IGG Software Announces iBank 3 Financial Management Software
IGG Software, LLC announces the release of iBank 3, a new version of its popular financial management application for Mac OS X Leopard. Included with iBank 3 is iBank for iPhone, a web-based iPhone application that allows users to enter transactions on their iPhones, and via .Mac, have them automatically added to the desktop application.
The new version introduces a host of new features that leverage Leopard technologies. Core Animation now powers much of the new redesigned interface. A new and improved view allows users to “flip” through their transactions which are represented with professionally designed category images, making it quick and easy to see where you are spending money. New interactive graphs fly together as the user creates transactions, and double-clicking a pie slice flips it over to reveal detailed information.
“With the introduction of iBank 3 we’ve delivered a great financial manager to the Mac platform,” says Ian Gillespie, president of IGG Software. “By utilizing key Leopard technologies, iBank 3 offers a new view for flipping through expenditures and seeing account changes over time. Since most transactions are made away from the computer, we think that iBank for iPhone will be a valuable tool to help users track their spending in real time.”
“Core Animation in Leopard makes it easier than ever for Mac developers to create great-looking applications for the platform,” said Ron Okamoto, Apple’s vice president of Worldwide Developer Relations. “Leopard is our richest OS release yet, and we’re thrilled that IGG is taking advantage of the amazing enhancements in Leopard.”
Last year at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, iBank 3 received the Apple Design Award “Runner Up” for the Best Mac OS X Leopard Application.
The new features of iBank 3 don’t stop at animated graphs and views. Users can now directly download transactions from a number of different banks using OFX. If your bank doesn’t support OFX, an integrated web browser allows you to download your transactions from your bank’s website, all without leaving the iBank window.
By using Leopard’s Image Kit, users can now take pictures of receipts or other items and assign them to their transactions, furthering the new paradigm of visualizing your spending.
New features include Smart portfolios for managing your investments, and a new loan management module for tracking all of your loans. iBank 3 also enhanced many existing features including graphs, reports, smart accounts, check printing and drag and drop capabilities.
iBank 3 and iBank for iPhone will be available during the first quarter of 2008. iBank for iPhone requires a .Mac account.
IGG Software is committed to developing powerful, yet easy to use personal and small business applications. Since its inception, IGG Software’s products have been recognized by Apple as well as in Macworld, MacUser, and many other prominent Macintosh publications. IGG Software, LLC was started by Dr. Ian Gillespie in 2002 to develop enterprise strength applications for everyday Mac users. For more information, please visit us online, http://www.iggsoftware.com
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Ian Gillespie, 860-992-6000
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