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The upcoming G90 case from G-Form gives cell phones rugged protection and flips incoming photos and video 90 degrees for low-profile mounting. The case will be available in June.

Grantwood Technology, LLC today announced the release of the tuneband for iPod nano, an armband product designed to comfortably secure the iPod nano in place during exercise, including Nike+iPod compatibility. The tuneband is compatible with the 4th generation of the iPod nano is available in nine colors.

iZATT has released MileBug LITE, a lite version of the most popular miles tracking app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. MileBug LITE is fully functional and available for $2.99. The only difference is a restriction to 10 trips recorded before a report must be sent and the trip log reset. Then record 10 more. Repeat. MileBug LITE provides the option to track miles or kilometers, enter custom rates, and include foreign characters in the reports. MileBug LITE also supports Spanish.

Less than a week remains to enter contests and surveys offered by iLounge, the world’s leading resource for iPod and iPhone information, as it prepares to release its brand new 2009 iPod + iPhone Buyers’ Guide. Two contests – iProvocateur and iPod As Art – give readers a chance to win amazing prizes while demonstrating their creative talents, while new Readers’ Choice Awards let users pick the year’s best Apple devices, accessory makers and software developers.

Azure Talon Software is proud to introduce iLaugh 1.0, their joke database for iPhone and iPod Touch. For the price of a song, iLaugh is a fun little application that contains an endless database of hilarious jokes. It’s a handy sidekick when entertaining guests, speaking to an audience, killing time or simply to cheer up a friend when they’re feeling down. With sources containing a total of over twenty thousand jokes, users are guaranteed to always find a new joke.

Never miss the excitement of college football again with iLove College Football 2008 by Fandora’s Box for Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch. Stay on top of all of the college football action with this free application from Marvel Apps, LLC which provides rankings, standings, news, Top 25 game previews and recaps, schedules, Heisman watch, weekly reports on all D-I teams, and most importantly, LIVE scores on game day. It is available today in Apple’s App Store.

Mark Morris introduces original game Torus for iPhone and iPod Touch. Torus is an addictive original game designed around accelerometer interaction. Tilting your device parallel to the floor moves a platform to catch the cascading Tori within the tennis court like playing field. Torus redefines the ring toss into an inverted, escapist divertimento. Absorbing ambient audio surrounds you while different Torus types fall towards the Oakland Estuary off Jack London Square.

MyWeather, LLC has announced that after over three months in Apple’s App Store, its MyWeather Mobile iPhone application has remained in the top 2% of all paid applications. MyWeather Mobile brings full-screen, interactive radar to the iPhone, and remains on the App Store Top 100 paid apps. In addition to the interactive radar, MyWeather Mobile also offers accurate and robust weather data including current conditions, temperature, precipitation, wind speed, and 12-hour trends.