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Snooth Wine App, The Label Tells All

Filed under: Wine

A friend comes over and brings with him a bottle of wine, you've never seen this bottle before and are curious. If you've got your iPhone handy, in seconds you can snap a picture of the bottle and the new app from Snooth.com can tell you all about the wine. The new iPhone app, Snooth Wine Pro uses image recognition technology to help recognize any bottle of wine. Take a picture of a wine label, find the wine, and view maps, directions, and inventory of the stores closest to you, check out reviews and add the wine to your Wishlist or Virtual Cellar or purchase the wine online through the Snooth retail network.

"Snooth Wine Pro is the ultimate mobile tool for finding wine," said Philip James, CEO/Co-founder of Snooth.com. "It can be difficult to remember an exact vintage and year, now just take a picture and let Snooth Wine Pro do the rest."

Snooth Wine Pro is available in the iTunes App Store for $4.99. Users can also install Snooth Wine, a free, ad-supported version.

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Track Flight Status on Your iPhone

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Gadgets, Luxury Travel & Hotels

Monitoring your flight status is critical when traveling by air but wouldn't it be wonderful if you could avoid that unpleasant bumper-cars style crowd that's always jostling around in front of the arrivals and departures board? You can, if you have an iPhone or iPad and download the new Flightboard app by Mobiata. Covering over 4000 airports and 1400 airlines worldwide it shows the status of any flight at any airport in real time at the touch of a button. It updates every five minutes so you're never out of the loop and quick sharing via Twitter, Facebook, and email means your family and friends aren't either. Other features include easy searching, fast switching between departures and arrivals, and a display that's inspired by the Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris for a charming old time feel. Get it at The App Store now for $3.99.

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Mercedes-Benz Launches mbrace Concierge iPhone App

by Sam Abuelsamid (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Gadgets, Luxury Cars & Autos

Mercedes-Benz has just launched a significantly enhanced version of its mbrace iPhone application. Mbrace is a package of services similar to General Motors' OnStar that provides automatic 911 calls in the event of an accident, remote unlocking and other services. When it was first introduced last year the mbrace application was the first to actually integrate with the vehicle telematics system to enable many of those same services such as the remote locking/unlocking, plus vehicle and dealer location.

The new version adds instant access to Mercedes-Benz Concierge services. A tap of the screen gives the Mercedes driver instant access to an advisor to help find restaurants or hotels and send directions straight to the phone and car. When calling roadside assistance through the application, the location information is automatically transmitted to the help center. Subscribers to the mbrace service can download the application from the iTunes app store.

[Source: Mercedes-Benz]

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Haute Guide: New Fashion Phone App

by Bobbie Leigh (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Gadgets

Manhattan's Twitter world will love it. And so will every other smart shopper who doesn't have the time to do her own fashion research. The Haute Guide, a shoppers must-have, is available on iTunes for a one-time only $4.99. It is compatible with the iPhone, the iPod Touch, and the iPad. Just launched, this new app is the brainchild of Abbey Samet, Fashion Director at Macy's. "Our guide is like a personal shopper who edits the vast shopping environment in Manhattan and provides users with fashion-forward suggestions," says Samet.

Don't think a "Zagat for fashion" as Samet has taken a totally different tack. Her guide is organized by categories----Blue Jean Baby, Knock em Dead Accessories, Hamptons Weekend, Great Outdoors and much more. Within each shopping category, the App lists stores alphabetically. Another way to use the guide is by neighborhood. Let's say you find yourself in the Meatpacking District with a little free time,"the Haute Guide will direct you to the most exciting and inviting shopping environments in that area, along with a snippet of a trend or designer information," says Samet.

Another innovation, aside from up-to-the-second fashion info, is a cost-rating system so you can shop within your price range. You will need this as Samet likes top designers. Some of her fave places to shop "at the moment" are Balenciaga, new-ish Isabel Marant, All Saints, and Aloha Rag. A direct link to download is http://itunes:apple.com/us/app/haute-guide-new-york-city/id37683330?mt=8. Once you download from iTunes, you will automatically receive regular updates, seasonal finds, and announcements of store closings and new store openings,

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Helpful or Trouble? Tiffany Rings up an iPhone App

by Alison Wellner (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Gadgets, Jewelry

On Monday, Tiffany will launch its first iPhone app, not surprisingly focused on the acquisition of engagement rings.

The app seems to have the potential to be useful to those earnestly seeking engagement rings, and those looking make trouble for the soon-to-be betrothed.

I'd divide these categories roughly by gender, and say that this app could be the most useful for the menfolk.

He, who is most likely uneducated on the subjects of the on-hand impact of one carat versus two, not to mention shape, setting, metal or design, will be able to see rings in their actual size. (With price range.) Also, there's the "ring sizer" -- he only needs to snag a ring from the beloved for a few moments, place it on the iPhone screen, and line it up with circles corresponding to ring size. He can also make an appointment for a consultation right through the app.

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Men's Sartorialist Alan Flusser Introduces BeSpeak App for your iPhone

by Jonathon Ramsey (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Apparel, Men's Style, Modern Gentleman

Alan Flusser is a Coty award winner, author on the finest points of menswear, designer of the clothing for Wall Street and Scent of a Woman, and a permanent member of the International Best-Dressed list. After 31 years of men coming to him to find out how best to attire themselves, he has developed an iPhone app called BeSpeak which means that now Alan Flusser comes to you.

Not at all a cookie-cutter app – come on, we're talking about the tailor who wrote Clothes and the Man – you build a personal profile includes your hair color, skin tone, eye color, face shape, body shape and size. The recommendations provided are based first on that profile, and then based on matching all of the colors and patterns of the items you'll be wearing (suit, dress shirt, tie, and pocket square).

You pick a color or a pattern, and it will suggest complementary colors and patterns to go with. Never again will you have someone examine your shirt, tie and pocket square with that silent look of, "What happened there?" And unlike going to New York City to imbibe the live-action Flusser's advice, the BeSpeak app is free. It is currently only for formal attire and suits, but more casual tips will come soon. You know what that means, those of you who wish to dress well: you have no excuse not to.

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New App Lets You Customize Your Dream Rolls-Royce

by Jonathon Ramsey (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Gadgets, Luxury Cars & Autos

If you want to be really good at something, the prime directive is always this: practice practice practice. That goes for running just as much as it goes for being really, really rich. Rolls-Royce is here to assist on the getting-ready front with an iPhone and iPod Touch app that lets you – the "potential customer" – kit out their newest ride, the Ghost, any way you wish.

A dozen paint finishes make up the exterior options, along with tweaks like visible exhaust tip, Silver Satin hood and various styles of wheels. Inside, eight different leathers and five veneers that include Dark Wenge and Malabar can be mixed and matched to please the eye and touch. If you want to see what others have done, the app also includes a gallery and videos of the Ghost in action and when you're finished, you can save your own Ghost in a virtual garage. Before you dig in, though, you might want to download that dictionary app so you can look up terms like "Dark Wenge." Available in the iTunes app store.

[via Autoweek]

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Antique Wine Company's New iPhone App

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Gadgets, Wine

The Antique Wine Company has launched a new free app for the iPhone and iPod Touch that has something for wine lovers at all levels. Among its many features is a series of 80+ podcasts covering everything you could ever want to know from the principles of wine tasting and understanding wine jargon to food and wine pairings, building a fine wine cellar, and even tips on wine investment. Each podcast is only about 2 1/2 minutes long, so you can easily find time to listen, and new ones will be added regularly.

The app also offers the ability to browse through more than 2,000 of the world's finest and rarest wines, sorting them by price, region, or vintage with links to the Antique Wine Company website to make inquiring and purchasing wine easy and convenient.

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iVIP Black is Most Expensive iPhone App

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Gadgets

For the most part iPhone apps are available to anybody who wants to buy and download them, but not only does Apple's iVIP Black come with the highest price tag of all its apps at $999.99 but there's a vetting process that includes a personal interview to ensure you're really a 'High Net Worth individual' before they let you install it to your phone. So what do you get for going through all that trouble? A one year membership in a concierge service that will hook you up with special VIP opportunities and deals at the touch of a button, no matter what time of day or where you are, provided you're in the UK where the service provider (iVIP Ltd.) is located. They also offer the ability to personalize your iVIP Black membership, which automatically gives you a lifetime membership and includes access to exclusive perks like entourage services and access to private islands.

No worries if you don't qualify (or are just too cheap) to spring for the full iVIP Black treatment as there's also iVIP Blue ($16.99) and iVIP Red (free), and of course there's always our free and awesome Luxist App also available for download on iTunes.

Via JustLuxe

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Wine DJ App Combines Wine And Music

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Wine

There are quite a few wine apps out there for choosing a bottle but the Liberty School WINE DJ app is a unique program combining music and wine. The application builds a playlist of "Music to Match Your Spirits" based on mood, setting and which Liberty School wine is being consumed. The app is available for download free via Apple's app store and on Apple's iTunes.

After launching the app, users are prompted to choose a Liberty School wine (cabernet, chardonnay, etc.) and are shown a series of sliders to adjust variables that correspond with their situation to help determine the mood for the music. With music sourced from GrooveShark.com, the potential for unique playlists are extensive. The app comes with information on Liberty School wines including tasting notes and a map feature that shows the nearest retailers who carry the wine. The WINE DJ Liberty School iPhone app is compatible with several wines within the Hope Family Wines portfolio including Liberty School, Candor, and Treana. I tested this out a few weeks ago and it's pretty fun. The best part is that if you don't like what is playing you can always fiddle with the sliders and get more music.

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Gucci's New Shoe - Available Only by iPhone

by Annie Scott (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Apparel, Celebrity Design

Like this shoe? I hope you have an iPhone.

Mark Ronson collaborated with Gucci Creative Director Frida Giannini to design this exclusive beaut for the launch of the new Gucci iPhone App, as well as a new Gucci pop-up shop tour called GUCCI ICON-TEMPORARY.

If you haven't heard of pop-up shops, they're designer stores which exist for just a couple of weeks -- sort of like a trunk show, only it's way more involved, and there's way more money involved, as they open up a whole store. Big name designers have been opening these kinds of stores all over the world.

GUCCI ICON-TEMPORARY will open up to the public October 24 in NYC on Crosby Street and peddle sneakers for just two weeks. The store will then tour to Miami (December 1st), London (2010) and Tokyo (2010). If you're in the US, one model of the Gucci Ronson sneaker collection will be available only to iPhone and iTouch users who've downloaded the Gucci App (click here, it's free).

The Gucci App also features music playlists by Ronson and Giannini, as well as access to the Gucci Little Black Book, which has "best-of information for hotels, restaurants, bars and clubs in more than 20 major cities around the world. Also included in this section is a list of Giannini's own favorite spots around the world," and the Gucci Music Channel.

We love it when music and fashion collide.

"I spent many many years as an avid sneaker collector, so I wanted to make sure these Gucci shoes were truly special, both from an aesthetic point of view and a collectible one," says Ronson. "Frida and I also agreed it was important for there to be a unique musical element to the project, so I'm going to be collaborating with artists, making limited edition tracks for each store opening."

The Gucci Ronson sneakers will come with their own exclusive packaging and a 12" vinyl record with tracks selected by Mark Ronson himself. Visit the GUCCI ICON-TEMPORARY website for more information.

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Art Auction Advances With Christie's iPhone Bidding App

by Tom Johansmeyer (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Auctions, Art

Okay, so it seems like Christie's is looking for any way it can to get into your wallet. Can you blame the auction house? Even with the occasional touch of good news, 2009 has generally been a dismal year, thanks to a global economic crisis that has brought the art market back down to Earth (hell, some would say six feet under it). Any business guru would tell you that when the market sucks, you need to find a new revenue stream. And, iPhone apps offer a brand new bandwagon to jump on, so why not?

This is a pretty wild development for a company that celebrated its tenth anniversary when the colonies declared independence (Christies was founded in 1766, if you couldn't figure it out). The iPhone will stand alongside the gavel, if all goes well, as the implement by which an auction is defined.

Christie's hopes that the bidding application will attract new money bidders to the auction house, ideally to pick up some of the lots that aren't moving and to possibly push prices up a bit. Think about it: if you're not into the auction scene, going to one of those things is a friggin' drag. Unless you move heaven and earth to get "approved," you're stuck in the back with the prolies – standing. That's no way to spend money! And, the dress code? If I hit it big, my first move would be to never wear a suit again. My jeans would lead to discrimination, so the iPhone app makes sense ... as long as there are wealthy versions of me out there (and I think there are).

Obviously committed to promoting how brilliant this idea is, Christie's draws a parallel to bids from its Christie's LIVE website, which accounted for 11 percent of the lots sold last year. There's no comment on what the website's been worth this year. But, let's be fair. The auction house is having trouble selling through any channel, so we can't blame innovation.

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