Build an iPhone app is going to be much easier with a new Mac application called AppOmator that allows you to design and publish custom iPhone apps with no coding and programming experience. You can add custom graphics for the background and menu transitions, as well as the ability to create buttons in your app. There’s no templates or limits on the design and branding you bring to your app. Create custom menus with logos and buttons that link to and play audio, video, and image files. You have full control over how your rich media iPhone app looks and functions. You can link to tracks with audio, video, images, and chapter index markers, taking users to a specific place in a media file. Once your app is complete, you can upload it to the AppOmator website.

You can pay to download it, then use your iPhone Developer Account to submit it to the App Store approval process. For a monthly fee, you also have the option to have AppOmator handle your end of the approval process for you. AppOmator is expected to be released in early February. This app will be free to download, but there will be a charge to claim your finished iPhone app. However, AppOmator also offers app management services to those who don’t have an iPhone developer account, for only $15 a month.

• http://www.appomator.com/