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Get SlovoEd dictionary for Symbian and save 30%

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0400

Dear Customer, Paragon Software group offers you best selling SlovoEd dictionaries with 30% discount till April 22.
	Talking SlovoEd Deluxe English-Italian & Italian-English dictionary contains over 300,000 words and phrases, and 450,000 translations, and packed full of grammatical and usage information for both languages.	Try free demo version! ($59,95) $41,96

	English Talking SlovoEd Deluxe English-Hungarian & Hungarian-English dictionary from Hungary's largest and oldest publishing house. Dictionary contains over 110,000 headwords, 190,000 expressions and special vocabulary of computer technology, business life, media, politics, law, sports and slang.	Try free demo version! ($59,95) $41,96

	Talking SlovoEd Deluxe English-French & French-English dictionary includes over 600 000 words’ translations, 350 000 references, including more than 80 000 words and phrases in key areas.	Try free demo version! ($59,95) $41,96

	Talking SlovoEd Deluxe English-German & German-English dictionary contains 120,446 entries (315,000 definitions). It includes detailed meaning differentiations, usage examples, and useful phrases for everyday life.	Try free demo version! ($59,95) $41,96

	Talking SlovoEd Deluxe English-Spanish & Spanish-English dictionary includes about 68 000 words and expressions with abundant usage examples, notes of culture, idiomatic expressions, phrasal verbs and technical terms.	Try free demo version! ($59,95) $41,96

	SlovoEd Compact Chinese-English & English-Chinese dictionary contains about 10,000 words. It offers an easy to use dictionary, extra help with vocabulary, and essential information on living and interacting in the Chinese-speaking world, and respectively the English-speaking one.	Try free demo version! ($19,95) $13,96

	Compact Chinese Sound Module - contains about 2,000 high quality live voice pronunciations.	Try free demo version! ($5,95) $4,16

Just Shake it! Britannica Concise Encyclopedia 2010 for iPhone with a Unique ‘Random Word’ Feature

Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0400

iPhone and iPod touch users now have a solid and reliable source of information they can carry around in their pockets, thanks to a new version of Britannica Concise Encyclopedia available for those platforms from Paragon Software Group, a leading mobile software developer, and Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.

Prepared by the editors of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, the Britannica Concise Encyclopedia 2010 delivers over 25,024 thoroughly researched and fact-checked entries covering art, history, geography, politics, technology, science, sports, pop culture, and other subjects. Whether you are wondering where Wall Street got its name or when the excavation of Pompeii began, you will find that Britannica Concise is the perfect information resource for home, school, and the office. Watch topics come to life with thousands of colorful images and maps. Don’t remember the exact spelling of a name, place or event? The advanced “wildcard search” feature allows you to replace unknown letters with symbols, like "*" or "?"

Features:
25,024 unique articles;
800 images and maps;
Get a random article by shaking your device;
“History” feature shows the last 100 looked-up articles;
Learn what happened on any calendar day in history with the ‘On This Day’ feature;
Hyperlinks between articles;
Auto-complete function;
Search options at the ‘Start-Up’ screen;
‘Favorites’ feature;
Browser-like user interface;
Share articles with your friends via email.

Download from App Store

Just Shake it! Encyclopaedia Britannica and Paragon Software Group Launch the Britannica Concise Encyclopedia 2010 with a Unique ‘Random Word’ Feature for iPhone and iPod Touch Users

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0400

IRVINE, Calif. – March, 2010 – iPhone and iPod touch users now have a solid and reliable source of information they can carry around in their pockets, thanks to a new version of Britannica Concise Encyclopedia available for those platforms from Paragon Software Group, a leading mobile software developer, and Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.

Features:
25,024 unique articles;
800 images and maps;
Get a random article by shaking your device;
“History” feature shows the last 100 looked-up articles;
Learn what happenedon any calendar day in history with the ‘On This Day’ feature;
Hyperlinks between articles;
Auto-complete function;
Search options at the ‘Start-Up’ screen;
‘Favorites’ feature;
Browser-like user interface;
Share articles with your friends via email.

“People need answers they can trust wherever they are today,” said Joe Miller, Managing Director of Consumer Products with Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. “Whether you’re in a restaurant, doing work on the train or just having a conversation with friends, questions come up, or you get curious about something, and you want to know right away. This product puts information you can trust in front of you immediately.”

Available for 24.99 USD (19.99 EUR): http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/britannica-concise-encyclopedia/id363972784?mt=8

About Encyclopaedia Britannica

Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. is a leader in educational publishing. The company’s encyclopedias and other products can be found in many media, from the Internet to wireless devices to books. A pioneer in electronic publishing since the early 1980s, the company still publishes the 32-volume Encyclopaedia Britannica, along with educational online services such as Britannica SmartMath and Britannica Online School Edition and new printed products such as Britannica Illustrated Science Library.

About Paragon Software Group

Paragon Software Group’s Smart Handheld Devices & Epocware divisions offer software for a diverse classes of smartphones (Android, bada, BlackBerry, iPhone, iPod touch, Java, Windows Mobile, Symbian OS) and desktop PCs, including multilingual, on-line handwriting recognition, localization, business and productivity applications, games, 200+ 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, resellers, and OEMs as well as online through the company’s website. PSG provides technology to a host of world class companies and partners including HTC, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, and Sony Ericsson. To learn more about Paragon Software Group's diverse product lines, please visit:
Smart Handheld Devices Division: http://www.penreader.com
Epocware: http://www.epocware.com
Storage Management Division:
http://www.paragon-software.com

Special offer for Windows Mobile dictionaries

Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0300


Dear customer, Don’t miss our special offer for all dictionaries for Windows Mobile. Try comprehensive world’s famous dictionaries with a 20% discount till April 5 only. Latest updates and novelties:
	English Talking Akadémiai Kiadó English-Hungarian & Hungarian-English dictionary for Widows Mobile - dictionary from Hungary's largest and oldest publishing house. Dictionary contains over 110,000 headwords, 190,000 expressions and special vocabulary of computer technology, business life, media, politics, law, sports and slang.
	92.9 Mb	$39,96 ($49,95)

	Talking SlovoEd Deluxe English-Italian & Italian-English dictionary for Windows Mobile - With over 300,000 words and phrases, and 450,000 translations, and packed full of grammatical and usage information for both languages. Dictionary database is powered by Oxford University Press. This dictionary also includes improved lexical databases with links, tables and pictures for different reference needs. Find out more…
	188 Mb	$39,96 ($49,95)

	German Talking SlovoEd Deluxe German-Greek & Greek-German dictionary for Windows Mobile - contains 88,123 entries, actual vocabulary with over 160,000 words and phrases, 200,000 translations. It also provides rich technical vocabulary of economics, law and science. Dictionary database is powered by PONS GmbH.
	92.9 Mb	$39,96 ($49,95)

	Compact Chinese Sound Module - contains 1,620 high quality live voice pronunciations.
	7.3 Mb	$5,56 ($6,95)

	SlovoEd Compact Chinese-English & English-Chinese dictionary for Windows Mobile - dictionary contains about 10,000 words. It offers an easy to use dictionary, extra help with vocabulary, and essential information on living and interacting in the Chinese-speaking world, and respectively the English-speaking one. Dictionary database is powered by Oxford University Press.
	44.6 Mb	$19,96 ($24,95)
More software for Windows Mobile

Exchange Instant Messages on Windows Mobile Phones with Handy SMS, the New Advanced SMS Manager from Paragon Software Group

Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0300

Freiburg, GERMANY – March, 2010 – Paragon Software Group, a leading software developer for mobile devices, desktop PCs and Mac OS, has released Handy SMS, an advanced text manager that makes the access and exchange of messages on a Windows Mobile phone even easier and more convenient. Handy SMS is all about texting options, privacy protection and organization! The program offers full integration with Outlook, making the switching experience between your smartphone and PC efficient and effortless.

Incoming messages can be viewed and accessed directly from the ‘Today’ screen thanks to the program’s plug-in. The smartphone user can read, write, forward messages, add emoticons or attach business cards. Real-time communication can be achieved with multiple contacts in two taps – sending out a message to several recipients at once or setting up a ‘live‘ SMS chat to make the discussion even more instant. Handy SMS enables convenient sorting of all ‘incoming,’ ‘sent’ or ‘drafted’ messages by contact name, automatically assigning them to the appropriate folders. Personalized sounds for each contact keeps messaging easy and allows users to react only when they hear the distinct tone they've set for particular contacts.

For privacy protection, Handy SMS allows users to add messages to Gray and Black lists. Messages in the Gray list are password-protected, while the Black list includes all unwanted and annoying messages that should be blocked immediately. Users can also set auto-reply functions to notify senders of incoming messages that the user is temporarily unavailable with a prewritten text message.

Handy SMS key features:

- Full integration with Outlook

- View and access new messages directly from the ‘Today’ screen

- Create a Gray list for messages that can be read with or without password authorization

- Add unwanted contacts to the Black list to automatically delete messages coming from people the user does not want to hear from

- Create and send text messages to several contacts simultaneously

- Attach business cards to the message

- Personalize messages with emoticons

- Send delayed SMS scheduled for a particular time delivery

- Sort messages according to your wishes in separate folders. The user can create a folder for each contact

- Assign a personal ringtone for each contact

- Create an SMS chat

- Automatically reply to incoming messages with a preset autoreply text

Supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish

Compatibility: Windows Mobile 6.5/6.1/6.0 Standard, Classic and Professional; Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC & Smartphone devices.

Handy SMS for Windows Phone is available for 14,95 USD (10,95 EUR, VAT included) via download from http://www.penreader.com. For other sales inquiries, please contact Paragon at corporate-sales@penreader.com.

About Paragon Software Group

Paragon Software Group (PSG), Smart Handheld Devices Division & Epocware, offers software for a diverse classes of smartphones (Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, 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 delivering its solutions to consumers through a network of operators, distributors, resellers, and OEMs as well as online through the company’s website. PSG provides technology to a host of world class companies and partners including HTC, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, and Sony Ericsson. To learn more about Paragon Software Group's diverse product lines, please visit:
Smart Handheld Devices Division: http://www.penreader.com
Epocware: http://www.epocware.com
Storage Management Division:
http://www.paragon-software.com

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ParagonSoftware

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Paragon-Software-GroupMobile-Products/188145097131

All products, service and company names mentioned in the release are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective owners.

Exchange Instant Messages on Windows Mobile Phones with Handy SMS

Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0300

Paragon Software Group has released Handy SMS, an advanced text manager that makes the access and exchange of messages on a Windows Mobile phone even easier and more convenient. Handy SMS is all about texting options, privacy protection and organization! The program offers full integration with Outlook, making the switching experience between your smartphone and PC efficient and effortless.

Incoming messages can be viewed and accessed directly from the ‘Today’ screen thanks to the program’s plug-in. The smartphone user can read, write, forward messages, add emoticons or attach business cards. Real-time communication can be achieved with multiple contacts in two taps – sending out a message to several recipients at once or setting up a "live" SMS chat to make the discussion even more instant. Handy SMS enables convenient sorting of all ‘incoming,’ ‘sent’ or ‘drafted’ messages by contact name, automatically assigning them to the appropriate folders. Personalized sounds for each contact keeps messaging easy and allows users to react only when they hear the distinct tone they've set for particular contacts.

More information about Handy SMS

The Perfect Pair: America’s Favorite Merriam-Webster’s Dictionaries are Now Available for BlackBerry, America's Most Popular Mobile Platform

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0300

IRVINE, Calif. – March 15, 2010 – Paragon Software Group, a leading software developer for mobile devices, desktop PCs and Mac OS, has completed the product line that now allows users of America's most popular mobile platform, BlackBerry, to access America's most trusted bilingual and explanatory dictionaries by Merriam-Webster directly on their mobile devices.
The product line, now available for all mobile platforms, includes Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, Eleventh Edition; Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged; Merriam-Webster’s Medical Dictionary; Merriam-Webster’s Pocket Dictionary; The Merriam-Webster Dictionary; Merriam-Webster's French-English Dictionary and Merriam-Webster's Spanish-English Dictionary.

The printed version of Merriam-Webster’s, Unabridged weighs in at 12.5 pounds, but occupies just ~25 Mb

The original dictionary titles from America’s foremost publisher were adapted for the mobile screen and supplemented with the new functionality providing fastest definition look-up. Paragon’s advanced SlovoEd engine compresses even the weightiest content to minimal memory space. The traditional printed version of Merriam-Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged, for example, weighs in at 12.5 pounds (5,67 kg), has 2,662 pages and measures 4 inches (10.16 cm) thick, but occupies just ~25 Mb on your tiny mobile device.

America’s most comprehensive and authoritative dictionary, Merriam-Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged provides the most extensive coverage of American English. Its database contains more than 476,000 entries and 700,000 definitions with more than 143,000 etymologies detailing word origins, 100,000 quotations and 1,100 synonymous paragraphs. Once installed, the dictionary can be accessed anywhere, anytime, without Internet connection or additional charges.

The largest and most popular college dictionary, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, Eleventh Edition includes over 165,000 entries and 225,000 definitions containing more than 10,000 new words and meanings.

Merriam-Webster's French-English Dictionary provides the most extensive coverage of Canadian French with more than 80,000 entry words and phrases and 100,000 translations, as well as abundant examples of words used in context. Merriam-Webster's Spanish-English Dictionary covers Latin American and European Spanish, and contains more than 80,000 entries and 100,000 translations.

Features:

Online Update feature provides over-the-air program updates
Dictionary database is possible to install on flash cards
Hyperlinks between related articles and directions
Search History feature shows the last 20 words looked up
Online dictionary catalog provides one-click access to more Merriam-Webster’s dictionaries and possibility to download directly to your device
Multilingual interface is available in English, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish languages
No Internet connection required: simply download the dictionary once to your device and use it with no further expense incurred

Compatibility: supports all BlackBerry Smartphones with OS version 4.2.1 and higher, with the exception of BlackBerry Storm.

Availability:
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged is available for 59.95 USD (54,95 EUR – incl. VAT). Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition, Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary, Merriam-Webster's French-English Dictionary and Merriam-Webster's Spanish-English Dictionary are available for 24.95 USD (18,95 EUR – incl. VAT).
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary is available for 19.95 USD (17,95 EUR – incl. VAT).
Merriam-Webster Pocket Dictionary is available for 14.95 USD (10,95 EUR – incl. VAT).
Merriam-Webster’s dictionaries for BlackBerry are available via download from http://www.penreader.com or AppWorld at http://www.blackberry.com/appworld/

About Paragon Software Group

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About Merriam-Webster Inc.

Merriam-Webster Inc. acquired the rights to revise and publish Noah Webster’s dictionaries in 1843. Since then, Merriam-Webster has maintained an ongoing commitment to innovation, scholarship, and love of language. Today, the company continues as the leader in language reference publishing with bestselling reference books (Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition), popular Web sites (Merriam-Webster.com, WordCentral.com), and a range of licensed products. For more information, visit www.Merriam-Webster.com.

All products, service and company names mentioned in the release are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective owners.

The Perfect Pair: America’s Favorite Merriam-Webster’s Dictionaries Now Available for BlackBerry, America's Most Popular Mobile Platform

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0300

Paragon Software Group has completed the product line that now allows users of America's most popular mobile platform, BlackBerry, to access America's most trusted bilingual and explanatory dictionaries by Merriam-Webster directly on their mobile devices. The product line, now available for all mobile platforms, includes Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, Eleventh Edition; Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged; Merriam-Webster’s Medical Dictionar; Merriam-Webster’s Pocket; The Merriam-Webster Dictionary; Merriam-Webster's English-French Dictionary and Merriam-Webster's English-Spanish Dictionary.

Features:
* Online Update feature provides over-the-air program updates
* Dictionary database is possible to install on flash cards
* Hyperlinks between related articles and directions
* Search History feature shows the last 20 words looked up
* Online dictionary catalog provides one-click access to more Merriam-Webster’s dictionaries and possibility to download it directly to your device
* Multilingual interface is available in English, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish languages
* No Internet connection required: simply download the dictionary once to your device and use it with no further expense incurred

More info about Merriam-Webster’s dictionaries for BlackBerry

New SlovoEd dictionaries for your Smartphone.

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0300

Dear Readers!

Paragon Software Group is happy to present a new version 4.0 of SlovoEd Dictionaries for S60.
This version of the dictionaries is very well thought-out and adapted specifically to touch screen devices.

Try free demo!

SlovoEd Deluxe
$59,95
SlovoEd Classic
$39,95
SlovoEd Compact
$19,95

Outstanding features of SlovoEd dictionary software:

Morphology Module now supports French language as well as English and Spanish, and helps to translate words in any grammatical form.
Enter words in any language of SlovoEd dictionary even if your phone doesn't support it with Virtual Keyboard.
NEW!!! Effective learning tools such as table of German and English irregular verbs or Flash Card Quiz will help you study languages you want to.
NEW!!! All translation articles are specifically designed to facilitate your most comfortable and efficient work with the dictionary.
NEW!!! Translate not only words but also word combinations.

Other software for Symbian S60

Choose your dictionary to upgrade:

Arabic...	French...	Norwegian...
Bulgarian...	German...	Polish...
Catalan...	Greek...	Portuguese...
Chinese...	Hebrew...	Romanian...
Croatian...	Hungarian...	Russian...
Czech...	Italian...	Serbian...
Danish...	Japanese ...	Slovenian...
Dutch...	Latin...	Spanish...
English...	Latvian...	Swedish...
Estonian...	Lithuanian...	Turkish...
		Ukrainian...

PONS and Paragon Software Group Launch Comprehensive English, French & Spanish Business Dictionaries for iPhone and iPod Touch Users

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0300

CeBIT, Germany – March, 1, 2010 – Paragon Software Group, the world’s leading software developer for mobile devices and desktop PCs, and PONS publisher, well known for its green dictionaries and self study materials, have launched first series of ‘talking’ multilingual business dictionaries for iPhone and iPod Touch users, beginning with the most popular titles – PONS Business Dictionary English http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pons-german-english-business/id357054612?mt=8, PONS Business Dictionary French http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pons-business-dictionary-french/id347879869?mt=8 and PONS Business Dictionary Spanish http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pons-business-dictionary-spanish/id347881226?mt=8. The new products will be showcased by Paragon Software at CeBIT 2010 (Stand G38, Hall 15).

Whether preparing for an interview or a conference call, contract signing or a presentation, sales pitch or a project discussion – high quality business vocabulary dictionary support for all occasions will be available in an easy-to-carry format directly at your fingertips. PONS business dictionaries offer the most comprehensive and detailed translation articles with usage samples from conversational and written business vocabulary. You can improve your memory and pronunciation by learning new business idioms, useful terms, phrases and expressions, polite requests – all to demonstrate your fluency and competence at a workplace. Knowing many words is crucial when you want to improve your English level, therefore additional free learning tools included in the programs, such as Flash Card Quiz, allow you to achieve this goal fast and effectively.

Features:
Audio pronunciations prerecorded by native speakers
Flash Card Quiz allows the user to learn new vocabulary effectively by adding new words to flash cards and testing your knowledge as many times as you wish.
Synonyms and antonyms
No Internet connection required: simply download the dictionary once and use it wherever you go without any additional expenses.
“History” feature displays the last 100 translated words
Hyperlinks between articles and language directions
List of similar words in case of misspelling
Morphology module to translate words in any grammatical form
“Wildcard Search”, if you are unsure of the exact word spelling
PONS Business Dictionary English includes 122,000 entries.

PONS Business Dictionary French includes 108,000 entries.
PONS Business Dictionary Spanish includes 129,000 entries.

PONS Business Dictionary English, PONS Business Dictionary French and PONS Business Dictionary Spanish are available for 29,99 EUR (22,99 GBP) each from the Apple Store at http://www.apple.com/iphone/appstore/. The programs are compatible with iPhone and iPod touch and require iPhone OS 2.0-3.0.

About Paragon Software Group
Paragon Software Group (PSG) is a technology solutions provider to the enterprise, SMB and consumer markets, worldwide. Founded in 1994, Paragon Software Group actively markets and sells in more than 150 countries and has offices in the USA, Germany, Japan and Russia. PSG consists of two divisions, System Technology, offering solutions for storage management and data safety, and Mobility Division (Smart Handheld Devices Division & Epocware), offering software for diverse classes of smart handheld devices (Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, Symbian OS, Palm OS and mobile phones) and desktop PCs, including multilingual on-line handwriting recognition, localization, business and game applications and multilingual dictionaries. To learn more about Paragon Software's diverse product line, please visit:
Storage Management Division: http://www.paragon-software.com
Smart Handheld Devices Division: http://www.penreader.com
Epocware: http://www.epocware.com

About PONS
For more than 30 years, PONS has been developing hallmark green dictionaries and language courses for lifelong learning – for students, professional users, travelers and hobby linguists. PONS offers language learning materials for self study and dictionaries for more than 30 languages. With PONS, you will never be lost for words again.
www.pons.de

All products, service and company names mentioned in the release are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective owners.

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Speak like a Pro! PONS English, French & Spanish Business Dictionaries for iPhone and iPod Touch Users

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0300

Paragon Software Group and PONS publisher, well known for its green dictionaries and self study materials, have launched first series of ‘talking’ multilingual business dictionaries for iPhone and iPod Touch users, beginning with the most popular titles – PONS Business Dictionary English http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pons-german-english-business/id357054612?mt=8, PONS Business Dictionary French http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pons-business-dictionary-french/id347879869?mt=8 and PONS Business Dictionary Spanish http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pons-business-dictionary-spanish/id347881226?mt=8.

Whether preparing for an interview or a conference call, contract signing or a presentation, sales pitch or a project discussion – high quality business vocabulary dictionary support for all occasions will be available in an easy-to-carry format directly at your fingertips. PONS business dictionaries offer the most comprehensive and detailed translation articles with usage samples from conversational and written business vocabulary. You can improve your memory and pronunciation by learning new business idioms, useful terms, phrases and expressions, polite requests – all to demonstrate your fluency and competence at a workplace. Knowing many words is crucial when you want to improve your German level, therefore additional free learning tools included in the programs, such as Flash Card Quiz, allow you to achieve this goal fast and effectively.

Paragon Software Group Announces Beta Premium Bilingual & Explanatory Dictionary Series from the World’s Top Publishers for bada

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300

Mobile World Congress, SPAIN – February,15, 2010 – Paragon Software Group, a leading software developer for mobile devices and desktop computers, announces Beta versions of its best-in-class authoritative bilingual and explanatory dictionaries in their original content for bada-based smartphones, including titles from Larousse Editorial, S.L., Merriam-Webster Inc., PONS GmbH, and other top worldwide publishers. The world’s most trusted dictionaries – winning six world awards in 2009 alone – have been fully optimized for the new bada platform and will be showcased by Samsung at Mobile World Congress 2010.

Paragon Software Group, now celebrating its 15^th anniversary in the mobile software industry, has been among the first developers to support the latest mobile trends and offer mobile users best-in-class dictionaries and encyclopedias, as well as useful utility applications for personal organization and management, security, and gaming for all new and upcoming mobile platforms and smartphones on the market. Contributing to Paragon's ability to launch full software support for new mobile platforms and devices months in advance of their availability on the market are the company's strong development expertise and research capabilities, along with their continued partnership and support of the world's leading publishers of reference materials.

Paragon’s dictionary databases are well-known for their premium linguistic content, minimal memory occupancy, fast search and look-up options, and a host of additional features -- such as audio pronunciations, grammar information, detailed usage samples, regional variations, etymology, hyperlinks and self-testing options.

Paragon Software will be exhibited along with the Samsung Wave, the first bada based smartphone at Mobile World Congress 2010.
Samsung is exhibiting at Mobile World Congress 2010, at Hall 8, Stand 8b 169.
For more information, please visit http://samsungmwc2010.com
Follow us to get all our news on twitter at www.twitter.com/SamsungMWC

First bada dictionary line includes the following titles:

SlovoEd Deluxe English-French & French-English dictionary,

SlovoEd Deluxe English-German & German-English dictionary,

SlovoEd Classic English-Italian & Italian-English dictionary,

SlovoEd Deluxe English-Russian & Russian-English dictionary,

SlovoEd Deluxe English-Spanish & Spanish-English dictionary,

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary,

PONS Advanced English dictionary,

VOX General Spanish Dictionary.

Availability: Second quarter 2010 via download from Samsung Apps http://www.samsungapps.com/. Screenshots are available upon request.

About Paragon Software Group

Paragon Software Group’s Smart Handheld Devices & Epocware divisions offer software for a diverse classes of smartphones (Android, bada, BlackBerry, iPhone, iPod touch, Java, Windows Mobile, Symbian OS) and desktop computers (Mac OS, MS Windows), including multilingual, on-line handwriting recognition, localization, business and productivity applications, games, 200+ 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, resellers, and OEMs as well as online through the company’s website. PSG provides technology to a host of world class companies and partners including HTC, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, and Sony Ericsson. To learn more about Paragon Software Group's diverse product lines, please visit:
Smart Handheld Devices Division: http://www.penreader.com
Epocware: http://www.epocware.com
Storage Management Division:
http://www.paragon-software.com

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ParagonSoftware

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Paragon-Software-GroupMobile-Products/188145097131

All products, service and company names mentioned in the release are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective owners.

Paragon Software Launches Six Most Popular Explanatory and Bilingual Merriam-Webster’s Dictionaries for Android Phones

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300

Mobile World Congress, SPAIN – February, 2010 – Paragon Software Group, a leading software developer for mobile devices and desktop PCs, has launched the series of Merriam-Webster’s bilingual and explanatory dictionaries for Android phones. The product line includes Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, Eleventh Edition; Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged; Merriam-Webster’s Medical Dictionar; Merriam-Webster’s Pocket; The Merriam-Webster Dictionary; Merriam-Webster's English-French Dictionary and Merriam-Webster's English-Spanish Dictionary. The original dictionary titles from America’s foremost publisher were adapted for the mobile screen and supplemented with the new functionality providing fastest definition look-up, audio pronunciations, finger-friendly interface, ‘Search by Voice’ option (enabled by Google), ‘Word of the Day’ widget and search option directly on the Home screen. Paragon’s advanced SlovoEd engine compresses even the weightiest content to minimal memory space. The traditional printed version of Merriam-Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged, for example, weighs in at 12.5 pounds (5,6 kg), has 2,662 pages and measures 4 inches (10,2 cm) thick, but occupies just ~750 Кb on your tiny mobile device.

America’s most comprehensive and authoritative dictionary, Merriam-Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged provides the most extensive coverage of American English. Its database contains more than 257,244 entries and 700,000 definitions with more than 143,000 etymologies detailing word origins, 100,000 quotations and 1,100 synonymous paragraphs. Once installed, the dictionary can be accessed anywhere, anytime, without Internet connection or additional charges.

The largest and most popular college dictionary, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, Eleventh Edition includes over 90,000 entries and 225,000 definitions containing more than 10,000 new words and meanings.

Features:

Word search option on the Home screen. The dictionary can be used as a search source in the phone’s Global search feature, search results will be shown in the ‘Quick Search Box’ widget.
Morphology module to look-up words in any grammatical form.
Search by voice. Speak the word instead of typing it in the dictionary.
English audio pronunciations recorded by native speakers.
Fuzzy Search helps in case of misspelling. Just enter a wrong variant and get a list of similar words.
Wildcard Search finds words even if the user does not know its exact spelling using “?” and “*” symbols to replace the missing.
Integration with Flash Cards application to quiz the comprehension.
Word of the day widget for the Home screen for daily word check. A random entry from the dictionary is changed daily.
Dictionary installation on memory cards.
Hyperlinks between related articles and directions.
Search History feature shows the last 20 words looked up.
No Internet connection required: simply download the dictionary to your device and use it with no further expense incurred.

Compatibility: All Android-based devices.

Availability:
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged is available for 59. 95 USD (54,95 EUR – incl. VAT). Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition, Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary, Merriam-Webster's English-French Dictionary and Merriam-Webster's English-Spanish Dictionary are available for 24. 95 USD (18,95 EUR – incl. VAT). The Merriam-Webster Dictionary is available for 19. 95 USD (17,95 EUR – incl. VAT). Merriam-Webster Pocket Dictionary is available for 14. 95 USD (10,95 EUR – incl. VAT). Merriam-Webster’s dictionaries for Android are available via download from http://www.penreader.com or Android Market at http://www.android.com/market/.

About Paragon Software Group

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Six Most Popular Explanatory and Bilingual Merriam-Webster’s Dictionaries for Android Phones

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300

Paragon Software Group has launched the series of Merriam-Webster’s bilingual and explanatory dictionaries for Android phones. The product line includes Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, Eleventh Edition; Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged; Merriam-Webster’s Medical Dictionary; Merriam-Webster’s Pocket; The Merriam-Webster Dictionary; Merriam-Webster's English-French Dictionary and Merriam-Webster's English-Spanish Dictionary. The original dictionary titles from America’s foremost publisher were adapted for the mobile screen and supplemented with the new functionality providing fastest definition look-up, audio pronunciations, finger-friendly interface, ‘Search by Voice’ option (enabled by Google), ‘Word of the Day’ widget and search option directly on the Home screen.

Features:

Word search option on the Home screen. The dictionary can be used as a search source in the phone’s Global search feature, search results will be shown in the ‘Quick Search Box’ widget.
Morphology module to look-up words in any grammatical form.
Search by voice. Speak the word instead of typing it in the dictionary.
English audio pronunciations recorded by native speakers.
Fuzzy Search helps in case of misspelling. Just enter a wrong variant and get a list of similar words.
Wildcard Search finds words even if the user does not know its exact spelling using “?” and “*” symbols to replace the missing.
Integration with Flash Cards application to quiz the comprehension.
Word of the day widget for the Home screen for daily word check. A random entry from the dictionary is changed daily.
Dictionary installation on memory cards.
Hyperlinks between related articles and directions.
Search History feature shows the last 20 words looked up.
No Internet connection required: simply download the dictionary to your device and use it with no further expense incurred.

More information about Merriam-Webster’s dictionaries for Android

Paragon Software Group Releases Mobile Data Protection Software for the Phones with Java Support

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0300

Freiburg, GERMANY – January, 2010 – Paragon Software Group, a leading software developer for mobile devices and desktop PCs, has released Handy Safe, an application for easy and secure private data storage on mobile phones with Java MIDP 2.0 support. Handy Safe guarantees secure storage and convenient private data control on mobile screens thanks to Paragon’s advanced password and encryption technology. The program offers an over-the-air backup option for data storage and full touch-screen support to satisfy the needs of even the most demanding user. With Handy Safe application, every mobile phone can be used like a crack-proof safe, securely storing such vital information as passwords, credit card details, codes, accounts, logins, insurance policies and other sensitive information. All private and sensitive data is securely stored in one place, available for use on the go, as well as encrypted and hidden from the thieves or hackers.

Handy Safe key features:

Storage:

Store passwords, credit card details, access codes, user names, accounts (email, Internet, shopping, bank), web pages, addresses, travel info, insurance policies, software keys and much more
Import phone numbers from the contact list
Restore accidentaly deleted items
Call directly from the program (if a phone supported feature)
Online backup – save data on a server for accidental data loss. Your data will be encrypted with Blowfish before transmitting to a server.
Touch screen support

Customizable and easy-to-use forms:

30+ predefined templates to store specific information on your phone
Modify the default information forms according to your needs (add more specific fields for text, number and date, change icons)
Arrange your information cards in folders exactly the way you want and create new ones if necessary
Subfolder support
Different colorful themes

Strong data protection:

Strong 512-bit data encryption (Blowfish) keeps your data private and secure. There is currently no effective code-breaking solution for Blowfish encryption.
Use any combination of symbols and characters in your password
Password strength check
Change password option
User-friendly onscreen keyboard for login
Autolock feature when Handy Safe is idle (if a phone supported feature)

Supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish

Compatibility: All mobile phones supporting Java MIDP 2.0, except for the devices with a 128* 160 screen resolution.

Handy Safe Pro for Java is available for 14,95 USD (10,95 EUR, VAT included) via download from http://www.penreader.com and http://www.soft-java.com. For other sales inquiries, please contact Paragon at corporate-sales@penreader.com.

About Paragon Software Group

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ParagonSoftware

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Paragon-Software-GroupMobile-Products/188145097131

All products, service and company names mentioned in the release are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective owners.

Mobile Data Protection Software for the Phones with Java Support

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0300

Paragon Software Group has released Handy Safe, an application for easy and secure private data storage on mobile phones with Java MIDP 2.0 support. Handy Safe guarantees secure storage and convenient private data control on mobile screens thanks to Paragon’s advanced password and encryption technology. The program offers an over-the-air backup option for data storage and full touch-screen support to satisfy the needs of even the most demanding user. With Handy Safe application, every mobile phone can be used like a crack-proof safe, securely storing such vital information as passwords, credit card details, codes, accounts, logins, insurance policies and other sensitive information. All private and sensitive data is securely stored in one place, available for use on the go, as well as encrypted and hidden from the thieves or hackers.

Handy Safe key features:

Store passwords, credit card details, access codes, user names, accounts (email, Internet, shopping, bank), web pages, addresses, travel info, insurance policies, software keys and much more
Import phone numbers from the contact list
Restore accidentaly deleted items
Call directly from the program (if a phone supported feature)
Online backup – save data on a server for accidental data loss. Your data will be encrypted with Blowfish before transmitting to a server.
Strong 512-bit data encryption (Blowfish) keeps your data private and secure. There is currently no effective code-breaking solution for Blowfish encryption.
Touch screen support
Modify the default information forms according to your needs (add more specific fields for text, number and date, change icons)
Password strength check

More information about Handy Safe for Java

Paragon Software Group Receives Samsung’s ‘Developer’s Challenge 2009’ Award for PONS Multilingual ‘Talking’ Dictionaries for Windows Mobile Devices

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0300

FREIBURG, Germany, January 11, 2010 – Paragon Software Group, a leading mobile and desktop PC software developer, and PONS, a publisher well known for its green dictionaries and self study materials, have won the "Samsung Application Store Developer Challenge 2009" award for their best-selling Talking PONS Advanced Italian dictionary for Windows Mobile devices. Samsung Application Store offering its services in France, Italy and the U.K., has tested the Talking PONS Advanced Italian dictionary on Samsung Omnia II (Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional) devices and jury members have recognized the program as the most innovative and feature-rich application with advanced learning techniques and excellent functionality well-adopted to the latest series of Windows Mobile devices.

Outstanding features:

135,000+ detailed meaning differentiations
Usage examples and useful phrases for everyday life
References and transcriptions
Synonyms and antonyms
Modern vocabulary from a wide variety of areas such as the Internet, new media trends, etc.
Detailed information on life and culture in countries
NEW! Browse the dictionary with the touch of a finger! Improved and intuitive touch oriented dictionary interface lets you use PONS dictionary with only your finger-tips (available only for phones with touch screens).
Check correct word pronunciation with Sound Modules, containing pre-recorded voice of Italian and German native speakers.
Enter the words on your native language easier using on-screen Virtual Keyboard for more than 25 languages (available only for phones with non-touch screens).
Read books, documents and web-pages just from your PDA and quickly translate unknown words without leaving your active application by using the Resident Module. All translations are provided in pop-up windows.
Find the translation of the word in any grammatical form with help of built-in Morphology Module for English, French and Spanish languages. Word forms are also provided.
Study the language in the easiest and most effective way using PONS dictionary. Check yourself with the words you have added to Flash Cards from the dictionary.
Find the word even if you don’t know its exact spelling using wildcards ("*", "?" replace a letter and group of letters).
Keep your PONS dictionary always up-to-date. New Online Update feature lets you know of updated dictionary version available for download and you can also set up frequency of update check.
Discover new dictionaries and download it directly to your device with the built-in Online dictionary catalog.
Learn how to use PONS dictionary with the help of colorful and animated Tutorial in English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Chinese Traditional and Simplified languages.

Additional tools:

Irregular English and German verbs
Hyperlinks between different related articles and directions to check your comprehension
Quick dynamic search of words while you type
Search History to see the translation of last 30 words
Improved usability with faster interface on Windows Mobile devices
Supports multiple dictionaries installed at a time with rapid switch amongst them
Optional font size to set customer interface in accordance with your taste
Dictionary interface is available in English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Chinese Traditional and Simplified languages.
Dictionary installation on memory cards to save main memory-space for other programs and applications

For more information about the program: http://www.penreader.com/windows-mobile-software/PONS/Pons_Advanced_Dictionary_Italian.html

About Paragon Software Group

Paragon Software Group (Smart Handheld Devices Division & Epocware) offers software for diverse classes of smartphones (Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, 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 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 PONS

For more than 30 years, PONS has been developing hallmark green dictionaries and language courses for lifelong learning – for students, professional users, travelers and hobby linguists.

PONS offers language learning materials for self study and dictionaries for more than 30 languages. With PONS, you will never be lost for words again.

www.pons.de

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Paragon Software Group Releases Handy Shell 2.0 – Powerful S60 Active Standby Replacement Software to Completely Personalize Your Home Screen

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0300

Freiburg, GERMANY – December, 2009 – Paragon Software Group, a leading software developer for mobile devices and desktop PCs, released a new version of its best-selling Handy Shell application, an advanced custom replacement of the entire S60 Active Standby screen. Handy Shell 2.0, designed to completely replace and customize the home screen according to the user’s wishes, implements touch navigation and 3D "Cube" kinetic scrolling for S60 touchscreen phones.

Handy Shell has four customizable views and five plugin options. The application takes over all functions of the S60 menu key, and adds extra options or disables unnecessary ones. The program allows easy access to necessary information, which includes shortcuts to the most frequently used applications and contacts at a glance. For S60 3.1 (or higher) users, Handy Shell's 3D "Cube" menu allows users to slide their finger over the screen to spin the cube and quickly navigate between screens.

Handy Shell offers four "Today" screen views to capture all important info on the main screen of your S60 smartphone. The "Today" view shows overall information about phone settings, ongoing calendar events, missed calls and SMS messages, new e-mails, weather forecasts -- through integration with the Handy Weather program -- and even provides shortcuts to necessary applications using five types of fully customizable plugins.

Additional Handy Shell 2.0 features include:

* Applications view with fast access to 12 of your most frequently used apps.
* Weather plugin with a five-day weather forecast for your home city, and access to detailed local and distant weather information in Celsius and Fahrenheit. The weather plugin is supported by satellite weather maps and includes optional hourly weather forecasts. (Weather plugin available only for Handy Weather owners).
* "Contacts" view shows 12 favorite contacts with optional speed dial or SMS actions.
* "Photos" view for instant access to your image gallery.
* Full touchscreen support to extend user’s touch screen experience (for S60 5.0).
* Application launcher to access contacts and applications by typing the first characters.
* Wallpaper support for better customization.
* Complete integration with default phone applications.

Handy Shell 2.0 is available for 19.95 USD (14.95 EUR, VAT included) via download from http://www.epocware.com and http://www.penreader.com. Handy Shell 2.0 with Handy Weather integration is available for 39.95 USD (29.95 EUR, VAT included) For other sales inquiries, please contact Paragon at corporate-sales@penreader.com.

Supported languages: Arabic, Chinese Simplified PRC, Chinese Traditional Hong Kong, Chinese Traditional Taiwan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Ukrainian.

About Paragon Software Group

Paragon Software Group (PSG), Smart Handheld Devices Division & Epocware, offers software for diverse classes of smartphones (Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, 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 delivering its solutions to consumers through a network of operators, distributors, resellers, and OEMs as well as online through the company’s 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

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ParagonSoftware or www.twitter.com/epocware_salad/

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Paragon-Software-GroupMobile-Products/188145097131

All products, service and company names mentioned in the release are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective owners.

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Handy Shell 2.0 – Powerful S60 Active Standby Replacement Software to Completely Personalize Your Home Screen

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0300

Paragon Software Group released a new version of its best-selling Handy Shell application, an advanced custom replacement of the entire S60 Active Standby screen. Handy Shell 2.0, designed to completely replace and customize the home screen according to the user’s wishes, implements touch navigation and 3D "Cube" kinetic scrolling for S60 touchscreen phones.

More information about Handy Shell for S60

Paragon Software Releases Handy Safe Pro Software, Advanced Mobile Data Protection for Windows Mobile Phones

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0300

Freiburg, GERMANY – December, 2009 – Paragon Software Group announces the release of Handy Safe Pro, the new professional version of the best-selling private data storage application for Windows Mobile devices (Symbian S60 application was released at the end of 2008). Handy Safe Pro guarantees secure storage and convenient private data control on the mobile screen thanks to advanced password and encryption protections, finger-friendly and easy manageable application toolbar and two-way synchronization with PC. All the private and sensitive information will be securely stored to prevent unauthorized use as well as always accessible for the user directly from mobile screen.

Handy Safe Pro brings mobile users some peace of mind while keeping such vital information as passwords, credit card details, codes, accounts, logins, insurance policies and many others – all in one place, available for use on the go, as well as encrypted and hidden from the thieves or hackers. The program also allows to synchronize the data with PC, easily access, edit, import, restore previous databases and locate the information to user-defined folders.

Handy Safe Pro key features:

*Storage:

Modify the default information forms according to your needs (add more specific fields for text, number, date and password) or send the form by SMS or e-mail
Restore accidently deleted items
Activate e-mail address or phone number with a single tap
Show/hide passwords option
Finger-friendly customizable tool-bar
Finger-tip navigation

*Data protection

Strong 448-bit data encryption (Blowfish) keeps the data private and secure. There is currently no effective code-breaking solution for Blowfish encryption.
Use any combination of symbols and characters for password
Password strength check
Built-in Password generator- for generating secure passwords
Password hints in case if the password was forgotten
Autolock feature for when Handy Safe is idle

*Customizable forms

30+ predefined templates to store specific information according to user’s needs
Create user own personal templates with customizable icons
Arrange information cards in folders exactly the way user wants and create the new ones if necessary
Edit forms and notes quickly with new menu functions: Cut/Copy/Paste

*Handy Safe Desktop Professional – a PC companion

Easy access to the smartphone information on PC
Specially designed synchronization mechanism
User defined database location
Import previous Handy Safe databases: copy database from phone, restore from backup or locate database
Password generator
Professional design and usability: easy to use toolbar, database wizard, hide password function and more

Handy Safe Pro for Windows Mobile is available for 29.95 USD (20.95 EUR, VAT included) via download from http://www.penreader.com. Handy Safe Pro for S60 is available for 34.95 USD (29.95 EUR, VAT included) via download from http://www.penreader.com. For other sales inquiries, please contact Paragon at corporate-sales@penreader.com.

About Paragon Software Group

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ParagonSoftware
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Paragon-Software-GroupMobile-Products/188145097131

All products, service and company names mentioned in the release are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective owners.