iPhone Application Watch: Merriam-Webster, Asphalt 4: Elite Racing, Don't Fret! Bass Fretboard Trainer, iBlogger, eBay Mobile, Shazam

Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary

Merriam-Webster has made its Collegiate Dictionary available to iPhone and iPod Touch users. It will cost $24.99, which makes it a fairly expensive application. However, it is certainly quicker than searching online for definitions.

It has been developed by Paragon Software, and contains over 200,000 entries, 10,000 new words, and complete definitions. The software has also been compressed to reduce storage requirements.

(Via iPhones Talk)

Asphalt 4: Elite Racing

The range of racing games available for the iPhone has expanded with the launch of Gameloft's Ashphalt 4: Elite Racing, featuring a multiplayer mode over Wi-Fi, 28 licensed cars from the likes of Ferrari, Bugatti, Aston Martin, and Chevrolet Corvette, full accelerometer control, full 3D graphics, and five racing modes across nine cities.

Available for £5.99.

Don't Fret! Bass Fretboard Trainer

Taking the same format as the guitar trainer, this app features two main game modes -- fret by note and note by fret -- with full statistics to show you where your weaknesses are. £1.79.

iBlogger

Yet another pay-for blogging client for the iPhone has become available. iBlogger offers compatibility with a number of blogging platforms including Movable Type, TypePad, WordPress, Blojsom, Drupal, and Expression Engine, and can also be used with blog hosting services including LifeType, My.Opera.com, SquareSpace, TypePad, WordPress.com, Xanga, and Blogger/Blogspot.

As you'd expect, it includes the ability to insert photos from the library or direct from camera, works with categories and tags, can include geotag information, and saves posts if the session is interrupted by a phone call.

Available for $9.99 (£5.99).

eBay Mobile

eBay has announced that its free eBay Mobile application is now available for European iPhone and iPod Touch users. Its reach now covers Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, and Switzerland, UK and the US.

Features include immediate access to search and "My eBay at a glance", viewing of activity on watched items, access to sellers' profiles, viewing and zooming of listing photos, and personalisation options.

Shazam tops 1.5m downloads

Shazam has announced that its music discovery application for the iPhone has been downloaded by over 1.5 million people in the first six weeks of availability.

"The Shazam iPhone application has had a phenomenal user response both in the number of downloads and the number of tracks being identified," said Andrew Fisher, Shazam's CEO. "The application taps into the user's desire to discover, capture and share their music experiences and the success confirms our belief that music recognition will become a ubiquitous feature for all mobile phones in the future."

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