“Understand, not just the grammar of English, but also the idioms, the phrases, the figures of speech that English users use.” AreYouAnAndroid.com

“Pros: Offers you the entire dictionary in an app… a very handy app…” Hafizah Osman at ARN

Droidappoftheday.com states that the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary is a great companion for those looking to further their English skills. “One of the best features allows the user to listen to British and American pronunciations of words, making it a great tool for use in the classroom, or even when non-English speakers are travelling abroad.”

Ada at [S]he Talks Android gave our Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary a 4.5 out of 5, naming it a must-have app for learners of English as a second language!

And finally, Alun Williams of Electronics Weekly gives OALD a mention in his Android Applications in Focus column in the Eyes on Android blog…

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Paragon Software Group, a leading multi-platform software developer for mobile devices and desktop computers, and Oxford University Press, the publisher of the world’s most trusted dictionaries and learning materials, have united to bring the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, 8th edition, the world’s best-selling print dictionary for English learners and their teachers, to Android mobile devices and tablets. Loaded with powerful learning features, the app offers full-sentence pronunciations, and over 1,300 colourful group and individual illustrations to explain words and expand vocabulary. The customizable My View allows users to decide exactly which information they want to see, and to find it fast and easily.

With lifetime sales of over 36 million copies, the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary is the most comprehensive dictionary available to those studying English as a second language, and the app continues this tradition with the learner-focused features for which Oxford is known.

The most up-to-date vocabulary includes the latest definitions, new technological words and modern colloquialisms:
blogosphere n.
cloud computing n.
incentivize vb.
malware n.
staycation n.
tweet vb., n. (new “Twitter” sense)
umami n.

The Oxford 3000™: The 3,000 most important words for an English learner to know have been carefully selected by a group of language experts and marked with a key to show that they are the words that should receive priority in vocabulary study.

Key features:
• 184,500 words, phrases and meanings explained clearly.
• 116,000 spoken example sentences – in both British English and American English accents and recorded by native speakers.
• 1,300 individual and group images.
• Integrated thesaurus provides thousands of synonyms and lists of collocations (words that go together) to build vocabulary.
• Use My View to choose how much information appears on your screen – hide IPA, example sentences, pictures, synonyms, etc. – tap to show the full entry again. Define your customized view in Settings.
• Change the app appearance: customizable background colour, font size, search results highlighting etc.
• Multitasking features for uninterrupted dictionary use: run the dictionary in the background so you can translate from web pages, emails and applications, or compose email messages in English.
• ‘Did you mean…?’ function and wildcard search allow you to find a word even if you don’t know the spelling.
• Full dictionary search allows users to find the word in idioms and phrasal verbs.
• Find additional information about many words – including verb forms, culture, example bank, synonyms, collocations, etc. – using the menu.
• No on-going Internet connection required (for headword audio only): simply download the dictionary once and use it on your device without any additional wi-fi expense or availability issues. (Full sound databases can be downloaded from the Settings screen, which require an Internet connection).
• Tap on any unknown word in an entry to look it up immediately.
• Search history can be viewed or deleted.
• Create your own list of favourite words.
• Detailed help file (available directly from the app)

Requirements: Android OS 1.6 and higher

Availability: Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary is available for 23.99 EUR from the Android Market https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.slovoed.oald. Previously released Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary for iOS is accessible at http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/oxford-advanced-learners dictionary/id442911228?mt=8.

About Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. OUP is the world’s largest university press, with a wide global reach. It currently publishes more than 6,000 new publications a year, has a presence in around fifty countries, and employs more than 5,000 people worldwide. It has become familiar to millions through a diverse publishing programme that includes scholarly works in all academic disciplines, bibles, music, school and college textbooks, children’s books, materials for teaching English as a foreign language, business books, dictionaries and reference books, and academic journals.
To find out more about Oxford University Press please visit www.oup.com. To find out about OUP’s English Language Teaching publications please visit www.oup.com/elt.
For more information or queries about the OALD please contact elt.enquiry@oup.com.

About Paragon Software Group
Paragon Software Group offers software for diverse classes of smartphones (Android, bada, BlackBerry, iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Java, Windows Mobile, Symbian OS) and desktop PCs, including multilingual on-line handwriting recognition, localization, business and productivity applications, games, 120 multilingual dictionaries and encyclopedias. PSG has offices in the USA, Germany, Japan, and Russia. PSG provides technology to a host of world-class companies and partners including HTC, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson. To learn more about PSG, please visit: http://www.penreader.com

The Oxford Advanced Dictionary for Android: Quality content in your pocket!

MOSCOW/SAINT PETERSBURG – February 13, 2012 – Paragon Software Group, the leading developer of multi-platform software applications for mobiles and computers, and Geometer Plus LLC, a developer of free open-source e-book reader application FBReader, announce that FBReader now supports the latest series of Slovoed multilingual ‘talking’ premium content dictionaries on Android devices to provide immediate translations and definitions of e-book text without the need to switch applications or access the Internet. By installing FBReader, users of Slovoed dictionaries, available in more than 29 world languages, can enjoy the most comfortable in-app translation from any book or document in EPUB, OEB, FB2 (.zip), mobipocket (mobi), RTF or plain-text format.

More than 100 Slovoed dictionaries offer original premium content directly from the world’s top publishers, such as Berlitz, Merriam-Webster, Duden, PONS, Langenscheidt, Le Robert, and many others, in combinations of 29 of the world’s most spoken languages. The newest version of Slovoed dictionaries integrates next-generation Google features, such as Google Goggles and Google Voice Search, as well as Paragon’s own PenReader handwriting recognition tool, which allows users to enter search text in their own handwriting. Highly complex search features replace tedious single-word searches to allow multi-word and full-sentence translation. Enhanced customization features – including three-color themes and scalable font size – ensure total visual comfort.

FBReader features:
• Instant access to the most popular Internet libraries and online bookshops directly from FBReader – review and download books without leaving the reader app!
• Built-in file manager allows you to organize your personal library on any Android mobile device (including, Honeycomb tablets) by title, author, genre or series, and store your entire library on one tiny SD card.
• Available in 20 languages with hyphenation patterns for 16 languages.
• Supports external TrueType/OpenType fonts.
• Open-source (GPL).
• Write your own FBReader app plug-ins with the API.
• Several popular English, French, Russian, Chinese and Polish libraries are included. Custom OPDS catalogs are also supported.
• MeeGo version available in OVI Store; Symbian version (beta) available at fbreader.org.

Slovoed 2.8 features:
• NEW! Search by voice. Speak your queries instead of typing in words using Google Voice recognition service. If Voice Search input is not available on the device, Slovoed will offer to install the application automatically by searching the Android Market (Search in Russian language is available for OS 2.2 and higher).
• NEW! Google Goggles integration. Take a picture of the text for translation, add it to the clipboard and translate it with Google Goggles.
• NEW! PenReader handwriting recognition integration as a system input method. Recognition accuracy increases through the use of Slovoed dictionaries.
• NEW! Multi-word translations. Translate all clipboard contents – whether one word or several words at a time.
• NEW! Easy copy-and-paste functions. Copy an unknown word or phrase from an active application (web browser, email) to the clipboard, then switch back to the dictionary for automatic translation.
• NEW! Enhanced customization options allow you to choose background color. Black, white and sepia themes are available.
• NEW! Enlarge or reduce font size for your comfort.
• NEW! Dictionary installation on SD card to save space on your device (Available for OS 2.2 and higher).
• NEW! Install a Word-of-the-Day widget on your Home Screen directly from the application.
• NEW! Manage Word-of-the-Day settings: select dictionary direction, font size and update period (manual or automatic).

Slovoed multilingual dictionaries for Android contain detailed word translations with usage and sound samples, transcription, grammatical information, and color markup to satisfy all learning needs. Slovoed Deluxe includes the fullest and most detailed translation articles with usage and sound samples, synonyms and antonyms, references and transcriptions, and other important information – an excellent solution for professional linguists, translators and advanced language learners. Slovoed Classic includes a considerable number of translations; extended dictionary articles with basic references, and is a comprehensive assistant for business, travel and study. Slovoed Compact includes the most common translations with clear, concise definitions, occupies minimal memory space on your device, and can be useful for introduction to a new foreign language.

Requirements: Android OS 1.5 and above; certain features require OS 2.2 and higher.

Availability: Slovoed Compact for Android is available for $11,99 USD or 7,82 GBP (9,99 EURO) by searching “slovoed” in the Android Market. Slovoed Classic for Android is available for $19.99 USD or 13,04 GBP (14,99 EURO) by searching “slovoed” in the Android Market. Slovoed Deluxe for Android is available for $24.99 or 19,54 GBP (19,99 EURO) by searching “slovoed” in the Android Market.

Use Slovoed dictionaries to translate text from FBReader in 29 languages

FREIBURG, Germany – November 2, 2011 – Paragon Software Group, the leading developer of multi-platform software applications for mobiles and computers, has launched the newest version of Handy Safe data management application for Windows Phone 7 devices. One simple software application, now available for all mobile platforms and desktop computers at http://www.handy-safe.com, can now securely store confidential information on mobile devices and desktop computers of all types, keeping crucial information safe from theft, loss or memory lapse.

Handy Safe is a multiplatform data management application that keeps all important information – such as credit card details, passwords, user names and PINs – safely in one place and always with you on your Android, bada, iOS, Symbian or Windows Phone 7 mobile device. Customized graphical cards represent all your confidential information in an easy-to-use interface, and 448-bit Blowfish encryption guarantees absolute security. Sync, store, edit and share information with Handy Safe Desktop for PC or Mac, keeping your mind free of countless phone numbers and passwords, and with you wherever you work, play or travel.

Paragon Software Group also announces the start of a prize giveaway. Participants are asked to submit the most interesting, secure or unusual place that they store their sensitive information via an entry form through November 15, 2011. Five winners will be chosen at random to receive a Handy Safe combo pack, which includes one Handy Safe mobile application license, one Handy Safe for desktop license, and one Slovoed deluxe dictionary of choice (retail value $70.00 USD). For more information, please visit Paragon Software Group/Mobile Products’ Facebook page.

In seven years of successful development of Handy Safe, Paragon has sold nearly 680,000 copies of the application worldwide. Handy Safe Pro has been touted as “bullet-proof” by UK-based online publication Smartphone Daily, naming it one of the top-ten mobile applications for Symbian devices. “If you value your privacy and identity,” the article states, “get this.”

Handy Safe features:
• NEW! Windows Phone Mango support. Now Handy Safe is compatible with Windows Phone 7.5 devices.
• NEW! Improved integrity with Handy Safe Desktop client.
• NEW! Background lock of the application when Handy Safe is not being used actively.
• Strong 448-bit Blowfish data encryption guarantees absolute safety of your confidential information.
• 30 unique information forms to store passwords, credit card details, codes, accounts (banking, email, Internet, shopping), web pages, addresses, travel info, insurance policies, software keys and much more!
• Card customization: Add any of 65 icons to personalize the preinstalled templates and store specific information according to your needs.
• Easily copy, move or delete your database if required.
• Subfolder support allows you to organize the structure of the app in a way that’s most convenient for you.
• Active database fields: URLs treated as hyperlinks, saved phone numbers allow you to make a call or send SMS right from the app.
• Sync with desktop client to ensure database integrity.

Handy Safe Desktop features:
• Easy access to your private information on a PC.
• Graphical card representation with set of 65+ preinstalled templates and icons.
• Windows Vista and Windows 7 support.
• Improved sync mechanism.
• 448-bit Blowfish data encryption technology.

Handy Safe Desktop is available for purchase at www.handy-safe.com. Please note that the trial version does not support synching with the desktop client.

Handy Safe is the first of Paragon Software’s mobile applications to be made available for the new Windows Phone 7 to an enthusiastic response by the platform’s early adopters. For more information on Handy Safe Pro for Windows Phone 7, please visit: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/df0ce32e-f0f2-4f5c-9dc7-178e369257b5

Handy Safe Pro for Mobile (Android, Bada, iOS, Symbian, WP7): $1.99 USD (1.29 GBP/1.59 EUR)
Handy Safe Pro for Desktop (PC, Mac): $4.99 USD (2.99 GBP/3.99 EUR)

MacLife praises the intuitive design, adjustable screen sizes, and its presentation on both iPhone and iPad devices, along with its ease of cross-reading and dictionary browsing. MacLife’s conclusion: “Perfect and very extensive. The app entices you to browse. Educational Goal!” OALD is currently the best app available on the market for English learners.

The Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary App for iPhone ®, iPod ® and iPod ® touch is priced at 19,99 GBP (22,99 EUR, 28,99 USD) in the AppStore: http://itunes.apple.com/app/oxford-advanced-learners-dictionary/id442911228

It’s August, and so hot the prices are melting on Slovoed Compact reference apps for bada! Eighteen Slovoed Compact dictionaries – containing all essential words and phrases users need to make foreign friends on summer holidays – are offered at a 50% discount through Sunday, September 5 at Samsung Apps.

**A limited number of free review licenses is available upon request to interested media**

Paragon Software Group, a leading software developer for mobile devices and desktop computers, and Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., a leading educational publisher, announce the release of Britannica Chinese Concise Encyclopedia 2011 for iOS devices. Prepared by the editors of the Encyclopedia Britannica, the Britannica Chinese Concise Encyclopedia 2011 delivers over 25,000 thoroughly researched and fact-checked entries translated entirely into hanzi characters — art, history, geography, politics, technology, science, sports, pop culture and other subjects come to life with thousands of colorful images and maps. Fun and useful built-in features make this app an instant favorite — generate a random article by shaking your device, or uncover new knowledge with the ‘On this Day’ feature — and you can share your knowledge by instantly emailing favorite articles directly to your friends or colleagues! The Britannica Chinese Concise Encyclopedia 2011 for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad is the most reliable and comprehensive learning and reference source of information on the go, requiring no Internet access and minimal memory space.

Britannica Chinese Concise Encyclopedia 2011 for iOS

Availability:
The Britannica Chinese Concise Encyclopedia 2011 for iOS is available for 19.95 USD via download from the iTunes AppStore.

FREIBURG, Germany – June 22, 2011 – Paragon Software Group, the leading developer of multi-platform software applications for mobiles and computers, and Mobile TeleSystems (“MTS” – NYSE: MBT), the largest mobile operator in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), were awarded for developments in wireless network infrastructure at the Global Telecoms Business (GTB) Innovation Awards 2011. At a ceremony held June 7, 2011, in London, the companies were honored for mobile service and billing innovation with the successful deployment of the MTS Mobile Portal, an easily accessible interface that allows MTS subscribers to manage applications and MTS services from a single point on their mobile devices.

The latest addition to Paragon Software’s line of services for wireless mobile carriers and developed exclusively for MTS, the Mobile Portal enables subscribers to independently manage their telecom settings, billing information and plan options at any time of day without the need to engage the MTS customer service helpline. In addition to billing and service information, MTS subscribers can also find games, screensavers, ringtones, weather forecasts, news, exchange rates and more through the Portal’s convenient, interactive menu system. The implementation of Mobile Portal has significantly decreased the volume of calls to MTS customer service, resulting in reduced infrastructure costs while increasing carrier revenue on VAS.

Olga Lonshakova and Alexander Zudin accept a 2011 GTB Innovation Award

The GTB Innovation Awards were presented at a black-tie dinner in the ballroom of the Sheraton Park Lane Hotel in central London. The Global Telecoms Business Innovation Awards were established in 2007 to recognize innovative projects by service providers and technology suppliers in the global telecommunications industry.

About Paragon Software Group
Paragon Software Group (Smart Handheld Devices Division & Epocware) offers software for diverse classes of smartphones (Android, bada, BlackBerry, iOS, Java ME, Windows Mobile, Windows Phone 7, Symbian OS) and desktop PCs, including multilingual on-line handwriting recognition, localization, business and productivity applications, games, 120 multilingual dictionaries and encyclopedias. PSG has offices in the USA, Germany, Japan, and Russia delivering its solutions to consumers through a network of operators, distributors and OEMs as well as online through the company website. PSG provides technology to a host of world class companies and partners including HTC, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson. To learn more about Paragon Software Group’s diverse product line, please visit:
Smart Handheld Devices Division: http://www.penreader.com
Epocware: http://www.epocware.com
Storage Management Division: http://www.paragon-software.com

About MTS
Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (“MTS”) is the leading telecommunications group in Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, offering mobile and fixed voice, broadband, pay TV as well as content and entertainment services in one of the world’s fastest growing regions. Including its subsidiaries, the Group services over 108.5 million mobile subscribers in Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Armenia and Belarus, a region that boasts a total population of more than 230 million. Since June 2000, MTS’ Level 3 ADRs have been listed on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbol MBT). Additional information about the MTS Group can be found at www.mtsgsm.com.

Duden German-language dictionaries, with comprehensive, up-to-the-minute German vocabulary, include detailed entries devoted to technical terms, professionalisms, jargon, and slang. Duden contains elaborate entries on the meaning and usage of the words and speech tokens in a sentence, with liberal coverage of regional Austrian and Swiss dialects. The mobile version of these award-winning dictionaries offer cutting-edge features — such as built-in German sound modules, wildcard search features and cross-referenced dictionary browsing — that expand the convenience of a classic.

For a limited time, Duden mobile dictionaries for Android devices are available at 50% off the regular price at Android Market:

Duden – German explanatory (Duden Deutsches Universal) 14.95 EUR/20.95 USD (SRP 29.95 EUR/41.95 USD)
Duden – German spelling (Duden deutsche Rechtschreibung) 9.95 EUR/13.95 USD (SRP 19.95 EUR/27.95 USD)
Duden foreign words dictionary (Duden – Das Fremdwörterbuch) 9.95 EUR/13.95 USD (SRP 19.95 EUR/27.95 USD)
Duden – dictionary of synonyms (Duden – Das Synonymwörterbuch) 9.95 EUR/13.95 USD (SRP 19.95 EUR/27.95 USD)

Britannica Concise is a succinct version of the world’s most trusted encyclopedias with accompanying images and maps, fast article search and look up functions, Today in History feature, minimal memory space, and much more – directly on your BlackBerry device. Three versions are available for half off the regular price at BlackBerry App World through Sunday, May 29:

Britannica Concise Encyclopedia 2011 for BlackBerry – $9.99/RRP $19.99
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia 2011 for BlackBerry (Russian) – $9.99/RRP $19.99
Enciclopedia Compacta Britannica 2011 para BlackBerry – $9.99/RRP $19.99

The perfect portable resource for teachers, students, writers and word lovers everywhere, Merriam-Webster dictionaries contain all the words you need today from America’s language experts. Purchase any Merriam-Webster dictionary today through May 29, 2011, at a 50% discount through BlackBerry App World:

Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged – $29.99/RRP $59.99
Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition – $14.99/RRP $29.99
Merriam-Webster’s Medical Dictionary – $14.99/RRP $29.99
Merriam-Webster’s English <-> Spanish dictionary – $14.99/RRP $29.99
Merriam-Webster’s English<->French dictionary – $14.99/RRP $29.99

50% off Merriam-Webster for Symbian S60 devices through Sunday, May 29!

The perfect portable resource for teachers, students, writers and word lovers everywhere, Merriam-Webster dictionaries contain all the words you need today from America’s language experts. Purchase any Merriam-Webster dictionary today through May 29, 2011, at a 50% discount through the Ovi Store:

Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged – 20 EUR/RRP 40
Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition – 10 EUR/RRP 20
Merriam-Webster’s Medical Dictionary – 10 EUR/RRP 20
Merriam-Webster’s English <-> Spanish dictionary – 10 EUR/RRP 20
Merriam-Webster’s English<->French dictionary – 10 EUR/RRP 20

Select PONS Advanced dictionaries for Android are 50% off through May 31 at the Android Market

Then the PONS Advanced dictionaries are the perfect tools for Android users learning to speak, write and communicate personally or professionally in another language. Through Tuesday, May 31, select PONS Advanced bilingual dictionaries, regularly priced at 19.99 EUR/ 27.99 USD, will be on sale for 9.99 EUR/ 13.99 USD — half off the regular price — through the Android Market!

PONS Dictionary German <-> French ADVANCED (Wörterbuch Französisch <-> Deutsch ADVANCED von PONS)

PONS Dictionary German <-> Spanish ADVANCED (Wörterbuch Spanisch <-> Deutsch ADVANCED von PONS)
PONS Dictionary German <-> Italian ADVANCED (Wörterbuch Italienisch <-> Deutsch ADVANCED von PONS)
PONS Dictionary German <-> English ADVANCED (PONS Wörterbuch Englisch <-> Deutsch ADVANCED)

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