Paragon Software press-releases

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.

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 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

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

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

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.

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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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

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 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.

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

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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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

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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.

Paragon Software Group and Sony Ericsson Partner to Offer Premium Dictionaries and Reference Works, Travel and Personal Time Management Utilities, as well as Mobile Games at Sony Ericsson PlayNow Arena

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300

FREIBURG, Germany – November, 2009 – Paragon Software Group, the leading mobile software developer, announced that they have signed a partnership agreement with Sony Ericsson to offer Paragon’s mobile applications through Sony Ericsson’s on-device applications store PlayNow^TM arena. Sony Ericsson customers will now be able to personalize their phones even more with a wide range of authoritative reference applications, multilingual ‘talking’ dictionaries in more than 30 languages, popular utility programs for travel and personal time management, and mobile games.

The first product lines from Paragon Software Group offered through the Sony Ericsson application store will include the ‘talking’ dictionaries and reference works, the ‘Handy’ utility product line (9 applications) and the popular solitaire game bundle – Can’t Stop Solitaires Collection.

Dictionaries and reference works:

Concise Oxford English Dictionary,

Concise Oxford Thesaurus,

Duden German Spelling Dictionary,

Duden Dictionary of Synonyms,

Duden German Dictionary of Foreign Words,

Duden German Explanatory Dictionary,

PONS bilingual dictionary series,

SlovoEd bilingual dictionary series.

The ‘Handy’ utility product line:

Handy Alarm Pro,

Handy Calendar,

Handy Clock,

Handy Expense,

Handy Profiles,

Handy Safe Pro,

Handy Shell,

Handy Shopper,

Handy Weather.

The applications will initially be made available to all Satio^TM users with more software titles to be added over the next few months.

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

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

Paragon Software Group Releases Bilingual VOX Dictionaries for iPhone and iPod touch, S60, Windows Mobile and Android-Based Smartphones

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300

FREIBURG, Germany – November, 2009 – Paragon Software Group, the leading software developer of electronic dictionaries for mobile devices and desktop PCs, releases four ‘talking’ bilingual dictionaries – VOX Spanish-English Dictionary, VOX French-Spanish Dictionary, VOX Italian-Spanish Dictionary and VOX Catalan-Spanish Dictionary for smartphones. Linguistic databases are provided by the leading reference publisher – Larousse Editorial, S.L. The dictionaries contain all varieties of European and Latin American Spanish along with extensive coverage of English, French, Italian and Catalan languages, while Paragon's SlovoEd engine compresses the dictionary content to a minimum of memory space at the same time allowing the user to perform multiple learning and word reference functions as quickly as possible.

VOX English-Spanish Dictionary contains 68,000 words and expressions with numerous usage examples, notes of culture, native terminology, phrasal verbs and technical terms.

VOX French-Spanish Dictionary contains more than 30,000 entries and 400,000 translations featuring contemporary vocabulary in culture, technology and politics, as well as acronyms, abbreviations and phonetic transcription for French words.

VOX Italian-Spanish Dictionary covers 30,000 entries with more than 80,000 detailed translations, word spelling and usage samples, as well as Italian phonetic transcriptions.

VOX Catalan-Spanish Dictionary contains 95,000 entries, 180,000 translations, useful expressions, modern vocabulary and semantic explanations. It is the most complete and up-to-date Spanish-Catalan bidirectional dictionary available on the market.

Features (subject to the platform):

- Word translation in any grammatical form (English, French, Spanish),
- Up to 40,000 audio pronunciations pre-recorded by native speakers,
- Flash Card Quiz feature to test language knowledge,
- Word search using wildcards ("*", "?", etc.),
- Translation of word combinations - word by word,
- Copy dictionary entries to clipboard and paste them into SMS, e-mails, notes,
- Install several dictionaries and rapidly switch among them through the dictionary activation/deactivation option
- Hyperlinks between related articles,
- Wireless dictionary update and dictionary catalogue,
- Full touch-screen support.

VOX English-Spanish Dictionary is available for 18,99 USD - 24,99 USD
VOX dictionaries for S60 are available for 24, 95 USD – 29,95 USD.
VOX dictionaries for Windows Mobile are available for 49,95 USD.
VOX dictionaries for Android are available for 19,95 USD.
Dictionaries are available via download from AppStore (http://ax.search.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSearch.woa/wa/advancedSearch?entity=software&free=0&genreIndex=1&media=software&restrict=false&softwareDeveloper=Paragon&softwareTerm=Vox+&submit=seeAllLockups), http://www.penreader.com and http://www.epocware.com.

About Paragon Software Group

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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Translate while you text, tweet and blog using your iPhone and iPod touch with the easy-to-use Harrap’s ‘Talking’ French-English & English-French Dictionary

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300

FREIBURG, Germany – November, 2009 – Paragon Software Group, the leading software developer of electronic dictionaries for desktop PCs and smartphones, has just released the ‘talking’ Harrap’s English-French & French-English Dictionary for iPhone and iPod touch devices (also, available for Android, BlackBerry, Java, Windows Mobile, Symbian OS). The dictionary is based on the original Harrap's Shorter French Dictionary, the most popular dictionary in the French-speaking world. Harrap’s comprehensive and up-to-date words and translations accompanied by real English and French voice pronunciations, grammar tips, multiple usage samples, learning tools, and free online content updates – provide a new model for dictionaries developed for mobile devices.

In the era of texting, tweeting and blogging, we are all professional writers extensively using French language skills. Harrap’s English-French & French-English Dictionary covers more than 375,000 words and phrases, including contemporary vocabulary from areas such as technology, business and science, and even regional usage and spelling from a variety of French-speaking areas. Useful information on French culture and traditions is also included, making Harrap’s English-French Dictionary the most essential source for communication in French.

Features include:

- Audio pronunciation for 90,000+ words, pre-recorded by native speakers;
- No Internet connection required to use the application: simply download the dictionary once and use it without any further expense;
- Hyperlinks allow users to quickly switch between related entries and language directions;
- "Fuzzy search" and wildcard ("*", "?", etc.) features help to find and translate words even if the user does not remember the exact spelling.
- Words are translated using any grammatical form;
- Flash Card Quiz enables you to add new words to flash cards and test your knowledge as many times as you wish.
- Search History shows the last 100 translated words.

Compatibility: iPhone OS 2.0-3.0. The same dictionary is also available for desktop PCs and other mobile smartphones.

Availability:
Harrap’s English-French & French-English Dictionary for iPhone/iPod touch is available for 24,99 USD (19,99 EUR) via download from the AppStore.

About Paragon Software Group
Paragon Software Group (Smart Handheld Devices Division & Epocware) offers software for a variety of smartphone platforms (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 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'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

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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The Al-Mawrid Al-Qareeb Bidirectional English-Arabic Dictionary from the Oldest Arabic Publisher Dar El Ilm Lilmalayin Now Speaks on the Smartphone

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300

FREIBURG, Germany – November, 2009 – Paragon Software Group, the leading software developer of electronic dictionaries for desktop PCs and smartphones, has launched the ‘talking’ Al-Mawrid Al-Qareeb Arabic-English and English-Arabic dictionary for the latest series of Windows Mobile devices and iPhone/iPod touch (Symbian S60 3rd Edition and S60 5th Edition versions were released in summer 2009). The most comprehensive coverage of vocabulary in the Arabic-speaking world now comes directly from the oldest and largest publishing and distribution house of Arabic books and educational materials – Dar El Ilm Lilmalayin – available in an easy-to-carry format directly on the mobile phone screen.

The dictionary contains more than 33,000 words, phrases and definitions, and English examples of the most difficult audio pronunciations that the user can listen to directly on the mobile device through the audio module.

Features:

Instant dictionary browsing with the touch of a finger.
English audio pronunciations prerecorded by English native speakers.
No Internet connection required: simply download the dictionary once and use it without any additional charges.
Words are translated in any grammatical form.
Read e-mails, documents, and web pages from the device and get word translations without leaving active applications (for Windows Mobile).
"Fuzzy search" and wildcards ("*", "?", etc.) features help to find and translate words even if user do not remember the exact spelling.
Hyperlinks between articles and directions to easily switch between related entries.
Flash Card Quiz enables you to add new words to flash cards and test your knowledge as many times as you wish.
Search History shows the last 100 translated words.

Compatibility: iPhone OS 2.0-3.0; Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard, Classic and Professional; Windows Mobile 6 Standard, Classic and Professional; Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC and Smartphone devices.

Availability:
The Al-Mawrid Al-Qareeb Arabic-English and English-Arabic Dictionary for iPhone is available for 14,99 USD (11,99 EUR) via download from the AppStore.

The Al-Mawrid Al-Qareeb Arabic-English and English-Arabic Dictionary for Windows Mobile is available for 39,99 USD (36,95 EUR) via download from http://www.penreader.com

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'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

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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Paragon Software Releases Handy Phoneguard Software, Comprehensive Protection for S60 Smartphone

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

Moscow, RUSSIA – October, 2009 – Epocware/Paragon Software Group releases Handy Phoneguard for S60, an advanced smartphone protection solution that allows the phone’s data to be locked or completely wiped to prevent unauthorized access and use, as well as sending SMS notifications with the new phone number in case the phone becomes stolen or lost.

Statistics shows that almost half of all crimes committed in the street are mobile device theft. In addition, many people accidentally leave their phone in a store, on a school desk or in a taxi. With any of these scenarios, there is the possibility that someone will steal sensitive data, and use the phone under the owner’s service plan, running up a large phone bill that the owner might be responsible for. Handy Phoneguard minimizes worry and the effects of negative financial impact by providing full-time protection for the data stored on the S60 smartphone. It even assists in getting the phone back by remotely sending SMS alerts with the new phone number — a strong, combined defense to protect the owner’s sensitive, personal data and financial obligation if the phone goes missing.

Handy Phoneguard allows users to configure the S60 smartphone to automatically lock after a certain period of time. To eliminate risks of private data unauthorized use, the application stores the chosen folders (Calendar, Contacts, Log, Messages, Photos, etc.) under password protection. Even if the device is missing, Handy Phoneguard will remotely support the smartphone security and ensure the stored data’s safety. The owner can block any access to applications or folders by sending a "LOCK" command, as well as completely wipe the data by texting "WIPE".

Handy Phoneguard for S60 key features:

Autolock after a certain period of time or until the next power on, requiring a PIN to gain access
Password protection (Calendar, Contacts, Log, Messages, Photos, Videos, Files, Settings)
Optional protection for chosen applications
Autolock feature enabled by LOCK SMS, sent from any other phone in order to block access to the missing device and data
Wipe capability in remote mode activated by WIPE SMS
SMS-alert sends SMS messages with the new phone number. SMS-alert messages are sent to predefined phone numbers, when the new SIM card is inserted.

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

Supported languages: Brazil Portuguese, Bulgarian, Chinese Simplified PRC ,Chinese Traditional Taiwan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German ,Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norvegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Spanish LA, Swedish ,Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian.

About Paragon Software Group

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Deutsche Telekom Selected PONS English Dictionary As The Best Mobile Application of 2009

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

Stuttgart, 26.10.2009 – Paragon Software's PONS English dictionary for mobile devices has been recognized with the "Software of the Year 2009" award. "Software of the Year 2009" awards were held by Deutsche Telekom, mobile users of the German operator selected the winners.

PONS Advanced English dictionary supports the following mobile platforms: Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, iPod touch, Java, Windows Mobile, Symbian OS, along with Windows and Mac desktop computers.

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'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

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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Paragon Software Releases Six Most Popular PONS Dictionaries with Easily Accessed, Comprehensive Translations

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0400

FREIBURG, Germany – October, 2009 – Paragon Software Group, the world’s leading software developer for mobile devices and desktop PCs, announces the release of popular bilingual dictionaries by PONS GmbH, a world-known publisher of hallmark green dictionaries and language courses for lifelong learning, available for convenient use on Windows PCs. The newly launched PONS desktop dictionary line includes six popular editions – German-French, German-Italian, German-English, German-Polish, German-Spanish and German-Turkish –valuable additions to reference libraries of both language beginners and professionals providing instant translation or word reference while using the PC. With this release, there is no need to turn pages of imposing printed volumes or be connected to the Internet to find the necessary word.

The original PONS dictionaries were adapted to electronic versions for PC user convenience by providing extensive translation or word definitions by simply pointing the cursor over the word in question. Unknown words from any document, e-mail and web-page are defined instantly, appearing in the dictionary's pop-up window. The detailed word definitions are accompanied by multiple usage and sound samples, transcription, grammar information including new and old orthography, and color markup. Every dictionary contains the most updated modern vocabulary from a variety of sources such as the Internet, new media, technology and science.

Features include:

Authoritative word definition 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.
Sound modules: listen to the correct word pronunciation pre-recorded by native speakers.
Instant grammar reference for every word in the dictionary.
IntraArticle Search allows the user to search definitions within the dictionary article.
"Search history" and "bookmarks."
"Flash Cards" learning function to check user’s knowledge
"Fuzzy search" and wildcards ("*", "?", etc.) help find words even if you do not remember the exact spelling.
"SlovoEd Online Update" informs users of newly available updates.
The built-in online dictionary catalog lets users discover new dictionaries and download them directly from the program.
On-screen Virtual keyboard includes different layouts, which let users enter and translate words and phrases in more than 20 world languages.
Lists of irregular verbs (available for English and German vocabularies).
Translation language direction is changed automatically depending on the language input on user’s PC.

Compatibility: Windows 2000/XP/Vista, 32/64 bits operating systems.

SlovoEd Deluxe is available for $59.95 (€44,95, VAT included); SlovoEd Classic for $39.95 (€29,95, VAT included), and SlovoEd Compact for $24.95 (€19,95, VAT included).

PONS Advanced English, PONS Advanced French, PONS Advanced Italian and PONS Advanced Spanish are available for $59.95 (€44,95, VAT included). PONS Compact Polish and PONS Compact Turkish are available for $39.95 (€19,95, VAT included)

For more information, review licenses and screenshots, please visit http://www.penreader.com/mswindows-software/PONS.html. For corporate sales and licensing, please contact corporate-sales@penreader.com.

About Paragon Software Group
Paragon Software Group (Smart Handheld Devices Division & Epocware) offers software for diverse classes of smartphones and desktop PCs (Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, iPod touch, Java, Windows Mobile, Symbian OS), including multilingual on-line handwriting recognition, localization, business and game applications, and 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's diverse product line, please visit:
Smart Handheld Devices Division: www.penreader.com
Epocware: www.epocware.com
Storage Management Division: www.paragon-software.com

Epocware/Paragon Software Group Wins Two Handango Champion Awards

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0400

FREIBURG, Germany – October, 14, 2009 – Epocware, the subsidiary of Paragon Software Group, received “Best Weather App” and “Best Personalization App” for Handy Weather and Handy Shell software developed for Symbian-based smartphones. Handango Champion Awards, the annual ceremony held by Handango Inc., recognizes the most innovative mobile applications and developers worldwide. For the first time, the best applications in different categories were determined by consumers votes.

The “Best Weather App” and “Best Personalization App” awards were given to Handy Weather and Handy Shell applications, Epocware’s bestselling and most sophisticated software solutions for S60 devices. Apart from the winners, Handy Essentials, Handy Calendar and Handy Safe Pro for S60 and Handy Weather for BlackBerry were also nominated for “Best App” across different categories this year. Since the initial launch of Handango’s annual Champion Awards, Paragon/Epocware has regularly participated and received favorable ratings. Most of the company’s products have already been recognized with the “Best App” award, along with the company award, «Developer of the Year”, received in 2002 and 2005.

“Handy Weather and Handy Shell, essential applications for S60 devices, are instantly appreciated by many of our customers due to the advanced convenience and functional opportunities provided for mobile users. It is a special honor for us that two of our applications were highly recognized by of the majority of Symbian users this year”, said Dmitry Bekhterev, Сhief of Sales and Business Development Department, Paragon Software Group.

Handy Shell application replaces the entire S60 Active Standby screen and allows the users 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.

Handy Weather is the easiest and most reliable way of accessing local, national and world weather information in both Celsius and Fahrenheit in a mobile environment. The users can get instant and detailed five-day weather forecasts, supported by satellite weather maps, for thousands of cities worldwide.

All the nominees and award-winning applications by Paragon/Epocware can be purchased with 25% discount on Handango.com now through 10.20.2009.

For more information about products, please visit http://www.epocware.com and http://www.penreader.com

About Paragon Software Group

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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Use Your Time Wisely and Get Done More with Handy Clock -- All-in-One World Clock and Personal Time Management Application with Advanced Alarm Options

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0400

Press Contact:
Katia Shabanova
PR Director
Paragon Software Group/
Mobility Division
Phone: +49(0)761-59018-181
E-Mail: kshabanova@paragon-software.com

Do whatever you want with time! Check it in 5 world cities at once, note it with stopwatch, count it with time log or even forget about it with alarms and timers.

FREIBURG, Germany – September, 2009 – Paragon Software Group, the leading software developer for mobile devices and PC desktops, has released Handy Clock, an advanced time management program for Windows Mobile devices and Symbian S60 that includes multiple time viewing, and alarm features to better manage the user’s busy schedule. For Windows Mobile touch screen phones, Handy Clock offers extended options for the “Today” screen to track time in five world cities at once, as well as easy fingertip navigation. Seven main views let you do more with your time.

Handy Clock makes it easy to check time in 40,000 cities worldwide. The world clock view for five chosen cities at a glance is also available and accompanied by the world map displaying real-time Day/Night zone and selected cities.

Handy Clock provides various types of alarms for each day of the week. It can be set to ring once or according to schedule, and is easy to snooze and resume in pre-set time. The program supports a rich variety of alarm tones, sound options and ringtone types that help users not only wake up on time, but in a good mood.

In addition to various timers and stopwatches, Handy Clock offers an efficient tool for time management. It keeps track of time spent on projects, and can even be set to time the working day and calculate the salary rate per day/project. The user can easily work in a multitasking environment -- while making phone calls or sending e-mails from the device, the program’s “Time Log” will track the project even if Handy Clock is not running.

World Time:

Check time in more than 40,000 cities worldwide
“World clock” view for five world cities at a glance
Day/night map display

Alarms:

Unlimited number of single and repeating alarms
Alarms can be set for specific day(s) of the week
Stop or resume alarms in 5/10/15/20 minute intervals
Customizable sound options: melody, vibration, volume can differ for each alarm
Supports MP3, WAV, WMA file types for melodies

Project Management:

Unlimited number of projects for each time sheet
Allows different compensation rates for various projects to be set
“Time Log” tracks the project’s duration even if Handy Clock is not running
“Stop/Resume Projects” option

Handy Today Plug-In:

Local time for five cities at once directly on the “Today’s” screen
Analog or digital clock display (available only for touch screen phones)
Display upcoming alarms and projects (available only for touch screen phones)
Intuitive interface designed for easier touch screen control
Supports English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish

To efficiently manage and customize phone profiles on Windows Mobile devices, Paragon also offers an optional supplemental program -- Handy Assistant. The application takes control of call processing, call filtering and other highly utilized phone features. Handy Assistant includes six default profiles to manage the user’s ring tone, sound volume and call processing. All profiles can be easily changed directly on the “Today’s” screen of the device. The program processes all incoming calls, and filters them according to the rules: “Accept,” “Reject,” “Reject+SMS” or “Ignore.” Unwanted calling contacts can be added to the “Blacklist.” The user can choose among multiple options for after-call follow-ups, such as writing a note, open/add to the “Contacts” list, adding the contact to the “Blacklist/Whitelist,” 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. Handy Assistant works directly with the Handy Clock program to efficiently manage the user's time and mobile phone processing needs while on the go.

Handy Clock is compatible with Windows Mobile 6.0/6.1/6.5 Standard, Classic and Professional; Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC and Smartphone devices. The program is available for 14, 95 USD (13,95 EUR, VAT included). The same program is also available for Symbian S60 mobile devices.

Handy Assistant is compatible with all Windows Mobile Pocket PC 5, 6 and 6.1 (Professional and Classic) devices with touch screens. The program is available for 29, 95 USD (27, 95 EUR, VAT included). The same program is also available for Symbian S60 mobile devices. For more information and screenshots, please visit http://windows-mobile-software.penreader.com/ or http://s60-3rd-edition-software.penreader.com/. For corporate sales and licensing, please contact corporate-sales@penreader.com

About Paragon Software Group

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Paragon Software Group Releases Handy Converter – All-in-One World Currency Conversion and Units of Measure Calculations Application for iPhone and iPod Touch Users

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0400

Press Contact:
Katia Shabanova
PR Director (Mobility Division)
Paragon Software Group
Phone: +49(0)761-59018-181
E-Mail: kshabanova@paragon-software.com

FREIBURG, Germany – September 4, 2009 – Paragon Software Group, the leading software developer for mobile devices and PC desktops, has released Handy Converter – all-in-one conversion application providing foreign exchange rates and performing various units of measure calculations directly on the iPhone’s screen. The program supports over 30 world currencies and units of area, length, power, size, speed, temperature, volume, and weight. Handy Converter can be purchased for 3.49 GBP (5,99 USD) via the AppStore:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=328038713&mt=8

How many times did you need to convert one unit to another and did not remember the way to do it? How many times did you need to make foreign currency calculations when travelling? Whether on a business trip or vacation, Handy Converter will be always on hand to provide instant and accurate answers to all extensive calculations.

Features include:

Instant value evaluation while typing
Conversions into more than 30 major world currencies
Foreign 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 area, length, power, speed, temperature, volume, weight
Smart and user-friendly interface without complicated menus

Compatibility: iPhone and iPod touch, iPhone OS 2.0-3.0.

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

For more information, review licenses and screenshots, please visit www.penreader.com.

About Paragon Software Group

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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Paragon Software Group and Samsung Electronics Enter into Strategic Partnership

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0400

Press Contact:
Katia Shabanova
PR Director (SHDD & Epocware)
Paragon Software Group
Phone: +49 (0) 761-59018-181
E-Mail: kshabanova@paragon-software.com

Companies to Provide Paragon’s Most Popular Mobile Applications at the Samsung On-Device Application Store

FREIBURG, Germany – September , 2009 – Paragon Software Group, a leading software developer for mobile devices and desktop PCs, and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world’s second largest handset manufacturer, announced that they have signed a multi-year partnership agreement to offer Paragon’s mobile applications through Samsung’s newly launched on-device Application Store at www.samsungapps.com. Samsung mobile customers will be able to access the Application Store directly on their smartphones by simply selecting the Application Store icon. The Application Store will allow Samsung mobile users to easily discover and download a wide range of applications directly from their smartphones.

“Paragon’s more than 120 products, especially the bestselling multilingual handwriting recognition software and multilingual ‘talking’ dictionaries, are already well known to Samsung mobile users. Making the best products now available at the Application Store will be an additional advantage to the user since a convenient shortcut to direct download is available right on the mobile device, allowing users to discover new offerings without any intermediate step,” said Kanghyun Kwon, Vice President of Samsung’s Media Solution Center.

The first product lines from Paragon Software Group offered through the Samsung Application Store will include the most popular multilingual ‘talking’ dictionaries from the world’s top publishers (including the Concise Oxford English Dictionary, and bilingual SlovoEd English-French, English-Spanish, English-German and English-Italian series), the utility product line, and the company’s number one-selling PenReader Touch – Paragon’s multilingual handwriting recognition software.

The applications will initially be made available to Omnia and I8910 HD users, followed by Omnia II (Model Name: I8000) and OmniaLITE (Model Name: B7300). The companies plan to extend their partnership and offer Paragon’s subsequent product lines to all Samsung users.

About Paragon Software Group

About Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies with 2008 consolidated sales of US$96 billion. Employing approximately 164,600 people in 179 offices across 61 countries, the company consists of two business units: Digital Media & Communications and Device Solutions. Recognized as one of the fastest growing global brands, Samsung Electronics is a leading producer of digital TVs, memory chips, mobile phones and TFT-LCDs. For more information, please visit www.samsung.com

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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Paragon Software Group Releases Handy Converter – All-in-One World Currency Conversion and Units of Measure Calculations Application for iPhone and iPod Touch Users

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0400

Press Contact:
Katia Shabanova
PR Director
Paragon Software Group/
Mobility Division
Phone: +49(0)761-59018-181
E-Mail: kshabanova@paragon-software.com

FREIBURG, Germany – September 1, 2009 – Paragon Software Group, the leading software developer for mobile devices and PC desktops, has released Handy Converter – all-in-one conversion application providing foreign exchange rates and performing various units of measure calculations directly on the iPhone’s screen. The program supports over 30 world currencies and units of area, length, power, size, speed, temperature, volume, and weight. Handy Converter can be purchased for 4, 99 EUR (5, 99 USD) via the AppStore:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=328038713&mt=8

Features include:

Instant value evaluation while typing
Conversions into more than 30 major world currencies
Foreign 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 area, length, power, speed, temperature, volume, weight
Smart and user-friendly interface without complicated menus

Compatibility: iPhone and iPod touch, iPhone OS 2.0-3.0.

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

For more information, review licenses and screenshots, please visit www.penreader.com.

About Paragon Software Group

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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