colloQ is an improved IRC client for the iPhone, based upon mColloquy.

Release notes:

After a hiatus from coding, I recently got back to it and fixed the extended ASCII characters bug! This fix is so important that I decided not to spend time with any more fixes or enhancements and release it right away. It is available on Cydia now, and will be available on Installer very soon.

http://code.google.com/p/colloq/

iBlackjack seems to reach v1.0 soon.

Notes:

Thanks to everyone for testing out the early versions of iBlackjack. Your insightful feedback, encouragement and generosity has helped me create a great game. Since all efforts are now focused on making iBlackjack a great commercial game developed under the official iPhone SDK, we had to deactivate the old unsupported versions.

By now I was hoping to know more about when the final version of the game would be available. We originally planned to get it out ASAP in March, but are at the mercy of Apple and their SDK timelines. Since we wont know details of that until late next week, I will have to provide updated details and a date at a later date.

For the past two months I have spent all my time working on improving iBlackjack. Lots of effort has gone into creating a great new polished game. A game that really reflects well of the iPhone/iPod Touch platform. I think it looks great now and I can’t wait to get it into everyone’s hands ASAP. Until then, here is a screenshots of the game as it stands today.

http://www.patrickmccarron.com/2008/02/iblackjack-10-release-details.html

A new version of iDialer is out.

Release notes:

Attached is iDialer v3.0 for manual installation and testing.

Just copy the files into your existing /Applications/iDialer.app folder from a previous install.

Changes:

1. Loads ten times faster – handles 1000 contacts ok.
2. Ignores missing/blank numbers
3. Option to ignore Fax #s
4. Compatible with 1.1.3 (and probably 1.1.4)
5. Marks FAX #s with F: in display
6. No longer filters out duplicate phone #s – shows all matching names
7. Smarter font sizing for long names
8. option to turn off sorting of matches (to speed up matching)
9. new icon

Please try it out if you can manually install and let me know if it works for you!

http://www.modmyifone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=47841

iNewsGroup is a newsgroup client for the iPhone.

Changes:

Fixed sending bug that made it unable to post in some circumstances.

http://code.google.com/p/inewsgroup/

iQuran – the Mobile Quran (Koran/Coran) Recitation software for iPhones and iPod Touch.

iQuran offers its users the Complete Quran in Arabic along with its various translations. Specially designed to allow easy reading with easy scrolling, iPhone style. With excellent built-in audio capabilities, iQuran utilizes these to provide a very satisfying recitation playback experience, with verse for verse recitation along with auto-scrolling and verse highlighting.

http://www.guidedways.com/mobile/iquran/download_iquran.php

This application might be interesting for muslims: Get prayer (salat/salah/namaz) timings for your local city along with Qibla direction, distance and athan (azaan/azan) now on iPhone and iPod Touch!

Other release notes/features:

Supported Firmwares
Tested on firmwares: 1.02, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3

Prayer Timings
Do you travel a lot (or want to look like someone who travels a lot)? Or are just not sure what time to offer salat? Now you can get prayer times for 23,978 cities in 252 countries round the globe in iAthan for iPhones!

Seven Day Prayer Schedule
To find out prayer timings for the next seven days for the selected city, simply scroll the page to the left to switch between days. Very useful especially in Ramadan or when traveling.

Favorite Cities
Whether on the move or on a short visit – you can set and retrieve details of unlimited favorite cities so that it’s easy to turn back to them when you’re back in town. Manages settings for each city separately to avoid frustration.

Hijri Date Converter
Convert gregorian date to hijri date and vice versa. COMING SOON .

Hijri Date Adjustment
iAthan allows you to adjust the hijri calendar by subtracting or adding days in order to reflect your current date.

Add Custom Cities
Can’t find your city in our database? No problem – enter details of your city and iAthan will remember them for you. You can save UNLIMITED custom added cities – COMING SOON.

Numerous Athan MP3s
Numerous athan files can be downloaded from within iAthan to select from. Each individual prayer can be assigned a particular athan file. More files will be available for download from iAthan periodically. Currently it offers Athan from Makkah, Medina, Al-Aqsa, Bosnia, Yusuf Islam and Egypt.

Timings on a date
Want to know what time you’ll be waking up later this year in Ramadan, or what time the prayers will be on a particular date? iAthan Prayer Calendar can take in a particular Gregorian date and give you calculated prayer timings on that day. COMING SOON

Automatic Alerts
You can set automatic Athan and vibration alerts for specific prayer times. This is especially useful in western countries where there is no Athan and no way of being notified of the current prayer. New: iAthan Beta now alerts with athan/vibration even when the phone is asleep! (Please read the Note above)

Islamic Events
Use the Islamic Events of the Year. feature to find out when’s what! It provides dates of important Islamic events/festivals both in Hijri and Gregorian for the current year.

Five Calculation Methods
iAthan/iAdhan/iAzan offers five famous prayer times calculation methods so that you may be able to switch between them based on your personal preference and locality.

Using custom prayer calculation method
If the built in calculations aren’t good enough for you, you can set custom Fajr and Isha angles to compute prayer times – COMING SOON

Asr calculation methods
iAthan has both standard (Imam Shafi’, Hanbali, Maliki) as well as Hanafi method.

Qibla Direction
Did you know that magnetic compasses are incorrect and cannot be trusted for getting the direction of Kabah? This is because the magnetic field changes and does not point to the TRUE North. iAthan/iAdhan/iAzan gives you an accurate direction of the Qibla based on True North as well as the relative direction from the current position of the Sun or the Moon in the sky.

Volume Settings
Set a different volume for individual prayers! Want Fajr athan to be louder than Asr (when you’re at work)? No problem. iAthan/iAdhan/iAzan lets you set volume for individual prayers to adapt your surroundings and circumstances.

Adjust individual prayer times
You can adjust prayer times individually by adding/subtracting minutes to each prayer time

All-in-one Display
Based on the all-in-one design of Prayer Times for Mobiles.

http://www.guidedways.com/mobile/iathan/download_iathan.php

Waves is a small toy for your apple iPhone or iPod touch. You can select a predefined image or your own wallpaper and you can touch the screen to generate some wave effect over the image.

Changes:

Compatibility with firmware 1.1.3 (should be, i could not test it yet).

http://gnese.free.fr/iPhone/Waves/

iCosta is a “System Level Chinese Input Method” for the iPhone.

http://iphone.freecoder.org/

ContactFlow is an application to manage your contact list like your music list in coverflow mode.

Changes:

Two new buttons for going to first or last contact
New design for contact infos

http://fafoulon.googlepages.com/contactflow

Super Pong is a fun and very quick block-blasting pong game. You can move the paddle by either tilting the iPhone left and right, or by dragging your finger along the bottom of the screen. The game can be paused by tapping the screen and from there, you can access the settings.

Currently, there are ten levels and three difficulties, which range from fairly easy to incredibly fast and nearly impossible on the harder levels. I like developing games that are fun for all skill levels, so rest assured – it’s a good challenge.

At the moment, it is purely a block-busting game. However, there are many many things in the works for future updates.