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!

• EarPrint: “Everyone hears differently” and has their own unique EarPrint, so the goal of Personal Sound is to maximize speech understanding and clarity while keeping the listener in a comfortable listening range. [Free for iPhone and iPad - App Store link]

• Tunebox – Music Player for Dropbox: Listen to all the music in your Dropbox account, anywhere you go. [$1.99 - App Store link]

• Santa’s Christmas Activity Book: [$2.99 for iPad - App Store link]

• Princess Activity Cards: This app contains a combination of different games such as: scene creation activities, coloring pages, puzzles, find it games and cool stickers, all designed specifically for the iPad with a Kid-friendly interface – so easy a toddler can use it. [$1.99 for iPad - App Store link]

• Defen-G Astro: A Strategy action defense game, full of fantastic graphics, cute characters and many skills. Place your units in a strategic manner in order to protect the Tower of Life, Atea’s Tower from the invading monsters. [Free for iPhone - App Store link]

Any other big app or game releases or updates today?

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Apple has just released software update 4.4.3 for the Apple TV 2. The update carries a new build number (9A4051) following the last update that hit in October.

Details of the update include added support for Netflix in Mexico as well as addressing an audio problem when playing sound through the optical port when your television set is turned off. The Apple TV Software Update 4.4.3 is available now through the ‘Update Software’ option under General Settings.

(And yes, they’re still confusingly referring to iOS Software 5.x as Apple TV version 4.x — can we stop that please?)

iOS developer @Gojohnnyboi discovered some code in iOS 5.0.1 that could indicate iChat — Apple’s Mac OS X instant messenger client — functionality may be coming to iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch down the road.

Although the new iMessage feature in iOS 5 doesn’t hook into the same chat services mentioned in the code, it would make a lot of sense for Apple to ultimately streamline the iChat, FaceTime, and iMessage into a single service across Apple devices.

How soon you’ll actually see this on your iPhone or iPad isn’t exactly clear, but this at least suggests Apple has been experimenting with this on the iOS platform.

Source: @Gojohnnyboi via TUAW

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The popular navigation app, Navigon, has gone 2.0 and brings a new UI and two new features, MyMaps and FreshMaps XL.

MyMaps allows users to download maps by region. So if you’re not planning on leaving your state soon, you can download only the maps for your state and pick up other on an as-need basis. This will not only save some storage space on your iPhone or iPad, but speeds up the update process.

NAVIGON 2.0 is the first iPhone onboard navigation app that separates the app from the maps, allowing users to choose which map regions to download to their device. Users who, for example, own the USA version can pick the states they want immediately and download additional regions at a later time.

FreshMaps is available as an in-app purchase and will update your iPhone or iPad each quarter with the latests maps.

Always have the latest maps with NAVIGON FreshMaps XL! Update your device each quarter with the latest map updates from the experts. Your device will be kept right up to date and will not only include changes and additions to the road network, but also a whole load of new special destinations. This increases safety, reduces stress and saves time!

Navigon is available on the iPhone and iPad and prices vary. The North American apps and in-app purchases are currently on sale for a limit time. Here’s a list of prices:

• NAVIGON for iPhone North America: $39.99 instead of $59.99 [App Store link]
• NAVIGON for iPhone USA: $29.99 instead of $49.99 [App Store link]
• NAVIGON for iPhone Canada: $29.99 instead of $49.99 [App Store link]
• NAVIGON for iPhone East, Central or West: $19.99 instead of $29.99 [East App Store link] [Central App Store link] [West App Store link]

NAVIGON FreshMaps:

• North America: $14.99 instead of $19.99
• USA (upgrades to maps of North America): $19.99 instead of $39.99
• Canada (upgrades to maps of North America): $19.99 instead of $39.99
• MyRegion (upgrades to maps of North America): $24.99 instead of $49.99

Other in-app purchases:

• Safety Cameras: $4.99
• Traffic Live: $19.99

Other versions of the Navigon for other countries can be found by searching “Navigon” in the App Store.

Check out the promo video for Navigon 2.0 below!

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Belkin has announced its LiveAction Camera Grip and Camera Remote accessories for the iPhone 4S, iPhone 4 and iPod touch. We already knew that the Camera Remote was in the pipeline however the Camera Grip is something new and quite unique. Both accessories can only be used with Belkin's LiveAction app which is available in the App Store.

The Camera Grip is designed to make your device feel more like a traditional camera. It features a grip that attaches to the dock connector and even fits over the top of most cases. This offers an easier way to hold your iPhone as well as offering dedicated buttons to shoot photographs and capture video. The grip also has a built in tripod mount that works with any standard tripod.

The Camera Remote is a Bluetooth enabled remote camera shutter. It has the ability to remotely initiate the iPhone or iPod touch camera shutter from up to 30 feet away. Again it has two buttons, one to control the camera and the other for video capture. The Camera Remote also comes with a stand to prop up your device to obtain the best angle for your shots.

Each of the new accessories will cost $49.99.

• Order the Belkin LiveAction Camera Grip from Amazon now

Verizon has released a new iPhone 4S commercial, once again touting the breadth of their network. This time, while several — we’re left to guess AT&T iPhone users — are left to flounder due to their lack of signal, the one Verizon iPhone user among them connects heroically and without issue.

(Might have been more powerful if all the other people were on Verizon, easily connecting, and only the one hapless guy was left adrift, watching everyone else succeed.)

Anyone here actually switch from AT&T to Verizon for the iPhone 4S? Happy with the choice?

Firecore has announced that its aTV Flash (black) software for jailbroken second gen Apple TV's has finally come out of beta and is now at version 1.0. aTV Flash adds a whole host of additional features to your Apple TV such as a media player that can handle loads of different video formats, a WebKit web browser, Last.fm radio, Weather and RSS feeds.

• The new Media Player included in aTV Flash (black) empowers you to go beyond iTunes and play most popular media formats. This includes formats such as: AVI, FLAC, ISO, M2TS, MKV, MP3, MP4, MPEG, MPG, VOB, WMV and many others.
• Cover art and metadata are downloaded automatically and added to your files with an end result of amazing! If you’ve already taken the time to add your own metadata you can you can use that too.
• Surf the web with a native web browser that provides a rich web experience on the AppleTV. Included is support for things like HTML5 music and video streaming as well as easy to use bookmarks and history. Navigating the web is easily done with the included AppleTV remote or the free Remote app for the iPhone and iPad.
• Go beyond just listening to music and start truly experiencing it by utilizing the full power of Last.fm. While streaming Last.fm radio (or playing your own music) you’ll have access to artist bios, and a seemingly endless amount of artist photos.
• Get quick access to weather and RSS news feeds. Your current weather location will be detected automatically, and other locations can be easily added as well.

aTV Flash version 1.0 is now available to buy and costs $29.95. You will need to have a jailbroken second generation Apple TV to take advantage of it.

Source: Firecore

 

aTV Flash (black) Demo from FireCore, LLC on Vimeo.

Camera+, the popular photography iPhone app has been updated to include VolumeSnap, the ability to trigger the camera’s shutter with the volume buttons – again.

Last year, tap tap tap submitted a version of Camera+ that included VolumeSnap and Apple rejected it. Then tap tap tap tweeted about a hidden easter egg that would turn on the feature with the then-current version. Apple got wind of it and removed Camera+ from the App Store entirely.

Months later, Camera+ was allowed back into the App Store and Apple also also brought the functionality of VolumeSnap to iOS 5. Now, Apple has accepted the update for Camera+ that includes VolumeSnap.

VolumeSnap is back, beyotches!!

Even without VolumeSnap, Camera+ is quite a fantastic photo editing app. One of my favorite features is the ability to expose separately from focus.

Camera+ is available on the iPhone and on sale for $0.99.

[App Store link]

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