Paragon Software news

Multilingual ‘Talking’ Dictionaries for Android Released

Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 +0400

Paragon Software Group releases a new series of bilingual dictionaries for Android-powered phones. Favorite dictionaries from every home bookshelf are now available in electronic format directly on the smartphone due to Paragon's advanced SlovoEd compression technology.
NEW features include: English, French, German, Italian and Spanish audio pronunciations, installation on memory cards.
Lexical databases are provided by Chambers Harrap Publishers LTD, Oxford University Press, PONS GmbH, VOX and other leading publishers. NEW series include:
Spanish Talking VOX Catalan-Spanish & Spanish-Catalan dictionary,
Talking VOX English-Spanish & Spanish-English dictionary,
Talking VOX French-Spanish & Spanish-French dictionary,
Talking VOX Italian-Spanish & Spanish-Italian dictionary,
German Talking PONS Compact Dictionary Polish,
German Talking PONS Compact Dictionary Turkish,
Talking Oxford German Dictionary, Third Edition,
Talking Harrap’s English-French & French-English dictionary,

And more dictionaries for Android phones

First Series of Multilingual ‘Talking’ PONS Dictionaries for Mac OS Launched

Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:00 +0400

Paragon Software Group has launched a series of multilingual dictionaries for Mac OS users. PONS Mac OS product line includes five most popular dictionaries – German-French , German-Italian , German-English , German-Spanish and German-Turkish . The original dictionaries from the 30-year publishing veteran PONS were adapted to the electronic versions for Mac OS users’ convenience to provide extensive translation or word definition by simply pointing the cursor over the word in question.

Features:

Word definition look-up without leaving the active application and switching to the dictionary. Read e-mails, documents, and Web pages from your PC and get word translations by simply pointing the cursor over the unknown word.
Word search in any grammatical form (plural nouns, adjectives, different verb forms) using built-in morphology module (English, French, Spanish).
Sound modules pre-recorded by native speakers.
Grammar reference for every word in the dictionary (for English, French, Russian, Spanish).
“Search history” and “bookmarks.”
Check yourself with the words you have added to “Flash Cards.”
“Fuzzy search” and wildcards ("*", "?", etc.) help find words even if you do not remember the exact spelling.
Enter words in your native language faster by using on-screen virtual keyboard.
Lists of irregular verbs (English and German).
New Dictionary Online Update feature allows you to upload new dictionary content.
Discover new dictionaries and download them directly to your device with the built-in online dictionary catalogue.

Largest Solitaire Collection for BlackBerry Smartphones

Fri, 22 May 2009 00:00:00 +0400

Paragon Software Group has launched three new games for Blackberry smartphones – the Can't Stop Solitaire Collection, the Can't Stop Klondike Solitaire and the Can't Stop Freecell Solitaire.
The Can't Stop Solitaire Collection includes 250 solitaire games, and is the largest solitaire collection for BlackBerry available on the market. A large variety of solitaire games include the well-known Freecell, Klondike, Pyramid, Spider and Joker, as well as exciting Trefoil, Canfield, Carpet, Yukon and Algerian Patience Solitaires, to name a few...

The Paragon’s Solitaires for BlackBerry offers outstanding functional features, such as:

Easy-to-follow rules, animated demonstrations and on-device help for every game
A variety of card backs and backgrounds to customize the game view
Hints on possible moves
Statistics of games played and games won
Possibility to create a list of favorite games to make navigation easier
Attractive appearance and animated graphics
Bookmarks on a card layout
Undo feature to back up moves
Possibility to install the game to expansion cards
Intuitive user interface

More info about:
The Can't Stop Solitaire Collection
The Can't Stop Freecell Solitaire
The Can't Stop Klondike Solitaire

Call recording, call filtering, call processing and profile management directly on Today’s Screen

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0400

Paragon Software Group released Handy Assistant, an advanced mobile phone application allowing management and customization of phone profiles, call processing and filtering, as well as other highly utilized phone features on Windows Mobile devices.
Profiles: Handy Assistant includes six default profiles to manage the user’s ring type, sound volume and call processing. All profiles can be easily changed directly on the Today’s screen of your Windows mobile device. Automatic profiles can be activated according to a preset schedule or by location.
Call processing: Handy Assistant processes all incoming calls and filters them according to the rules: Accept, Reject, Reject+SMS or Ignore. The user can set different rules for various categories of contacts.
Contact categories: Users can create their own categories, edit category groups, activate the default or custom profile for each contact category. The program’s contact categories integrate easily with Windows Mobile native phone contact categories set by the user.
Black list: Handy Assistant enables the addition of contacts to the Black List in order to conveniently avoid undesired calls.
Post-call actions: Handy Assistant offers the user multiple options for after-call follow-ups, such as writing a note, open/add to Contacts, blacklist/whitelist the contact, change the current profile, send e-mail/SMS, save info about an appointment and more actions in a matter of seconds, even during a call.

More features and details about Handy Assistant for Windows Mobile

SlovoEd 7.1 Version Allows Touch Operation and Control on Windows Mobile Devices

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0400

Paragon Software Group, the leading software developer for mobile devices and PC desktops, has released SlovoEd 7.1 dictionary series for Windows Mobile devices with touch screen. The dictionary interface has been specially optimized for fingertip control and now includes a touch-specific scrollbar that allows easy dictionary browsing and interaction with the word reference displayed on the screen with the touch of a finger tip, rather than the stylus.

SlovoEd dictionaries employ the best original linguistic content developed through years of extensive research by the world’s leading publishers such as Merriam-Webster, Oxford, Duden, PONS and Harrap, to name a few. SlovoEd 7.1 series now includes three new dictionaries:

SlovoEd Classic German<>Polish dictionary contains 73,026 entries.
SlovoEd Classic German<>Turkish dictionary contains 72,898 entries.
SlovoEd Classic Portuguese<>Russian dictionary contains 78,160 entries.

SlovoEd 7.1 for Windows Mobile key features:

Read books, documents and web-pages just from your PDA and quickly translate unknown words without leaving your active application
Find the translation of the word in any grammatical form
Check correct word pronunciation containing pre-recorded voice of English, French, German, Italian and Spanish native speakers.
Enter the words on your native language easier using on-screen Virtual Keyboard for more than 25 languages.
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 SlovoEd dictionary always up-to-date. New SlovoEd Online Update feature lets you know of updated dictionary versions 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 SlovoEd dictionary with the help of colorful and animated Tutorial in English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Chinese Traditional and Simplified languages.

More information about SlovoEd for Windows Mobile

Multilingual Talking SlovoEd Dictionaries v.2.0 for iPhone and iPod Touch Released

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0300

Paragon Software Group, the world’s leading software developer and content provider for mobile devices and desktop PCs, launches new series of multilingual SlovoEd dictionaries for iPhone and iPod touch. The most reliable linguistic dictionary content coupled with Paragon’s technologically advanced SlovoEd engine bring premium dictionary content to iPhone and iPod touch users directly on the mobile device screen.

New features include:

Morphology module provides world translation in any grammatical form with a possibility to find and translate base form of the word for English, French, Spanish, Russian languages,
Fuzzy search option shows similar words to the entered term. It helps to find exact meaning even if the entered word is misspelled,
Wildcard search allows to look words up with wildcards ("*", "?", etc.) when the exact spelling is unknown,
Flash Card Quiz enables to add new words to the flash cards and test your knowledge.

SlovoEd for iPhone/iPod touch more features:

Audio modules contain live voice pronunciations prerecorded by native speakers, helping iPhone users to improve pronunciation and ease the mastery of a new language.
The “History” feature shows the last 100 translated words.
The “Cross-Lookup” feature is an easy check of language comprehension.
The SlovoEd engine compresses the dictionary content to a minimum of memory space while allowing the user to perform multiple learning, word reference and translation functions as quickly as possible.

More info about SlovoEd dictionaries for iPhone and iPod touch

Epocware Releases Handy RSS, Mobile RSS Reader for S60 Smartphones

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0300

Epocware releases Handy RSS, an advanced RSS feed reader for S60 smartphones. Handy RSS allows mobile user to read RSS items, displayed as feed headers and news in full view, thus making all the latest information on the web available directly on smartphone, yet fully optimized for mobile screen.

No additional desktop applications needed - just run Handy RSS and get the latest news items without any effort. Intuitive user interface and application menus provide one-click control to add/edit RSS channels, download, browse and mark items and other options to make RSS reading fast and convenient.

Handy RSS features:

Add/edit RSS channels
One list of RSS items
Read item list and RSS headers offline
Open web browser to read the full item
Mark items as read/unread
One-click control
No additional application or desktop RSS readers needed
Nokia 5800 and Nokia N97 support

More information about Handy RSS for S60

Handy Shopper - Efficient Shopping Planner for S60

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0300

Epocware announces the release of Handy Shopper, an all-in-one shopping planner to manage and easily maintain grocery shopping lists directly on the S60 mobile screen. Handy Shopper keeps all shopping plans and deals in the smartphone as easily manageable lists, organized for each store, shopping center or category and rids the need for endless paper notes, a thing of the past.

Using Handy Shopper reduces costs and time spent shopping due to incorrect or unforeseen purchases when replacing common light bulbs, printer cartridges, household items, or measuring for curtains. Users can add specific part numbers, dimensions, or measurements to their shopping list to minimize the guesswork in their shopping and prevent the need to return to the store to purchase the correct merchandise at a later date.

Handy Shopper features:

Keep shopping plans in order
Create multiple shopping lists for every store with unlimited quantity of products
Sort the list by categories and by user preference
Add new categories and products, user-customizable
Real-time updates to the shopping list; mark purchased products while shopping and the items will be automatically moved to the bottom of the list
Send shopping list by SMS or import it from received messages

More information about Handy Shopper for S60

SlovoEd Standalone Dictionary Series for Mobile Phones with Java Support Released

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0300

SlovoEd Standalone Dictionary Series for Mobile Phones with Java Support Released

Paragon Software Group releases SlovoEd multilingual dictionary line for mobile phones supporting Java MIDP 2.0. SlovoEd for mobiles provides the most common translations and references from the world’s leading dictionary publishers, and at the same time occupies minimal memory space on the phone. With no Internet connection required, the user can simply download the dictionary once and use it without any additional or reoccurring expenses.

SlovoEd dictionaries for mobile phones contain a wide choice of more than 60 dictionaries for 25 languages and the best dictionary content from the world’s most famous publishers: Merriam-Webster Inc., Oxford University Press, Ernst Klett Sprachen GmbH (PONS), Chambers Harrap Publishers LTD, and Van Dale Lexicografie BV.

Including clear and concise definitions illustrating contemporary vocabulary on most of the world languages, SlovoEd for mobiles is the ultimate reference source for students, travelers, language beginners and enthusiasts.

SlovoEd for mobiles features:

Instant and efficient translation and reference on-the-go,
On-screen Virtual Keyboard helps to enter words in any language even if the user’s phone doesn’t support it,
Quick dynamic search of words while the user types,
Online dictionary catalog provides one-click access to new dictionaries and free upgrades with the possibility to download new software directly to the phone,
Transcriptions facilitating pronunciation,
Hyperlinks between different related articles,
Extensive variety of supported phones.

More information about SlovoEd for Java

SlovoEd Multilingual Dictionaries for Android Phones Released

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0300

SlovoEd Multilingual Dictionaries for Android Phones Released

Paragon Software Group, the leading software developer of electronic dictionaries for desktop PCs and smartphones, releases a series of SlovoEd explanatory and bilingual dictionaries for Android-powered phones, including recently released T-Mobile G1 and others. Favorite dictionaries from every home bookshelf are now available in electronic format directly on the smartphone due to Paragon's advanced SlovoEd compression technology.

SlovoEd Android series includes English explanatory and 8 bilingual (English, French, German, Italian and Spanish) dictionaries. Lexical databases are provided by Oxford University Press, Ernst Klett Sprachen GmbH, Chambers Harrap Publishers LTD, Larousse Editorial S.L. and other leading world publishers. Using its unique compression engine, SlovoEd dictionaries provide comprehensive content, and a host of learning tools and features while occupying minimal memory space on the device. There is no need to turn pages of imposing volumes to find the necessary word – the user and instantly finds necessary word definitions or translations.

Features:

Quick dynamic search while you type,
Cross links between related articles,
“History” feature displays 20 most recently searched words,
No Internet connection required – just download the dictionary once and use it without any additional expenses,
Support of multiple dictionaries installed at a time

More information about SlovoEd for Android

PenReader Touch - Write with Finger-Tips on Windows Mobile Screen

Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0300

PenReader Touch - Write with Finger-Tips on Windows Mobile Screen

Paragon Software Group releases PenReader Touch, advanced multilingual handwriting recognition software for mobile devices that allows fast and efficient data input with fingertips rather than a stylus in 30 languages. The program requires no additional training or handwriting adjustment. PenReader Touch automatically recognizes handwritten words and converts them into typed ones.

Features:

Fast and exact recognition of 30 languages. You can easily switch between the languages when writing.
Immediate recognition of letters; numbers (incl. Arabic numbers); standard, arithmetic and punctuation symbols; several gestures that fully duplicate main keyboard functions (shift, backspace, etc.).
Customizable handwriting style helps to recognize text more accurately and faster, just choose a convenient way of writing various symbols in the "Copy-book" menu.
Fast recognition of pen strokes from any application window.
Options for pen width and ink color let the user customize the interface in accordance with the user's taste.

More information about PenReader Touch for Windows Mobile

Paragon Software Group Releases Handy Weather for BlackBerry Smartphones

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0300

Paragon Software Group announces the release of Handy Weather application for BlackBerry smartphones. The program enables mobile users to get wireless weather forecasts in Celsius and Fahrenheit from any point in the world directly on their mobile device, subject to network connection and carrier capabilities. Wireless Internet compatibility is the only requirement needed for users to get real time weather information.

Features:

Preset list of 40,000 cities from all over the world.
Detailed weather forecast includes current temperature in Celsius or Fahrenheit, real feel (Rf) temperature, well-designed animated graphics include traditional weather icons and text, wind direction and wind speed in mph, km/h or m/s, barometric pressure in Hg, mbar or mmHg, relative humidity in %, etc.
Automatically updated weather forecasts at certain intervals (every two, four, eight, twelve or twenty-four hours), or at a time preset by the user.
Three weather view modes: temperature graph for up to seven consecutive days, detailed weather forecast for each day and current weather conditions (for most cities) for several locations of the user's choice.
The traffic generated by a weather update is only 2.5 Kb per city forecast per download.
Advertising free.
Multilingual interface is presented on English, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish languages.

More information about Handy Weather for BlackBerry

All Epocware's Solutions Redesigned for Efficient Work on S60 5th Edition Touch Screen Devices

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0300

Epocware, a subsidiary of Paragon Software Group, releases full-feature software support for the latest S60 5th Edition smartphones from Nokia. Epocware's programs and services now fully support the redesigned interface of the touch screen devices – Nokia 5800 and Nokia N97.

All Epocware's programs – from the utility applications, such as Handy Shell, Handy Safe, Handy Weather, Handy Calendar to the SlovoEd's more than 120 monolingual and bilingual dictionaries were tailor-made for Nokia 5800 and Nokia N97, keeping in mind all special characteristics and unique features of the touch screen devices.

More information about software for Nokia 5800

Handy Safe Professional Edition Allows Efficient Data Storage

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0300

Epocware, subsidiary of Paragon Software Group released Handy Safe Pro, the new professional edition of best selling Handy Safe application that allows secure storage and convenient private data control as well as 2-way synchronization with PC on S60 smartphones. Handy Safe Pro increases the usability of the Safe’s interface adding new features to store, edit and manage sensitive data more efficiently.

To guarantee more safety of the important data, Handy Safe Pro now includes Autolock option temporary locking access to Handy Safe, when the user switched for another application for some time. For user’s comfort new application enables to restore accidentally deleted items. Additionally, Handy Safe Pro allows to create personal subfolders and provides automatic conversion of entered URLs into hyperlinks.

Handy Safe Desktop utility synchronizes all the Safe’s data with PC and allows to easily access and edit it. Now it enables mobile user to define the location for the database on PC and work with the data effortlessly thanks to improved usability including new toolbar, database wizard, search results, hide password function and professional design.

Handy Safe Pro new features:

Conversion of URLs in hyperlinks
Subfolders support
Deleted items recovery
Autolock option
PC database location defined by user
Improved usability and new professional look

More information about Handy Safe Pro

Epocware Releases Handy Alarm Pro for S60 Smartphones – Advanced Time Management Tool with Multiple Alarms and Reminders

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0300

Epocware, a subsidiary of Paragon Software Group, announces Handy Alarm Pro – an advanced application with six types of alarms and five kinds of reminders supplemented with multiple-setting configurations and options to make all possible alarm features available directly on the S60 smartphone.

Handy Alarm Pro provides user-friendly interface with intuitive control, making multiple options and alarm settings available at a glance. For every user’s need, alarms can be set to ring once, daily, weekly or monthly, as well as fixed to ring only on working days. The user can choose an alarm song and vibration for each alarm and reminder, and a text note may be added to any alarm or reminder. Users can set five types of reminders for all possible everyday situations. In addition to standard reminders – which includes time, date and note options – Handy Alarm Pro allows users to set voice reminders, call or send texts directly from the reminder, and even create reminders from incoming messages.

Handy Alarm Pro Main Features:

Alarms: next 24 hours, Once, Daily, Work Days, Weekly, or Monthly
Reminders: Simple, Contact, Phone number, Voice note, From SMS
Different ring tones, volume and even vibration for every single alarm and reminder
Advanced snooze capability (from five minutes up to two days) and auto snooze option

More information about Handy Alarm Pro

Handy Converter Provides Multiple Choices of Currency Rates.

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0300

Epocware, subsidiary of Paragon Software Group, released new 2.05 version of Handy Converter for S60 smartphones. Handy Converter provides all-in-one currency and unit conversion solution right on mobile screen. Handy Converter enables mobile users to save their time and money, especially abroad, professionally and instantly performing various currency calculations and units of measure conversion.

Handy Converter 2.05 allows mobile user to choose the most preferable and reliable banking currency rate. Now the application provides currencies from Federal Reserve System of USA, Bank of Canada, European Central Bank or Russian Central Bank.

More information about Handy Converter for S60

Paragon Software Group Releases Handy Weather for Java-Based Mobile Phones

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0300

Paragon Software Group announces the release of Handy Weather application for Java-based mobile phones. The program enables mobile users to get wireless weather forecasts in Celsius and Fahrenheit from any point in the world directly on their mobile device, subject to network connection and carrier capabilities. Wireless Internet compatibility is the only requirement needed for users to get real time weather information.

Handy Weather can be set to automatically update weather forecasts at certain intervals (every two, four, eight, twelve or twenty-four hours), or at a time preset by the user.

Main Features of Handy Weather Include:

Celsius and Fahrenheit options for high and low day temperature
Only 2.5 Kb per city forecast
Temperature graph for up to seven consecutive days, and simultaneous forecast for several locations of the user's choice
Current condition (for most cities)
40,000 preset cities worldwide
Well-designed animated graphics include traditional weather icons and text
Wind direction, speed in mph, km/h or m/s
Current pressure and humidity
UV index, and other important features

More information about Handy Weather for Java-based mobiles

PiLoc Localization for Palm Centro Released

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0400

Paragon Software (SHDD) has updated its best-selling PiLoc, the line of national language support software. Now you can visit your favorite web-sites, read e-mail and operate with your Palm Centro in your native language.

This impressive device is now customized for using in Arabic, Greek, Hebrew and Russian languages, its full set of applications and multimedia possibilities are adapted specially for the local audiences. PiLoc provides Centro with such common features as translated standard fonts, variants of on-screen keyboard layout and several encoding types for proper national Internet-pages support.

PiLoc software was developed in complete accordance with Centro ideology. Even one-hand operation can be easily provided by special PiLoc features::

Special characters’ input by a single button
Rapid switch to another menu language
External keyboard using to enter national letters
Current language indicator always in sight
Instant access to Command Bar
Personal language settings for each application (current system language, current codepage or bidirectional mechanism)

Just make your device more usable with the help of PiLoc language support!

Handy Calendar 2.0 for S60 Smartphones, Increasing Productivity and Time Management

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0400

Epocware is pleased to announce the release of Handy Calendar 2.0 – the advanced calendar and time management tool for Symbian S60 smartphones on Symbian OS. The program enhances the default Calendar application and supplements it with additional, more advanced calendar features, such as total overview of appointments and tasks in three different view modes, Timetable view, Skins, Cut/Copy/Paste entries in all views, Import of birthdays directly from Contacts, and other features.

Handy Calendar is a mobile personal assistant that assumes control of users' information, appointments and tasks, and guarantees nothing will be missed or left behind. The mobile user can now import birthdays directly from the Contacts list and automatically create an anniversary entry so that family and friends’ special occasions will never be missed. The new edition also offers an updated Skin system allowing the use of either custom skins or predefined phone themes according to the user’s taste. The latest Cut/Copy/Paste feature makes it much easier to copy and move entries in all views of the application.

Handy Calendar 2.0 features include:

Enhanced views of Month, Week, Day, and Tasks
Timetable view shows weekly timetables by hours, enabling visually estimate user’s activity for the week
Zoom-in views
Notes support for all entry types
Repeating option for entries: Monthly by day, Yearly by day, and Working days
Busy bar to estimate how busy the day is
Advanced entry viewing that allows the display of all attributes at once, allowing users to open URLs, send e-mail or make a phone call
All entries can be synchronized with Microsoft Outlook

More information about Handy Calendar

SlovoEd Arabic Dictionaries Provides Full Support of Windows Mobile 6 and 6.1 devices

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0400

Paragon Software Group (SHDD & Epocware) announces SlovoEd 7 Arabic dictionaries are fully compatible with all devices running Windows Mobile 6 and 6.1. Now all the users of Windows Mobile 6 devices can enjoy new SlovoEd 7.0 Arabic-English and Arabic-Russian dictionaries, bringing mobile dictionary browsing to unprecedented levels of speed and accuracy while occupying a minimum amount of space on the device. Developed specifically for each type of hardware, the rich functionality of the SlovoEd dictionary can be enjoyed equally on either the Pocket PC or Windows Mobile smartphone without any loss of attributes.

SlovoEd for Windows Mobile features:

Read books, documents and web-pages just from your PDA and quickly translate unknown words without leaving your active application
Find the translation of the word in any grammatical form
Check correct word pronunciation containing pre-recorded voice of English, French, German, Italian and Spanish native speakers.
Enter the words on your native language easier using on-screen Virtual Keyboard for more than 25 languages.
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 SlovoEd dictionary always up-to-date. New SlovoEd Online Update feature lets you know of updated dictionary versions 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 SlovoEd dictionary with the help of colorful and animated Tutorial in English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Chinese Traditional and Simplified languages.

More information about SlovoEd Arabic dictionaries for Windows Mobile

Handy Essentials Pack – a must-have application suite for S60 smartphone

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0400

Epocware, subsidiary of Paragon Software Group, announces Handy Essentials Pack, a must-have application suite to increase functionality and productivity of S60 smartphone. The most essential utilities gathered in one pack are available for a special total price - 79, 95 USD instead of usual 139, 80 USD thanks to an incredible 42% discount saving 60 USD.

Handy Essential Pack consists of 4 most popular and most essential utilities for S60 smartphones:

Handy Weather is the easiest and most reliable way of accessing local, as well as distant, weather information in Celsius and Fahrenheit – all in a mobile environment. The detailed five-day weather forecasts are supported by satellite weather maps and include four layouts: morning, day, evening and night.
Handy Calendar is a mobile personal assistant that assumes control of user’s information, appointments and tasks and guarantees nothing will be missed or left behind. At a glance the user will see day or week plans and will get quick access to detailed view of coming meetings and assignments.
Handy Safe provides secure data storage under strong protection of 448-bit data encryption and 2-way synchronization with PC to add, edit and access private info easily from PC.
Handy Taskman provides complete control of S60 smartphone work and productivity. It allows to quickly launch needed application, create shortcuts, get full information about running programs and free memory left, switch to, close or kill any application in one click.

More information about Handy Essentials for S60

Handy Shell - an Advanced Replacement for S60 Active Standby Screen

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0400

Epocware, a subsidiary of Paragon Software Group, announces Handy Shell, a brand-new application replacing the entire S60 Active Standby screen. Handy Shell takes over all functions of the S60 menu key, while adding extra options or disabling the unnecessary ones.

Handy Shell allows the user to take complete control over the device’s screen and customize it according to the user’s wishes thanks to attractive new features, such as three customizable views and five plugins options:

Today view completely replaces Active Standby and collects all important info on your smartphone’s screen.

-Digital clock, date, alarms

- Application shortcuts

- Phone indicators (Bluetooth, missed calls, new messages, new emails, active profile, active theme)

- Calendar events

- Weather data (5 days weather forecast with weather type icon and temperature)

Applications view gives a fast access to frequently used applications.
Contacts view shows 12 favourite contacts with optional dial or create message actions
Dial and Start allows shortcuts to the desired contacts or to launch applications from any of Shell’s view, simply by typing the first characters of the phone or name on the Today screen.
All Plugins can be moved around the screen, easily customized, or activated and deactivated.

In addition, Handy Shell includes a “Weather” Plugin with five-day weather forecast for the Today screen and a one-year subscription to the Handy Weather service. Handy Weather is the easiest and most reliable way of accessing local, as well as distant, weather information in Celsius and Fahrenheit – all in a mobile environment. The detailed five-day weather forecasts are supported by satellite weather maps and include four layouts: morning, day, evening and night.

More information about Handy Shell for S60

Handy Converter Performs World Currency Conversions and Units Calculations On-the-Go

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0400

Paragon Software Group releases Handy Converter for mobile devices running on Java MIDP 2.0 and BlackBerry, upgrade for Windows Mobile (Pocket PC and Smartphone), and Symbian Symbian S60. The program saves the mobile user time and money by performing various calculations and units of measure conversion directly on the mobile device’s screen. Handy Converter is a reliable resource for world-currency and units-of-measure calculations, supporting up to 57 currencies and units of temperature, length, weight, area, volume and speed.

The product’s main features include:

Instant value evaluation while typing – no extra steps to find out the result
Conversions into 57 major world currencies
Exchange rates automatically provided by Bank of Canada and European Central Bank, or rate may be manually assigned
Clothing size conversions from seven international scales for men’s, women’s and children’s apparel and shoes
Conversions of temperature, length, weight, area, volume, speed, etc.
Smart and user-friendly interface without complicated menus

(Please note that some features may vary, depending on platform.)

Whether on a business trip or vacation, Handy Converter will be always on hand to provide instant and accurate answers to all extensive calculations.

New SlovoEd 7.0 Engine with Extremely Fast Browsing, Highly Compressed Content for its Talking E-Dictionary Series on Windows Mobile Smartphones and Pocket PCs

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0400

Paragon Software Group, the leading software developer and content provider for mobile devices and PC desktops, releases the new SlovoEd 7.0 engine for its dictionary series on Windows Mobile smartphones and Pocket PCs, bringing mobile dictionary browsing to unprecedented levels of speed and accuracy while occupying a minimum amount of space on the device. Developed specifically for each type of hardware, the rich functionality of the SlovoEd dictionary can be enjoyed equally on either the Pocket PC or Windows Mobile smartphone without any loss of attributes.

The SlovoEd series – from monolingual reference encyclopedias to bilingual translation dictionaries in 30 languages, including Chinese – offers a host of features and learning tools along with audio pronunciations for the most difficult words, which fits every learner’s level and learning style. All SlovoEd dictionaries are based on the most reliable linguistic databases, which have been developed through years of extensive research, coming directly from the world’s leading publishers such as Merriam-Webster, Oxford UP, Duden, PONS and Harrap, to name a few. The multilingual on-screen keyboard layout for 30 languages enables users to enter and translate words and letters in different languages, even if it is not supported by device.

SlovoEd 7 for Windows Mobile features:

Read books, documents and web-pages just from your PDA and quickly translate unknown words without leaving your active application
Find the translation of the word in any grammatical form
Check correct word pronunciation containing pre-recorded voice of English, French, German, Italian and Spanish native speakers.
Enter the words on your native language easier using on-screen Virtual Keyboard for more than 25 languages.
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 SlovoEd dictionary always up-to-date. New SlovoEd Online Update feature lets you know of updated dictionary versions 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 SlovoEd dictionary with the help of colorful and animated Tutorial in English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Chinese Traditional and Simplified languages.

More information about SlovoEd 7 for Windows Mobile

InterKey 3.0 Provides Fast and Accurate Text Input by Hand or Stylus in 36 Languages and 60 National Layouts

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0400

Paragon Software Group, a leading software developer of productivity, security and educational applications for mobile devices and desktop PCs, releases InterKey 3.0 – a multilingual text input application for Windows Mobile Pocket PC. Due to large and fingertip-friendly keys, text input by hand or stylus becomes effortless, and typing foreign languages on a standard keyboard is fast and accurate. The program is available in two editions – InterKey 3.0 Standard and InterKey 3.0 Professional with word autocompletion function.

InterKey 3.0 features include:

Multilingual layouts – the handy onscreen keyboard contains 60 national layouts that allow users to write in 36 languages and to quickly switch between languages.
Several text input options – users can switch to the standard keyboard or use keys large enough for finger typing.
Precise input – the zooming key feature reduces mistypes by zooming the keys being touched.
Word completion function (available in the Professional Edition) allows frequently used words to be typed more quickly and easily by implementing the dictionary structure, and by auto-completing frequently used words. All new words, once entered, will be automatically added to the word database.

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