Mello Apps Limited launches Halal Scanner for the iPhone with an Innovative Ingredient Scanner

Auckland, New Zealand, April 03, 2010 --(PR.com)-- Muslims all around the world find it difficult shopping for food products with such a large variety of additives in food products these days. Halal Scanner is an innovative one of a kind Islamic iPhone app that aims to solve this problem by providing a database of food additives that users can either search or scan using the iPhone 3GS camera.

The core features of Halal Scanner are Scan, Search, and Browse. With the Scan features, users can take a photo of the ingredients label using the iPhone camera and Halal Scanner will process and automatically determine the halal statuses of the food additives found in the product.

The Search and Browse features allow the user to search through a database of food additives. This is done entirely on the iPhone and no network connection is required for any of the features in Halal Scanner.

Mello Apps Limited are also working on other versions of the application for use by Vegetarians and is expected to be released on the App Store very soon.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone 3GS
* iPod touch, iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G with limited features
* iPhone OS 3.1.3 or later
* 4.5MB

Pricing and Availability:
Halal Scanner 1.0 is $1.99 (USD) and available exclusively through the App Store in the Utilities category. Review copies are available upon request.

Links:
Halal Scanner website: www.halalscanner.com
Demo video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEhh69CjcQU

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