Fun, creative, cartoon logo for application site

Now Freeing

We are a team of web and mobile application developers. We have several mobile applications for the iPhone/iPod-Touch and web applications for Facebook, Bebo, and Myspace that have reached millions of people (who will also see our new logo, designed hopefully by you!). We're funded, fun and looking to add some design help for logos, icons, and webpages. This logo project is one of many to come. Our website is being constructed, so we'll also need a webpage design layout, so look out for another project from us soon.

We have 2 audiences:
1) A developer community that wants to reach out to users.
2) A userbase that is interested in what these developers have to offer them.

NowFreeing is a site that helps developers get more users, and helps users find quality applications for free. Developers can turn a paid application into a free application for a period of time to get more users and promotion. Users can download paid applications for free. Hence, "Now Freeing."

We are looking for a fun and creative logo for NowFreeing. A logo that shows what we are, even without reading the logo.

Updated 04/16/10: How about a pirates theme? A pirate opening up a jail cell and finds treasure with gold and golden shine (application icon with "$")?
For example, the NowFreeing logo can have "money" ($) locked in a jail cell, and is now made free. Since we're working with "freeing" applications, maybe the thing that is locked in jail is an application with "$" as its icon. Whichever you feel is best. Please feel free to be creative and have some fun.

Also, here are a few sample logos that look interesting:
http://mugnaiwp.lg1.simplecdn.net/w…ridges.jpg
http://logopond.com/gallery/detail/66994

Also, the files we will require are:
Print file format - .ai (CMYK)
Web file format - .jpg and layered .psd (RGB)

Lastly, Please do not use any stock images or clip art in the logo.