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[November 26, 2008]
Paragon Software Group Releases Handy Alarm Pro for S60 Smartphones – Advanced Time Management Tool with Multiple Alarms and Reminders

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

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

Handy Alarm Pro Takes Full Control of Busy Schedules

MOSCOW, Russia – November 2008 – Epocware, a subsidiary of Paragon Software Group, announces Handy Alarm Pro – an advanced application with six types of alarms and five kinds of reminders supplemented with multiple-setting configurations and options to make all possible alarm features available directly on the S60 smartphone.

Handy Alarm Pro provides user-friendly interface with intuitive control, making multiple options and alarm settings available at a glance. For every user’s need, alarms can be set to ring once, daily, weekly or monthly, as well as fixed to ring only on working days. The user can choose an alarm song and vibration for each alarm and reminder, and a text note may be added to any alarm or reminder.

Users can set five types of reminders for all possible everyday situations. In addition to standard reminders – which includes time, date and note options – Handy Alarm Pro allows users to set voice reminders, call or send texts directly from the reminder, and even create reminders from incoming messages.

All alarms and reminders include advanced snooze capabilities, allowing users to set the snooze counter from five minutes to two days or to use the auto snooze option, even if the phone is in silent mode.

Special Features:

Alarms: next 24 hours, Once, Daily, Work Days, Weekly, or Monthly

  • Next 24 hours and Once – one-time alarm type for a specific time that does not repeat again
  • Daily – an alarm for everyday events
  • Work days alarm allows to set up an alarm for every day of the working week
  • Weekly and Monthly alarm types are set for a specific day of week or month

Reminders: Simple, Contact, Phone number, Voice note, From SMS

  • Simple reminder with standard options (time, date, text)
  • Contact and Phone number types remind users to call or send a message to someone directly from Handy Alarm Pro notifier view.
  • Voice note is an audio reminder: create a reminder and quickly add a voice record to it
  • From SMS: create a reminder from incoming messages (e.g. invitation to a party)

Different ring tones, volume and even vibration for every single alarm and reminder

  • Advanced snooze capability (from five minutes up to two days) and auto snooze option
  • Interval for repeated alarms
  • Text note to any alarm or reminder
  • Use alarms and reminders even when your phone is in a silent mode

Handy Alarm Pro is available for $19,95 USD (14,95 EUR) 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: Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese Simplified PRC, Chinese Traditional Taiwan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian

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.

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[November 17, 2008]
Paragon Software Group Releases Handy Weather for Java-Based Mobile Phones

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

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

Access real-time weather forecast for 40,000 cities on a wireless device

FREIBURG, Germany – November 2008 – Paragon Software Group, the leading developer of software for mobile devices and PC desktops, announces the release of Handy Weather application for Java-based mobile phones. The program enables mobile users to get wireless weather forecasts in Celsius and Fahrenheit from any point in the world directly on their mobile device, subject to network connection and carrier capabilities. Wireless Internet compatibility is the only requirement needed for users to get real time weather information.

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

Main Features of Handy Weather Include:

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

The product will be offered for 5, 95 USD (3,95 EUR - VAT included) for a three-month subscription service or 14,95 USD (10, 95 EUR – VAT included) for a one-year subscription service. The program is compatible with all mobile phones supporting Java MIDP 2.0, including Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, Samsung and LG. Handy Weather is available in different editions (separate files): for mobile phones with 240*320, 176*220 and 128*160 resolution screens.

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.

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[November 10, 2008]
Merriam-Webster's Unabridged Edition, Spanish-English & French-English Dictionaries Now Available for iPhone & iPod Touch

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

Merriam-Webster's Unabridged Edition, Spanish-English & French-English Dictionaries Now Available for iPhone & iPod Touch

IRVINE, Calif. – November, 2008 - Paragon Software Group, a leading technology developer for mobile devices and desktop PCs, launches the world-famous Merriam-Webster’s dictionaries for iPhone and iPod touch users. This dictionary line, providing one-click access to comprehensive word and phrase definitions, consists of one explanatory and two bilingual – Spanish-English and French-English dictionaries.

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 with more than 143,000 etymologies detailing word origins, 100,000 quotations and 1,100 synonymy paragraphs. Once installed, the dictionary can be accessed anywhere, any time, without Internet connection or additional charges.

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.

The unique SlovoEd engine compresses the Merriam-Webster database to a minimum of memory space while allowing users to quickly perform multiple lookups. Users can instantly access words and their definitions and find detailed etymologies—a feature that will be particularly useful for language learners. In addition, Paragon’s software features an easy-to-use, single-click application for instant translations.

Merriam-Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged, Spanish-English & French-English are available for 59.99 USD, 24.99 USD and 24.99 USD, respectively from the Apple Store at http://www.apple.com/iphone/appstore/. The programs are supported by iPhones with firmware 2.0, iPhone 3G and iPod touch with firmware 2.0.

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 Smart Handheld Devices Division (SHDD & Epocware), offering software for diverse classes of smart handheld devices and desktop PCs (Palm OS, Pocket PC/Windows Mobile, Symbian OS, iPhone & iPod touch), 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

Merriam-Webster, Incorporated
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 both print and electronic language reference publishing with reference products, learning tools, and word games. For more information about the company, 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.

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