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Real-Time Weather Forecasts on Smartphones with Multifunctional Touch Interfaces

GPS Access, Enhanced Finger-Tip Operation Experience, Most Detailed Weather Forecasts Directly on the Smartphone Screen

FREIBURG, Germany – August, 2009 – Paragon Software Group has launched a new version of its best-selling real-time access weather forecast application Handy Weather -- for S60 and Windows Mobile devices with touch screens. The program has been thoroughly redesigned and optimized for smooth finger-tip control, based on the advanced touch interface of the latest S60 and Windows Mobile series of smartphones, allowing mobile users to get the most detailed weather forecasts with just a tap or a slide of the finger.

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. Handy Weather's users can get instant and detailed five-to-seven day weather forecasts, supported by satellite weather maps, for thousands of cities worldwide. To get expert weather data, users can pick any location from a preset list of 40,000 cities or determine a location using GPS. Finger-friendly menus and bar options of the touch screen make weather details instantly accessible by double-tapping the “Today” screen. The user gets hourly, daily and weekly weather forecasts with a single tap, sliding down through the city list, zooming in or out, rotating and moving weather maps – all with a touch of the finger. Wireless Internet compatibility is the only requirement needed for users to get real-time weather information.

Apart from the completely redesigned new look, Handy Weather (for S60) offers a new weather screensaver, a new “City List” feature providing forecasts for several cities at once as well as various animation effects accompanying weather data.

Features:

• Temperature in Celsius or Fahrenheit
• Five-to-seven day high/low temperature graph
• Preset list of more than 40,000 cities worldwide
• Possibility to add a location point using GPS (for Windows Mobile)
• One-day weather forecast including morning/day/evening/night weather details
• Current conditions weather forecast
• Hourly weather forecast
• Three types of real-time weather maps for visual representation (“Satellite,” “Pressure,” “Temperature” views)
• Automatic forecast updates at certain intervals or at a preset time
• “Pan”/”Zoom” feature to browse maps (for Windows Mobile)
• Two pre-defined weather plug-ins for the “Today” screen (for Windows Mobile)
• Over-the-air program updates (for new features)
• Wind direction
• Gust and speed in mph, km/h or m/s
• UV index (the sun’s ultraviolet intensity level)
• Relative humidity in %
• Various animated effects

Handy Weather 4.0 is compatible with all Windows Mobile 5 Pocket PC, 6.x Classic and Professional devices, and Handy Weather 7.0 – with S60 3.0/5.0 on Symbian OS smartphones. Handy Weather for Windows Mobile is available for 17, 95 USD (15, 95 EUR, VAT included). The S60 version is available for 24, 95 USD (19, 95 EUR, VAT included). Registered Handy Weather v.3 (for Windows Mobile) and v.6 (for S60) users can get this upgrade for free.

For more information and screenshots, please visit http://www.penreader.com/windows-mobile-software/Handy_Weather.html (for Windows Mobile) or http://www.penreader.com/s60-3rd-edition-software/Handy_Weather.html (for S60).

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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