Send and receive standard SMS messages with your iPod touch to any kind of mobile phone from anywhere with a WiFi connection. iPhones can also use 3G.

The recipient does not need a smartphone or any kind of software, and there is no need to know the name of their carrier.

You can receive SMS replies in 2 different ways: direct to the app, and/or via email – immediately, if you subscribe to a push-email service such as MobileMe, Gmail or Yahoo.

How it works.
Tap an existing message, enter a phone number or select one from your Contact List. Type your own message and tap ‘Send’. It can’t get easier than that!

The receiver gets a normal SMS message, with a telephone number to reply. When she replies, the message is stored on the gateway server and can be downloaded, read and responded to with Simple SMS. A copy can be sent to your email, if you wish.

This shared phone number can be saved in the phone and used to contact you in future, but you need to send at least one SMS message to each Contact first. You can’t just give them the number in an email or over the phone, for example.

New Messages
Simple SMS automatically checks for new messages when started, and then every 15 minutes as long as it it is running. If you set up a push email account you can get new message notifications even if your device is sleeping or Simple SMS is turned off.

Status Reports
Simple SMS can provide a delivery status report for messages that you have sent, including ones sent to multiple destinations.

Message Display
Both Sent and Received messages are displayed for each of your Contacts, threaded into a time and date ordered ‘conversation’.

Long Messages
Simple SMS can automatically split messages longer than a standard SMS (160 characters) into multiple separate SMS messages. You pay for each SMS. If you exceed the standard message length an alert sounds for each extra SMS message, to give you the choice of continuing or editing the text. You cannot send more than 612 characters. This feature is network-dependent, and cannot be used together with Unicode messaging.

Unicode
Simple SMS can send texts in any language supported by your device. You must set the Unicode’ switch to ‘ON’ in Settings to encode the message correctly. If you do not, your Unicode characters will be substituted with blanks or question marks.

The maximum length of a Unicode message is 70 characters. Unicode support is network-dependent and may not be available in your recipient’s country.

Supported SMS Gateways
Simple SMS uses BulkSMS regional gateways to transmit your messages. A BulkSMS account has no monthly or setup fees, and supports over 800 networks in 166 different countries. The BulkSMS website for your region or language has more detailed technical information and the latest SMS prices.

More Information

See the app website for more information.

App Store link

Today XVision announces a new app for iPhone, DataMan, the best app to monitor, manage and geotag your data usage to prevent overage charges on your bill. DataMan is available in the App Store at the special launch price of $0.99.

“If you are on a limited iPhone data plan, then you need DataMan to prevent additional charges to your iPhone bill. DataMan is the only data usage manager that does real time monitoring, geotagging and notifications,” said Johnny, XVision CEO. “This a great tool to manage your data consumption.”

DataMan monitors your cellular and Wi-Fi data usage in the background, keeping a log of your activities. What’s more, it geotags your data activities. So you can browse your daily data activities on a map. You can even zoom in on the map to see the time and usage amount for certain places.

To help manage your data consumption, you’ll receive real-time alerts when you exceed your usage thresholds. There are 4 levels of alert thresholds that you can customize to your needs to prevent additional charges to your bill.

Finally, it works with all carriers. There’s no need to login to your carrier’s website.

Pricing and Availability: DataMan is available in the App Store. For limited time, it is offered at the special launch price of $0.99.

Reviews: “Great app to keep watch of my data usage. I love its real time tracking which are not found in other apps. The custom usage alerts let me choose when I want to be notified. ” – Customer Review

Click here to see at itunes:  id387096219

FEATURES:

- Addictive gameplay
- Simple, clever user controls
- Leaderboard for Top Geniuses
- Numerous question types and skills required
- Levels from “Feeble Minded” to “Genius”
- Checkpoints at each level
- Integrated Facebook bragging and score postings

The Moron IQ Test is the most innovative and entertaining app that challenges different parts of your brain in a truly addictive way. Be sharp and master the test to be the Top Dog.

Have fun!

NOTE:
Hi everybody!

since Bazz is our first iPhone game, we want to celebrate it putting your skills to test. Participate in our survival contest to win a 25$ itunes gift card! All you need is a copy of Bazz, an OpenFeint account, and try to get the best score all around the world until June 15!

At the end of the last day (June 16th 00:00 spanish hour), we will publish the winner on Twitter, and put in contact with him/her to send his/her prize.

So, what are you waiting for? Go get your copy of Bazz, and try to get the best score in the world!

For more information visit: http://www.bazz-iphone.com

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Help Bazz to collect all the dandelions you can!

But it won’t be easy: tap to fly higher avoiding the stormy clouds, and be sure not to fall into the grass!
Enjoy an adictive game that can be played anywhere you want, and try to beat other player’s scores from all around the world!

Features:

- Adictive arcade game. You can bazz anywhere!
- Openfeint scoring system.
- Up to 5 unlockable achievements.

Available on AppStore Price: 0.99$.

More info on http://www.bazz-iphone.com

Real SMS for iPod Touch

Send and receive standard SMS messages with your iPod Touch to any kind of mobile phone, from anywhere with a wifi connection. The required SMSGlobal account has no fees, supports 400 carriers in 140 different countries, and your credits never expire. You also get 25 free credits on signup, which is about the value of this app, so what have you got to lose?

The recipient does not need a smartphone or any kind of software or IM client – it works even with your mother’s ancient Nokia – and there is no need to know the name of their carrier.

You receive SMS responses via email – immediately, if you subscribe to a push-email service such as MobileMe, Gmail or Yahoo.

How it Works

Enter the recipient’s phone number or select it from your Contact List. Type your message and press ‘Send’. It can’t get easier than that!

The receiver gets a normal SMS message, with a telephone number to reply. When she replies, the message is sent to the email account you specify on signup.

For even greater convenience, if you need to respond you can do so directly from your email application, no need to restart Real SMS.

Cost: $0.99

iTunes Link

Website Link

Belgium based company Vision Smarts announces the rerelease of pic2shop, a free real-time barcode scanning application available now in the iTunes store. Pic2shop boasts faster and more accurate barcode scanning allowing consumers to compare competitor prices on millions of items. Interested in books? Check not only retail prices, but public library availability for more than one billion items.

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Belgium – Vision Smarts, developers of cutting-edge image and video analysis software, announced today the re-launch of pic2shop, a free real-time barcode scanning application for all generations of the popular Apple iPhone (many similar products are limited to working with the iPhone 3Gs due to its auto-focusing camera). Using the iPhone’s camera, users are able to scan barcodes and compare tens of millions of products online. US users are also given access to local prices for items based on their current location, conveniently displaying them on a map for quick access. Going beyond just retail, Pic2shop will also tell you if a scanned book is available at your local library.

Why pay money… to save money? Pic2shop is the #1 free barcode scanning application in the iTunes store. Pic2shop’s success lies in its lighting quick speed and incredible accuracy along with its ability to draw real-time search results with Krillion and WorldCat databases. Retail database Krillion provides localized search results for thousands of products in over 40,000 U.S. locations. As a result they are able to accurately assess product location and availability for consumer products. WorldCat is the world’s largest compilation of library content and services and is able to work seamlessly with pic2shop to let you know not only which local libraries contain the desired item but also where in the library it’s located and if it’s been checked out.

Pic2shop features include:

ALL IPHONES: Not just the 3GS, scans barcodes on the first-gen and 3G too!

GLOBAL COVERAGE: Pic2Shop is in more than 30 countries around the world!

ONLINE SEARCH: Thousands of online retailers help you get the best prices

LOCAL SEARCH: Don’t want to pay for shipping? We can tell you if the store down the street has it

LIBRARY SEARCH: Why pay when you can check things out? Pic2Shop searches local libraries for what you are interested in and will even tell you if it’s checked out (and when it’s due back!).

EMAIL: Send the last entry… or the last 20 entries to yourself or a friend via email

Pic2shop is a free download available now in the iTunes store and is compatible with iPhone OS 3.1 or higher. For more information search pic2shop in the productivity category or visit pic2shop.com to see it in action.

iPhone apps at AppStoreHQ

About Vision Smarts

Vision Smarts is a Belgian SPRL (LLC) that develops, distributes, and supports software libraries for image recognition and real-time video analysis. The company strives to make cutting-edge technology that is easy to integrate and is affordable. Vision Smarts founder, Benoit Maison has helped develop and patent new products for several high-tech companies. His interests range from Artificial Intelligence and Statistical Machine Learning to Web-Enabled Business and Mobile Applications. For more information go to www.visionsmarts.com

Easy Search for Google: The easiest way to search the web!

Finally an easy way to search the web and discover all the potentialities and features of Google.

Easy Search provides a simple and easy user interface to access everything that Google provides.

No more long series of clicks or keywords to remember, everything you need to do is tab the appropriate button and you are ready to go.

Instead opening Safari then the appropriate google search site, EasySearch allows you to enter your search phrase and pick a specific category to search under.

When you load up the app you’ll be presented with a search bar. Enter in the term you want to search there. After you’ve entered your search term select one of the 12 categories to directly search in. This can help you save some time if you know what you’re searching for. When you press one of the category buttons, the app opens up the search results in a Safari like window.

When the results come up, they’ll be presented in what looks like a Safari browser window, but you’ll find that you are still in the EasySearch app. This makes it extremely easy to perform other category searches.

For example you need to know today’s score of your favorite team, just type the team name and click on score.

Or you want to know the number of people that live in your city, just type the city name and the population button.

Or you want to know the weather in New York, just type New York and tap the weather button.

Or if you want to keep up on what people are talking about, just type in your topic followed by the real time icon.

Or if you want to find a local Thai restaurant, just type in Thai followed by the local icon.

And many many more just download it and try it yourself.