Think Buzan (formerly Buzan Online) just released iMindMap for iPhone today, which faithfully captures the organic feel of its desktop big brother on Apple’s popular mobile platform. What’s even more remarkable is that the developer is giving it away for free, as part of its mission to spread the influence of mind mapping worldwide.

Earlier this week, Mindjet launched its own mind mapping application for the iPhone and iPod Touch. It enables you to work with maps created on any MindManager platform, including Windows, Mac OS X and the company’s web client, MindManager Web.

In a recent e-mail to its affiliate sales team, the developers of iMindMap recently announced that they are working on an iPhone version of the creative mind mapping program, which is expected to be available some time this fall.

Markus Müller, the developer of the MindNode mind mapping program for the Mac OS X, recently announced that he has developed a version of it for the iPhone and iPod Touch. MindNode (touch) is currently undergoing private beta testing, but he has revealed quite a few details about its capabilities.

Thanks to a recent post on Twitter, I recently learned about another new mind mapping tool for the iPhone and iPod Touch called Simple Mind. Like its name suggests, SimpleMind provides basic mind mapping functionality.

iThoughts, one of the most promising new mind mapping tools for the iPhone and iPod Touch, provides an impressive amount of functionality in a very small package. In this review, we’ll take a look at what’s notable about this remarkable little visual mapping program.

The developers of MindMeister recently hinted to me that by mid-February they planned to release a version of MindMeister for the iPhone and iPod Touch. They made good on that promise by announcing yesterday the acquisition of MindMaker, an iPhone-based mind mapping application.

Since Apple opened up the iPhone and iPod Touch operating system to outside developers and gave them a place to sell their wares – the AppStore – a new breed of mind mapping tools has quickly emerged that enable you to capture your ideas any time, anywhere. These programs vary widely in their capabilities, but all offer some intriguing capabilities that promise a bright future for visual diagramming on this amazingly popular pair of mobile devices. Here is a brief summary of 8 mind mapping tools for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

NovaMind Development Pty. has partnered with the developers of iBlueSky to offer integration between this leading portable mind mapping application and NovaMind.

Headspace is an intriguing new visual mapping tool for the iPhone that does an excellent job of making use of the iPhone’s touch-sensitive user interface to help you maintain basic lists and outlines.