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Paris, France – After the successful release of Cocoto Kart Racer for Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii, Cocoto is now coming to iPhone and iPod touch in an exciting kart adventure. Neko Entertainment and Eurocenter teamed up to bring the most console-quality like kart racer to the iPhone and iPod touch. The game features 12 fully animated drivers, 5 unique environments, high-quality sound tracks, crazy bonuses, grand prix and online battle mode.

Players that have received preview version of the game have given very good impression and compared the game to the online mode of popular Mario Kart. The controls have been adapted to the iPhone and iPod touch platform by providing both tilt control with automatic acceleration as well as console-like controls with digital pad and kart drifting. Bonuses are simply activated by shaking the device.

For the first time the game series also includes an online Internet mode with online races and battle mode. With the instant-play feature the players always find other players to play with, and don’t need to wait. This makes the online mode a true pick-up-and-play game which guarantees instant fun for the players. The developers are big fans of Mario Kart on Wii and worked hard on bringing the console game play to iPhone and iPod touch.

System Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod Touch 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability:
Cocoto Kart Online 1.0 is only $0.99 (USD) and available exclusively through the App Store in the Games category.

Cocoto Kart Online 1.0
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Video: Online multiplayer race
Video: Online battle mode
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Eurocenter is a french developer which has been founded 1989 with the goal to provide high quality online games. Previous titles on iPhone and iPod touch include Adrenaline Golf Online, the first 3D game to use the new iPhone 3GS graphic powers, and DinoSmash Online, a 16 player online shooter game. Copyright (C) 1989-2008 Eurocenter. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Computer Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada – Embraceware Software today announces Awaken iPhone and iPod touch. Awaken is a digital alarm clock, sleep timer, fullscreen clock, and flashlight. Wake up to music on your iPhone or iPod touch or any of the dozen built in sounds. Set the volume and screen brightness to slowly fade in to ease you out of sleep.

Feature Highlights:
* Simple, elegant user interface
* Wake up to your music or sounds
* Fullscreen snooze control
* Alarm volume and brightness fade in
* Create and manage multiple alarms
* Fall asleep with the sleep timer
* Sleep Timer volume and brightness fade out
* Slide finger to adjust brightness
* Fullscreen clock with 4 styles

Fall asleep listening to your music with the sleep timer. Choose your music, set a duration, and optionally, set the volume and screen brightness to fade out as you drift off to sleep. Choose from a selection of 3 fullscreen clock styles. Works great as a night table or desk clock. Supports both portrait and landscape modes. Awaken is designed for night and we added a handy flashlight function to prevent stumbling around in the dark. Shake your iPhone anytime while running Awaken to toggle the flashlight on and off.

System Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod Touch 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability:
Awaken 1.1.1 is only $1.99 (USD) and available exclusively through Apple’s App Store in the Utilities category.

Awaken 1.1.1
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Embraceware Software Inc has been developing software for the Mac since 2005 and has most recently extended to iPhone development. Our lead product for Mac OS X is Awaken which is a digital alarm clock and sleep timer. Embraceware is located in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. Copyright 2005-2009 Embraceware Software Inc. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.