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As we mentioned about a month ago, we’d made a big change to iLunascape app for version 3. Previously there were separate apps for iPhone/iPod touch and iPad, but from 3.0.0 , they’ve been united as universal app.

But, due to its transition, we still have 2 apps, namely iLunascape and iLunascape Lite. We are planning to beef up iLunascape (not lite) from here on and encourage everyone who uses iLunascape Lite (most likely someone who previously installed iLunascape for iPhone) to migrate to iLunascape. (Yes, it’s free, so why not?)

In order to support migration, we have prepared a little data transfer tool with 3.1.0. With this feature, you can transfer your data in iLunascape Lite to iLunascape via Dropbox. Data that can be transferred are Settings, Bookmarks, Downloaded Files, Homepage, and History.

Please note, however, that such transferred data will overwrite the existing data in iLunascape and do not merge. No issue if you install iLunascape for the first time, but if you have been using it for iPad and else, please be careful. We are planning to provide more robust (and perhaps easier) migration tool later on.

Step-by-Step instruction of the migration is available here. This information can be also accessed via iLunascape How To page (at FAQ section) and initial bookmarks.

Hope all goes well and please let us know if you have any trouble doing the transfer!

It has been a while since we last updated the iLunascape for iPad, but here it is! From this updates on, iLunascape has become a universal app. What this means is that the iPad version of iLunascape users will have quite a lot of feature updates with this release of iLunascape 3.0, such as, Dropbox and Read It Later integration, File Manager, Download feature, Save Page, User Agent, Print features and so on. Also, we will keep both iPhone/iPod touch and iPad versions to have the same feature updates from now on.

What is new for those who are using the iLunacape for iPhone? Well, you now can take advantage of “highlight Search and Translate,” which allows you to highlight a word(s) or a sentence(s) to search the Web or translate to your choice of iOS language. It works easy just like how you highlight to cut or copy words with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. And, this is one of the many features that Lunascape (desktop browser) users loves. With the iLunascape 3.0, you can also “Find In Page” that highlights search words in a page.

This updates may cause a little confusion to the current users due to the change we have made to make both apps universal. We have two separate applications, “iLunascape Lite for iPhone” and “iLunascape for iPad”. Now, from this release, both apps has become universal and changed the app name as follows:

• iLunascape Lite for iPhone -> iLunascape Lite
• iLunascape for iPad -> iLunascape

With iLunascape 3.0/iLunascape Lite 3.0, both apps has same features. However, our plan is to make more feature updates on the iLunascape, and keep the iLunascape Lite as a light version of the iLunascape. So, hopefully those who has used the iLunascape Lite for iPhone will download the iLunascape 3.0 to use instead of updating to iLunascape Lite 3.0. We are planning to offer some sort of migration tool to help you transfer your bookmarks from iLunascape Lite to iLunascape in near future releases.

We hope you will have a great Web browsing experience with this new iLunascape Web browser!

Download iLunascape 3.0

An update for the iLunascape 2 Lite for iPhone is available to download today. Added new features are AirPrint support and In Page Search. Please update your application to try them out!

AirPrint Support

In Page Search

We’ve released Lunascape ver.6.4.2 and iLunascape Lite for iPhone ver.1.2.0 today.

Lunascape 6.4.2 now supports the Firefox Sync 1.5 and 1.6 allowing a seamless Bookmarks sync among Lunascape and/or Firefox on PC and iLunascape with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.

The iLunascape Lite for iPhone 1.2.0 update offers a new ‘share’ feature, and you can instantly share URL on Facebook, Twitter or by Email with your family and friends.

Enjoy the both updates and let us hear what you think! Download the latest Lunascape or check out the iLunascape Lite for iPhone.

Hi guys,

We have another big news today. Drumroll, please… Our iPhone version is out! It’s called “iLunascape Lite for iPhone.” It’s clean, intuitive, and, fast.

This is an addition to our new browser product family, iLunascape, that is specifically designed for “i” devices. With the iPhone version, we bring desktop-style tabbed browsing to the Smartphone with a unique InReach interface, taking into account its portability and small screen area constraints.

As we introduced with the iPad version, InReach interface is our take on the optimal UI on such portable devices. Tabs and menus are clustered down near the bottom of the screen so that you can easily navigate while naturally holding the devices.

For the iPhone, we added a few more things to make your browsing experience right. One is “thumb slide” capability, allowing you to switch between tabs easily and quickly in the small screen. You can also hide tab, title, and address bars to further maximize the limited screen real estate. Another one is Online Bookmarks feature, which enables you to access your bookmarks on Lunascape and Firefox desktop browsers from your iPhone.

As we announced earlier today, this Online Bookmarks feature is being built-in for v 6.5 and you can test it with the released beta. While the sync is both ways between desktop browsers, this initial iPhone version can only access (i.e. no edits from iPhone side) to uploaded bookmarks. We will make it really “sync” shortly and that feature will come to the iPad version as well, so please stay tuned.

We hope many of you try out our iPhone version and let us know what you like and don’t like.

When we introduced iPad version this summer, it jumped to #1 in the Free Utility category overnight on the App Store in the US, and ranked #1 in the Free Overall category in five countries (Japan, France, Spain, Israel, and Taiwan). We certainly hope to exceed that with iPhone version, but we just have to cross our fingers for now…

At any rate, it’s free, so no excuses. Download it already.