Phatware have announced the immediate availability of Retina-optimised versions of its PhatPad and WritePad note-taking, handwriting recognition, and collaboration applications for iPad. The new software updates not only leverages the beautiful high-resolution screen of the new iPad, but also offers even better handwriting recognition quality and support for new languages.



"Now both WritePad and PhatPad support handwriting recognition in 11 languages, including Danish, Dutch, English (UK and US), Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese (Brazil and Portugal), Spanish, and Swedish. Additionally, application's user interface has been localised to 7 languages: Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.

PhatPad 2.1 and WritePad 6.2 are available in the iTunes App Store and priced at $4.99 (USD) and $9.99 (USD) respectively. The price includes handwriting recognition in a language of the user's choice. Support for additional languages can be purchased in-app for just $2.99 (USD) per language."