Happymagenta Releases Scany 1.4

Happymagenta has announced Scany 1.4, an update to their popular network exploration tool for iPhone and iPod touch. Developed specifically to leverage the iPhone's peerless capabilities, Scany will effortlessly scan individual hosts or network ranges on the Internet or LAN for running services (open ports) as well as dig for other useful information.

Perfect for IT administrators on-the-go and casual use alike, Scany offers a natural, easy-to-use interface and features a state-of-the-art asynchronous network engine backed by over 15 years of networking experience. It can scan by either IP address or any IP network range (both LAN and WAN) for hosts and services and can run in several different modes. Besides Mac and PC hostnames, Scany recognizes names of networking capable devices such as game consoles, media servers, TVs, receivers, players, printers, web cameras, routers, switches and many others.

With Scany's integrated whois, it is the ultimate tool to access virtually all info about a given host that can be discovered over a network. Easily scan for hostname, IP address, IP network range, autonomous system (AS) number, reverse hostname (PTR DNS record), Bonjour or Windows (NetBIOS) hostname, country of the network owner, services host runs (TCP and UDP open ports), firewall detection results, ping test results as well as MAC address and vendor.


Feature Highlights:
* Scan both LAN and the Internet
* Scan any IP address or network range
* Bonjour hostnames lookup
* Windows (NetBIOS, Samba) hostnames lookup
* Device names lookup (UPnP, SSDP, DLNA)
* Country of origin detection of the network owner
* Network range and AS number lookup
* MAC address and hardware vendor lookup
* Wake on LAN/Wi-Fi for hosts with MAC addresses
* Wake over the Internet (using proper routers)
* WHOIS hostnames, IP addresses, ASNs
* Group results into multiple histories
* E-mail scan results
* Predefined services for your convenience
* Possibility to add custom services
* Checks ICMP, TCP and UDP
* Faster asynchronous network I/O
* Works with Wi-Fi, 3G, EDGE and GPRS
* Eye-pleasing interface design

Displays host information (when available):
* Hostname
* IP address
* IP network range
* Autonomous system (AS) number
* Reverse hostname (PTR DNS record)
* Bonjour hostname
* Windows hostname
* Device name (UPnP, SSDP, DLNA)
* Country of the network owner
* Services host runs (TCP and UDP open ports)
* Firewall detection results
* Ping test results
* MAC address and vendor

Version 1.4 sports many key new features and UI improvements. Scany can now handle device name lookups (UPnP, SSDP, DLNA), detect some non-recursive DNS servers, as well as detect pingability for broken routers. The application also shows more info in extended list mode, with the option for compact or extended host lists. There is also the option to skip any lookups (find IPs only) and it offers the ability to sort hosts by ip address (in edit mode).

What's New:
* Device name lookup (UPnP, SSDP, DLNA)
* Detect some non-recursive DNS servers
* Detect pingability for broken routers
* Show more info in extended list mode
* Option for compact or extended host lists
* Option to skip any lookups (find IPs only)
* Sort hosts by ip address (in edit mode)


"More and more people are now plugging media servers, TVs, game consoles and other devices into their home networks," said Pavel Ahafonau, founder and CEO of Happymagenta. "As a result, we made our network scanner to recognize such devices and their names instead of just reporting anonymous IP addresses."

Pricing and Availability:
Scany 1.4 is only $0.99 (USD) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Utilities category. Review copies are available upon request.


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