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PhoneFreelancer is a website that connects entrepreneurs with quality iPhone developers easier than ever. The site works as a reverse auction, having the entrepreneur post their project, and developers bid their quote on the project. The entrepreneur then selects the iPhone developer of his choice, and development comes next, making his idea a reality.

Water-Powered Ideas is pleased to announce Observation 1.1 for iPhone and iPod Touch. Observation is a tool to help amateur astronomers record observation logs in the field, providing the latest weather conditions, the NGC 2000.0 and Hipparcos catalogs of stars and objects and much more. Hourly conditions, including seeing and transparency can be browsed at sites nearby to select the optimal observing location.

Gaming outfit Punflay has recently announced the submission of Rafter, their brand new game. Rafter is an engaging game with blocks and spheres which have to be dropped with precision to strike a mine. Each level has a fixed number of moves and the score increases when you solve the game using the least number of moves. Spread over 21 challenging levels, it tests the user’s attention and skills to strike the mine as the timer ticks. The game has the scores tied with the number of moves made.

Texas-based Impiger Technologies has released Mardi Gras! 1.0 for iPhone and iPod touch devices. Mardi Gras! is a colorful game in which players toss souvenirs to the Mardi Gras crowd and earn points. And the accompanying festive music is awesome. Created for Phillip Rochelle, Mardi Gras! is based on the events of the carnival celebration ending the day before Ash Wednesday and sure to get kids and adults excited.

iOrgSoft Studio has released Flip video converter for Mac, its new powerful product. Flip video converter can rip audio either from Flip Ultral video or Fip Mino video and convert to mp3, ogg, aac audio format, you can also convert flip video to flv, asf, 3gp, mpeg-4, mov, m4v, mpg, avi, wmv for your specific project. That is really good news for most Flip video camcorder users who are bothering in having nothing to do with the Flip Video.

Partnering with Sony Music Entertainment India, DCI Mobile Studio has released Vinnai thaandi Varuvaya, a new and unique iPhone app is based on this year’s highly-anticipated Tamil movie. The movie stares Tamil Film Industry’s Little Super Star Silambarasan and Trisha Krishnan. This is a multiple-utility app, which facilitates audio streaming, music downloads, Wallpaper downloads and other movie related digital merchandises.

Leawo Software has announced Leawo Mac Video Converter 1.2.0.4, an update to their professional level video converter for PPC and Intel Macs. Version 1.2.0.4 offers full compatibility with the latest Mac OS 10.6. The convert engine has been optimized with better codec interface. Users can anticipate faster and smoother video conversion process with good ratio of quality to compression rate.

Noise Industries announced that new development partner, PHYX Inc., has released PHYX Keyer for the FxFactory platform. PHYX Keyer is a brand new collection of keying plug-ins designed to work inside Adobe After Effects CS3 / CS4, Apple Final Cut Pro, Apple Motion and Apple Final Cut Express applications. The new PHYX Keyer incorporates its superior image technology, offering 5 professional-quality plug-ins.

Independent software developer Christian Kienle has announced Ebbinghaus 3.1 for Mac OS X. Ebbinghaus is an easy-to-use flash card application with a beautiful iTunes-like user interface. Organize your cards in decks, folders and smart decks. With Ebbinghaus 3.1 it is now possible to export decks and share them via email with just a few clicks. This allows groups of people using Ebbinghaus to work together on decks.

Houdah Software has announced ACTCurrency 3.3, an update to their popular universal currency converter for iPhone and iPod Touch devices. ACTCurrency 3.3 draws on a source of exchange rates for over 190 world currencies and precious metals. Version 3.3 builds upon the power and ease of use of previous versions. Users may now skip through currencies with a flip of the finger. This is a free update and is recommended for all iPhone OS 3.0 or later users.