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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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.

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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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Handy Weather software is the easiest, as well as most reliable way to access comprehensive weather forecasts for any destination, from any point on the globe – all in a mobile environment. Wireless Internet compatibility is the only requirement needed for users to get real time weather information on-the-go. Paragon’s server guarantees the most secure and fast data access up to two million instantaneous users. To get the forecast, users can pick any location from a preset list of all major cities worldwide, or use latitude and longitude coordinates to get weather information for any location on Earth.

Paragon Software Group and Motorola plan to offer Handy Weather software for Motorola’s MOTO Z8 device, and later for MOTO Z10. The program will be offered on a trial basis to all Motorola purchasers of these devices for three months. Users will then be invited to subscribe to the Handy Weather service for one year for an additional fee.

More information about Handy Weather for UIQ 3.0
Penreader: http://www.penreader.com/uiq-3-software/Handy_Weather.html

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.

Paragon's Drive Backup 9.0 features maximum ease-of-use and adds new functionalities, including an innovative file-level protection system that allows users to protect all files, including emails, Outlook files, photos, music, videos, spreadsheets and other documents from damage through the creation of a backup copy. Drive Backup 9.0 differs from competing offerings in that it utilizes a file-level protection system that allows the product to backup open and "in-use" files, creating a comprehensive backup system which combines the benefits of both disk-snapshot-based and file-based backup approaches.

Please find information about Drive Backup 9.0 at www.paragon-software.com

Localized for Hungarian, the package allows full translation of the interface, onscreen and hardware keyboards in Hungarian, as well as allows the user to conveniently switch between Hungarian and English. Also, included in the bundle is Paragon’s PenReader multilingual handwriting recognition software, enabling handwriting recognition text input in the Hungarian language. PenReader does not require special training or adjustment to one’s handwriting, and will be ready to use as soon as the device is turned on, making work on the P750 or P527 device more comfortable and effective.

“ASUSTeK is well-known for its high-quality mobile offerings, and this package represents the quality of Paragon’s continued partnership with ASUS in value-added software,” said Dmitry Bekhterev, chief of sales and business development department of Paragon Software Group. “Paragon collaborated intensely with ASUS to help bring the best possible mobile computing experience to Eastern Europe.”

Merriam-Webster’s dictionaries for Windows Vista/XP/2000 features:

• Authoritative word definition with a single click without leaving active application and switching to the dictionary
• Word search in any grammatical form (plural nouns, adjectives, different verb forms, etc.)
• 20,000 English, French and Spanish audio pronunciations
• Instant grammar reference for every word of the dictionary
• New translations and meanings adding to create personal dictionaries

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PONS dictionaries include impressive number of entries, translations, variants of word usage, spelling and pronunciation. It also covers short grammar reference and contemporary vocabulary of all subjects for clear communication and comprehension.

The line includes 4 essential PONS dictionaries that can be easily fitted in the pocket and guarantee efficient translation:

• PONS Advanced dictionary English
• PONS Advanced dictionary French
• PONS Advanced dictionary Italian
• PONS Advanced dictionary Spanish

• The Pack of Merriam-Webster dictionaries includes 4 popular dictionary wordbases and provides an extensive coverage of American English, French and Spanish regional dialects.

• The Pack of Oxford dictionaries based on the quality and reputation of traditional English translation will help to improve language skills.

• Duden dictionaries contain 4 celebrated German dictionaries to get a comprehensive view of German language from up-to-date vocabulary covering new words of modern lifestyle to business and technical language.

• Harrap's French Shorter Dictionary is the most authoritative pocket reference of English and French for language beginners and professionals.

• Four essential German dictionaries forming The Pack of PONS dictionaries provide an overall translation to English, French, Spanish and Italian as well as highlights country regions, people and its culture that will be useful for all kinds of language learners.

There is no need to take piles of paper dictionaries to get necessary translation. With the help of Paragon’s dictionaries for mobile phones most authoritative reference resources will be always at hand to provide clear and precise word definitions whenever user needs.

Handy Weather software is the easiest, as well as most reliable way to access comprehensive weather forecasts for any destination, from any point on the globe – all in a mobile environment. Wireless Internet compatibility is the only requirement needed for users to get real time weather information on-the-go. Paragon’s server guarantees the most secure and fast data access up to two million instantaneous users. To get the forecast, users can pick any location from a preset list of all major cities worldwide, or use latitude and longitude coordinates to get weather information for any location on Earth.

Paragon Software Group and Motorola plan to offer Handy Weather software for Motorola’s MOTO Z8 device, and later for MOTO Z10. The program will be offered on a trial basis to all Motorola purchasers of these devices for three months. Users will then be invited to subscribe to the Handy Weather service for one year for an additional fee.

More information about Handy Weather for UIQ 3.0
Penreader: http://www.penreader.com/uiq-3-software/Handy_Weather.html

Due to Paragon’s state-of–the-art engine, the dictionary’s most comprehensive database can now be browsed rapidly, making a wireless translation for language learners of all levels – effortless. Paragon’s technology makes it possible for mobile users around the globe to work and communicate in languages spoken by 420 million people even more easily. The German-English dictionary contains practical advice on selecting the right idioms used in everyday spoken and written communication.

Additional new features include:

• An extensive database of 300,000 word entries and 470,000 translations
• 8,000 audio pronunciations for difficult words
• The possibility to translate the word in any grammatical form and in any application running on the device without switching to the dictionary program
• Special search for words with unknown spelling using “?” and “*” symbols
• The list of recently searched words
• Multilingual on-screen keyboard layout enabling users to enter and translate words and letters in different languages, even if it is not supported by device (for S60 and Windows Mobile Smartphone)
• Special learning tools such as Flash Cards

(Please note that some features may vary or not be offered, depending on platform.)

Handy Converter is a reliable resource for world units of temperature, length, weight, area, volume, speed, etc supporting over 50 units and currencies. This application enables instantly and easily perform all extensive unit calculations on the go saving your time and piece of mind.

Handy Converter for Windows Mobile (Pocket PC and Smartphone) features:

• Instant value evaluation while you type – no extra steps to find out the result
• Possibility to convert needed amount of money to up to 57 world major currencies
• Exchange rates are provided by Bank of Canada. For the ease of use, rates are automatically updated daily or you can assign the rate manually
• Possibility to convert different types of size: clothes, shirts and shoes from 7 main international scales. You can convert women, men and kids sizes separately
• Conversions of temperature, length, weight, area, volume, speed, power and torque
• Smart and user-friendly interface without complicated menus

The application allows users to professionally manage and reject all types of incoming calls from telemarketers, private or unknown numbers, or other intrusive calls, and can be used to temporarily block all calls except those the mobile user designates. The unwanted calls will be recorded and available to view in the application’s call log.

Handy Blacklist version 3.0 special features:

• The program enables effortless privacy protection for smartphone users by blocking unwanted calls while adding senders’ phone numbers to the "Black list," either permanently or for a set period of time.
• Application fürther enables the mobile user to create "Allow lists" – special contact groups whose phone calls will be allowed to be received, while all other contacts are rejected.
• The user can chose a "reject" action to return a prewritten text message back to the caller.
• To ensure that necessary phone calls will not be missed, Handy Blacklist 3.0’s floating indicator on the active standby screen shows whether the "Black" or "Allow" list is currently being used, and displays a missed calls log.

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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. Handy Weather's users can get instant and detailed five-day weather forecasts, supported by satellite weather maps, for thousands of cities worldwide. To get expert weather data, users can pick any location from a preset list of 40,000 cities from all over the world. Wireless Internet compatibility is the only requirement needed for users to get real-time weather information when away from the desk.

Handy Weather for Windows Mobile (Pocket PC and Smartphone) and S60 3^rd Edition devices provides:

• Weather forecast at a glance from device screen
• Possibility to check current weather conditions (for Windows Mobile)
• Most detailed weather forecast including high and low day temperature in Celsius or Fahrenheit, wind direction, gust and speed in mph, km/h or m/s, UV index (the sun’s ultraviolet intensity level), relative humidity in %, etc.
• Different types of weather maps for visual representation
• Different scales of maps (actual size; fit-to-the-screen and full-screen)
• Four handy and user-friendly view modes: current condition, detailed daily forecast, 7-day weather forecast, 5-day high and low temperature graph
• Automatic weather forecast updates in a certain interval or at preset time
• Variety of supported Internet connections: GPRS, Wi-Fi or using Desktop computer
• Extremely low traffic - only 2 or 4 Kb per city forecast per download

Handy Weather's comprehensive forecasts are provided 24/7 through Intellicast's weather database that has served more than four million users for over a decade and has an acclaimed reputation for its stability and reliance. At the same time, Paragon's server guarantees fast data access for up to two million simultaneous users.

SlovoEd users can get precise translations – either in the traditional way of downloading one or several dictionaries on the device, or by simply choosing a language and getting a one-year subscription to the SlovoEd Express service, allowing the use of multiple dictionaries that are instantly updated and without using up much space on S60 3^rd Edition devices.

The new dictionary access option allows the mobile user working in a multilingual environment to instantly obtain the multilingual translation or semantic meaning of a word through the client-server technique, easily accessible by way of the most advanced wireless Internet connection functioning scheme.

SlovoEd Express for S60 features:

• High-quality dictionary databases from the world’s leading linguistic companies
• Word translation in several languages at once
• Only 500 Kb of memory space
• Morphology module will help you to find the translation in any grammatical form
• Virtual keyboard enables users to enter and translate words and letters in different languages, even if it is not supported by the smartphone
• Extremely low traffic: 10 Kb per translation per download
• Possibility to share the dictionary with their relatives and friends by sending it via SMS or Bluetooth

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Paragon Software Group (SHDD & Epocware divisions) is proud to announce that users of its Handy Weather application for PDAs and smartphones will now be supported by the most reliable Intellicast service of Weather Services International, the authority for expert weather data. Paragon Software (Paragon Technologie GmbH) has demonstrated its flagship Handy Weather service with its extended and highly detailed graphical capabilities at Mobile World Congress 2008, Febr. 11-14, Hall 7, Stand 7C33.

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. Handy Weather’s users can get instant and detailed five-day weather forecasts, supported by satellite weather maps, for thousands of cities worldwide. To get expert weather data, users can pick any location from a preset list of 15,000 cities from all over the world. Wireless Internet compatibility is the only requirement needed for users to get real-time weather information when away from the desk.

Handy Weather’s comprehensive forecasts are provided 24/7 through Intellicast’s weather database that has served more than four million users for over a decade and has an acclaimed reputation for its stability and reliance. At the same time, Paragon’s server guarantees fast data access for up to two million simultaneous users.

Some of Handy Weather features include:

• Celsius and Fahrenheit options for high and low day temperature
• Temperature graphics
• Wind direction and speed
• UV index
• Pressure and visibility
• Humidity, and other important weather data

In addition, Handy Weather’s latest release has a new feature enabling its users to get visual representations of various weather conditions by way of viewing several types of maps, such as Current Temperature, Pressure and Satellite maps. These graphically attractive maps can be customized according to the individual user’s needs – one can view the map in its actual or full size, fitting precisely within the device’s screen.

"Coupled with the most reliable data access support by the meteorological veteran Intellicast, Handy Weather makes a perfect solution for our mobile customers, allowing them to get the most updated and feature-rich weather forecasts for any desired destination wirelessly and with little effort on their part," said Jeanne Kolesnik, Paragon’s Business Development Director, Smart Handheld Devices and Epocware divisions. "Handy Weather’s timely and detailed weather information offers people on-the-go that much needed piece of mind to better plan their business or outdoor activities."

Handy Weather is Paragon’s most popular application for Windows Mobile and S60 on Symbian OS, topping best-selling lists and becoming the first Symbian Signed applications for Symbian OS v9.

To learn more about Handy Weather, please visit:

• Handy Weather for Windows Mobile Pocket PC
• Handy Weather for Windows Mobile Smartphones
• Handy Weather for S60 3rd Edition

Duden – German spelling dictionary
The comprehensive basic work strictly follows new Official Spelling Rules, that has become obligatory for all schools and authorities since August, 2006. It contains over 130 000 definitions including 3 000 new words and more than 500 000 illustrative examples, meaning explanations and even variants of spelling. This dictionary presents contemporary vocabulary of the German language as fully as never before.

Duden – German dictionary of synonyms
Make your writing style more explicit, definite and informative with new Duden dictionary that gives more than 300 000 synonyms for over 20 000 words, helpful word usage examples and alternative expressions for 200 idioms.

Duden – German dictionary of foreign words
Irreplaceable reference book for everyone, who wants to use and understand foreign words correctly. It offers an extensive research of the up-to-date and traditional foreign vocabulary presented in the modern German: over 55 000 foreign words and technical terms of the present-day German language.

Duden – German explanatory dictionary
This is the most comprehensive German explanatory dictionary in one volume. It covers 10 000 words of German modern vocabulary, 500 000 meaning explanations and usage examples, over 8 000 audio pronunciations for difficult words. Additionally, the dictionary includes dialects of Austria and Switzerland as well as technical terms, professionalisms, jargon, and slang.

Designed to bring an overall convenience of handheld translation, these best-selling and comprehensive dictionaries support the diverse range of mobile platforms: Symbian (S60 and UIQ), Windows Mobile (Pocket PC and Smartphone editions), Palm OS, Java and Blackberry.

Now SlovoEd offers the newest opportunity to check and listen to correct word pronunciation in English, German, French, Italian and Spanish on UIQ 3.0 smartphones. Sound Modules provides with high-quality live voice pronunciation prerecorded by native speakers. Each Sound Module contains up to 20 000 audio pronunciations of up-to-date vocabulary.

Additionally, SlovoEd dictionaries for UIQ 3.0 offer the following useful features:

• The list of 15 recently searched words
• Cross-links between related articles and directions
• Dictionary installation on memory cards to save main memory-space
• Several dictionaries installation with the various languages choice (rapid switch amongst dictionaries available, dictionary activation/deactivation option)
• Dictionary interface available in English, French, German, Greek, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Russian languages

More information about SlovoEd for UIQ 3.0

SlovoEd’s Morphology Module allows to translate a word entered in any grammatical form (plural nouns and adjectives, different verb forms and so on), saving you time and effort.

New SlovoEd dictionaries offer such a unique feature, as an on-screen keyboard layout that enables to enter and translate words even in the languages, not supported by your smartphone.

Additionally, SlovoEd dictionaries for S60 3rd Edition smartphone offer the following useful features:

• Sound Modules to check correct pronunciation with word audio samples prerecorded by native speakers
• Wildcards feature to find words even if you do not know its exact spelling using wild "*", "?", etc.
• Flash Cards Quiz to test your language knowledge
• Cross-links between related articles and directions
• Several dictionaries installation with the various languages choice (rapid switch amongst dictionaries available, dictionary activation/deactivation option)

More information about SlovoEd dictionaries for Symbian S60 3^rd Edition

Handy Business Pack for S60 includes the following solutions:

• Handy Calendar
• Handy Safe
• Handy Clock
• Handy Converter
• Handy Profiles
• Handy Expense
• Handy Calculator

Now you can get all these at a half-price.

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