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Darren Murtha Design is happy to officially announce Drawing Pad 1.3, a beautiful mobile art studio designed exclusively for the iPad. Drawing If only the iPad could output the smell of crayons, you may never buy another box of them. Pad gives kids the unique ability to create art with actual-sized, photo-realistic crayons, markers, paint brushes, stickers, roller pens and more. Save your artwork to iPhoto, share via Email or post to Twitter.

PhatWare Corporation today announces WritePad for iPad 3.3, an advanced handwriting recognition software for iPad devices. WritePad lets users take notes in their own handwriting with an iPad stylus pen or their finger. The state-of-the-art handwriting recognition software will adapt and learn while it is being used, improving the recognition quality overtime. Version 3.3 offers customizable styles, improved recognition and spell checker, inline gestures, and support for external iPad keyboard.

Independent Macintosh developer Luther Fuller today announces MailWing, an organizer and archiver for Apple’s Mail running Leopard or Snow Leopard. MailWing organizes Apple’s Mail by moving messages from linked mailboxes to matching Finder folders located with a project, account, interest group or client folder. These messages open in Mail or with Quick Look. A Dock Menu provides instant access to MailWing, the Help document, the Mail-Safe Archive, MailWing’s commands and all linked folders.

ALK Technologies today announced Copilot Live HD has been submitted to the App Store and will be available for the iPad 3G shortly. Copilot Live HD is the hi-resolution edition of the award-winning CoPilot Live GPS navigation app. It unites full-featured, turn-by-turn voice navigation with sensational hi-resolution graphics for the ultimate in-car navigation experience on the Apple iPad 3G.

Vancouver based Beanheads Consulting Inc. today announces Sort Shots 1.1, its photo-finding software for the revolutionary new iPad. Designed specifically for iPad devices, Sort Shots – iPad Edition provides a intuitive, fun way of finding photographs. Tagging images with personalized keywords, ratings, favorites or type of media allows for instant searches. Select additional tags for more refined results that can be shared via slideshows or uploaded to Flickr, Picasa, Facebook and Twitter.

Seattle based NinjaGrips has released high-traction rubber grips for the iPad. Available in 5 introductory designs these grips allow for easier manipulation and handling of the iPad. Crafted from recycled materials these adhesive-backed grips allow for ultimate mastery of your iPad. NinjaGrips also make it easier to set your iPad down on hard surfaces without scratches. Say goodbye to slipping, white-knuckled squeezing or awkward handling.

Houdah Software today announces Search Rocket 1.5 for iPad. Search Rocket is a web search accelerator. It allows for quickly searching the web as well as individual web sites. Through the use of shortcuts, it makes selecting a search engine easy and fast. Search Rocket comes pre-configured with many popular search engines as well as a large selection of web sites. Version 1.5 adds support for the iPad. It is a free upgrade for users of ACTRocket for iPhone.

drahtwerk is pleased to announce Tumbles HD 1.2, its first game for Apple’s revolutionary iPad device. Pop, pop, pop – pop till you drop! Tumbles HD is a highly addictive physics-based match-three game with beautifully polished high-definition graphics and a cheerful soundtrack. Tumbles HD features five distinct game modes will keep the player entertained for hours: Classic, Challenge, Blitz, Versus and Multiplayer. Two players can compete head-to-head on a single iPad device.

Big Stone Phone today announces Twittelator for iPad 1.1, an evolution of its award winning Twitter client. Its beautiful user interface allows you to always keep your friends’ tweets in view while you explore the rest of what Twitter has to offer. Version 1.1 features a new Slide to Send, Channels to find cool tweeters and content on any subject, and super turbocharging. Big Stone Phone is offering a special 2 day “waiting for iPad 3G” sale on April 28 and April 29 only, so hurry.

In Subatomic, 7b5 Labs’ addictive game for the iPhone and iPad, players try to save the world – one particle at a time. Meanwhile, the real world could use saving, too. This weekend, and every Friday in May, 7b5 Labs will donate all proceeds from sales of Subatomic to the Grameen Foundation, a global nonprofit dedicated to providing funding to individuals in third-world countries working to improve their lives and their economies from the ground up.