[January 22, 2002]
Handspring Treo to be available in 15 languages

Paragon Software (SHDD) and MDS Holdings, the sole official distributor of Handspring in Central and Eastern Europe, have recently continued their mutual localization project, started in 1999. As agreed for the year 2002, Paragon Software (SHDD) and MDS will localize Handspring Treo product line into 15 European languages: Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Turkish and Ukrainian.

Treo localization will be based on PiLoc technology, developed and deployed by Paragon Software (SHDD) for a number of Palm OS based devices in more than 30 countries around the world. Localization software will be bundled by MDS with all Treo units sold free of charge for end users and resellers.
Beside this agreement, Paragon Software (SHDD) will develop on its own and with its local partners Portuguese, Dutch, Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Greek and Hebrew localizations of Treo.

The localization software PiLoc for Handspring Treo will be available to end users through Paragon's on-line channels.

[January 09, 2002]
PenReader for Pocket PC to be available in boxes

Paragon Software (SHDD) and international software publishing house DataBecker signed a publishing agreement. According to this agreement DataBecker licenses PenReader handwriting recognition system for Windows CE/Pocket PC to publish it under their own trademark "My handwriting for Windows CE/Meine Handschrift fur Windows CE". The program will be published in several language versions. Final product boxes will be distributed via Retail channels in USA, Germany, France, Holland and other European countries.