyes are located. The second API, CIDetector, is a resource within the operating system that processes images for face detection.

So while we might see the built in iOS PhotoBooth get the same feature boost as Lion, we could also see other novelty apps, and games, and perhaps one day facial recognition for security. (“Oh, hi Steve. Unlocking your passwords now.”)

[9to5Mac]

Microsoft has updated its popular OneNote application for the iPhone and iPod touch but more importantly, it is now available outside the US App Store. From today, OneNote will be available in the UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

Microsoft OneNote Mobile is an easy-to-use note-taking application for capturing all of your ideas and to-dos on the go, brought to you by Microsoft Office. With OneNote Mobile, create searchable notes with text, pictures, bullets, and checkboxes. Then keep your notes in sync using free Windows Live SkyDrive cloud storage to access, edit and manage them from virtually anywhere, from your PC or almost any web browser.

New features for current users:

• Search – find text in notebooks, sections and pages
• Pin recent notes – keep your favorite notes at the top of the Recently Viewed list
• Sync shared notebooks – if others have shared their notebooks with you on Windows Live SkyDrive, you can now sync them with your device and work on them together; just turn them on in the OneNote for iPhone Notebook Settings
• Choose the notebooks that sync to your phone and appear on the Home screen – you'll find this useful when you have SkyDrive notebooks that you don't want to sync or view from your phone
• Set image size for photos you insert – choose smaller image sizes for faster syncing or larger sizes for higher fidelity images
• A new color scheme that gives the app a lighter look and feel

The app is available free for a limited time and is designed for the iPhone and iPod touch. No iPad love unless you want to look at it in 2x mode! It only took six months for Microsoft to get this released outside the US, a few more months and we may even see Bing too!

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The Wall Street Journal has posted renderings of the proposed Apple Store for Grand Central Station. The pictures certainly appear to do this beautiful building justice and compliment its style and iconic image.

The MTA (Metropolitan Transportation Authority) released some information on the proposed Apple Store which could open near the terminal's east staircase, if approval is granted at tomorrow’s meeting. Apple will start building works immediately, with a four month program of works; making an opening time of around late November or early December.

Apple is said to have paid Charlie Palmer's Metrazur restaurant a sum of around $5 million to vacate its space eight years before the lease expires. The MTA will also get a much higher rental figure from Apple; thought to be as high as $1.1 million a year.

[WSJ]

 

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Evernote has updated their iPad app, Evernote Peek, with support for audio clues.

Evernote Peek is the first app designed for the iPad 2 Smart Cover! Studying with an iPad has never been more natural. Simply peek under the cover to prepare for a quiz, practice a language or strengthen your memory.

Here’s how it works:

• Choose a notebook to study
• Close the Smart Cover
• Peek under the cover to see a clue, lift the cover more to see the answer
• Repeat

The update includes:

• New: Support for audio clues
• New: Study notebooks that others have shared with you in Evernote
• 3 new audio featured notebooks: bird calls, Spanish language, French language

I wish this app was available when I was a student! Some topics are studied best with flashcards, and if could have used my iPad and Smart Cover as flash cards, studying would’ve been more exciting – and I just may not have dropped out of Biology.

Evernote Peek is available on the iPad for free. Screenshots after the break.

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