Distant Suns 3 has been released to the Appstore. This is a universal app, and recommended for higher end devices: iPhone 3GS and iPad or above. It will work okay on a 2G machine, and hardly on a 1G. If you want small and fast, go with DS2.

About 30 minutes ago the first maintenance release of DS for the iPad was released: 2.1.5. This fixes the missing lat/long wheels bug, and addresses some issues that makes it truly universal. NOTE: The link on this page is for the iPhone version only. If you want the universal one, go to: http://itunes.apple.com/app/distant-suns-for-ipad-astronomy/id363418936?mt=8

Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope, Distant Suns for both the iPhone and iPad will be on sale thru April 24. The Universe has never been so cool looking. (If you don’t see the sale price of $3.99 US, wait a little while as it takes time for changes to the store to ripple around the world).

Make sure to get the right version. There is the iPhone only, and the iPad/Universal variants. The link in the display to the right is the iPhone only version. For the iPad/Universal version go to: http://itunes.apple.com/app/distant-suns-for-ipad-astronomy/id363418936?mt=8 Why to separate products? Due to many factors, Distant Suns for the iPad is currently a separate product from Distant Suns/iPhone, meaning no free upgrade for the time...

If all goes well, Distant Suns will be available for the iPad the day of launch, this coming Saturday. I received the official blessing from Apple yesterday. There is one last hurdle to go through, but I don’t expect any problems. This will be the sixth platform Distant Suns has been on. Click on each picture to get a better view.

Distant Suns 2 has now made it as a “Staff Favorite” in the Appstore. This is the second time, the first being only about 3 or 4 days after release in October, 08.