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[October 30, 2006]
Bilingual Merriam-Webster dictionaries released

Paragon Software (SHDD) released 3 new mobile editions of the famous Merriam-Webster's dictionary. Merriam-Webster English-Spanish and Merriam-Webster English-French bidirectional dictionaries as well as Merriam-Webster Medical dictionary are now available for all Palm OS based devices. The respect, that Merriam-Webster has been deserving and accumulating for more that 150 years of stainless work, keeps its dictionaries on bestselling and top-rank positions.

Besides the quality of extensive wordbases by such respected publisher, the dictionary will provide your Palm with the following range of opportunities:

• Resident short-cut key supplies with translation during reading documents on the PDA without switching to the dictionary,
• Morphology module helps to find translation of different grammatical forms of the word,
• Words are supplemented with sound modules, which enables to check correct pronunciation,
• Special functions such as “Word of the Day” and “Card Quiz” make studying process more interesting.

With Merriam-Webster dictionary you will discover the new side of translation: no linguistic borders and misunderstanding, fascinating way of studying and fluent reading, speaking and writing. This dictionary will turn out to be a perfect companion, always ready to prompt a necessary word.

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[October 20, 2006]
Up-to-date weather forecast on the latest UIQ 3.0 smartphones

Epocware released Handy Weather application for UIQ 3.0. Now all UIQ 3.0 devices' owners will be aware of accurate weather forecast. Handy Weather will keep you connected with updated forecast anytime anywhere.

Handy Weather for Sony Ericsson M600/P990/W950 main features:

• Weather news and forecast for any point of the Earth: more than 40000 preset cities worldwide or any arbitrary location by coordinates (latitude and longitude);
• Weather forecast straight from the device screen, 5-day forecast for 5 world cities always in sight without opening the application;
• Choice of 4 handy and user-friendly views;
• Weather data provided by AccuWeather Sales and Service, Inc., located in State College, Pennsylvania, USA;
• Most detailed description of weather conditions: high and low day temperature in Celsius or Fahrenheit, real feel temperature, wind direction, gust and speed in mph, km/h or m/s, the sun’s ultraviolet intensity index;
• Less traffic: only 2 Kb per city forecast;
• Wireless purchase support. You can buy both the program and one year subscription just from the device, if it is connected to Internet.

With Handy Weather on your UIQ 3.0 smartphone you will be always well informed about weather changes.

[October 16, 2006]
Self-educational SlovoEd for Nokia communicator

Epocware renewed the line of SlovoEd dictionaries for Nokia 9300/9500 communicators. SlovoEd 2.1 provides you with traditionally high-quality translation and includes new brand features that make language study and dictionary operations more practical and efficient.

SlovoEd 2.1 dictionary has upgraded engine, specially designed to foresee customer’s translation needs. You will enjoy Sound Modules that now includes 5 languages: English, German, French, Italian and Spanish. German Sound Module is available for the first time. SlovoEd 2.1 also enables you to enrich your vocabulary in most effective way using Word of The Day and test the knowledge and memory with the help of Flash Card quiz.

SlovoEd 2.1 other features:

• Rapid access to database, low memory consumption that provides you with high data compression ratio to wisely save your time
• Dictionary installation on memory cards to save main memory-space for other programs and applications
• Search Module: you have any doubts about word spelling, you can search for the word using "?" and "*" symbols instead of doubtful letters
• Quick search of frequently used words from the 15 words list to see the translation for any word any time
• Cross-lookup feature between articles and directions to check your comprehension
• Optional letter size and color markup to set interface according to your taste

Paragon Software Group is constantly working on quality improvement and technology development to meet customers’ demands. Currently SlovoEd dictionary is produced in 3 editions which differ from each other in number of articles, examples of usage, synonyms, antonyms and idioms, so you can choose the suitable one: SlovoEd Deluxe, SlovoEd Classic and SlovoEd Compact.

[October 12, 2006]
Applications by Paragon Software (SHDD) became the nominees in the Pocket PC Magazine Best Software Awards 2006

7 products by Paragon Software (SHDD) were nominated in various categories in Smartphone & Pocket PC Magazine’s Sixth Annual Best Software Awards for Windows Mobile software.

The Board of Experts has nominated the top software from Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine’s Encyclopedia of Software and Accessories. Experts from throughout the world have agreed to judge and select winners for each software category. They are authors of Pocket PC books, Pocket PC magazine contributors, Microsoft Pocket PC MVPs, Pocket PC magazine Support Forum helpers, and associates of top Pocket PC Web sites. All winners of this year will be announced in October at the Awards Home Page.

In the Best Software Awards 2006 applications by Paragon Software (SHDD) obtained the following nominations:

• SlovoEd multilingual dictionaries for Pocket PC in the "Translators" category,
• InterKey Professional for Pocket PC in the "Soft Keyboards" category,
• SlovoEd Multilingual Dictionary for Pocket PC in the "Multilingual Dictionaries" category,
• Can't Stop Solitaires Collection for Pocket PC in the "Solitaire Games" category,
• PenReader for Pocket PC in the "Handwriting" category,
• CETuner 2005 for Pocket PC in the "Theme Creation/Management" category,
• SlovoEd multilingual dictionaries for Windows Smartphone for Smartphone in the "Dictionaries" category.

Applications by Paragon Software (SHDD) are regularly nominated and gained primary positions in Pocket PC Magazine’s awards due to its continuous improvement and innovative development of the company.

[October 05, 2006]
113 new dictionaries for UIQ 3.0

Now available rich variety of detailed and concise SlovoEd 1.8 dictionaries in your Sony Ericsson smartphone both for beginners and advanced users. This version has upgraded engine and contains 113 dictionaries for keen users who are interested in reliable translator for study, business and travel.

SlovoEd 1.8 for UIQ 3.0 features:

• Low memory consumption due to unique compression technology (100,000 entries in 600 KB) that provides users with rapid access to database
• Dictionary installation on memory cards to save main memory-space for other programs
• Quick search of frequently used words from the 15 words list to see the translation for any word any time
• Cross-lookup feature between articles and directions to check your comprehension
• Optional letter size and color markup to set up interface in accordance with your taste,
• Several dictionaries installation with various languages choice (rapid switch among dictionaries available, dictionary activation/deactivation option),
• SlovoEd Studio utility for creating personal word database.

Currently SlovoEd dictionary is being produced in 3 editions, so that you can choose the most acceptable one. SlovoEd Deluxe includes the most complete and detailed translation articles with usage samples, as well as synonyms, antonyms, references, transcriptions along with other important information. SlovoEd Classic includes a considerable number of entries, extended dictionary articles with basic references. SlovoEd Compact requires minimal memory space on your device, including at the same time the most common translations with clear, concise definitions.

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