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Paragon Software Group Releases Handy Weather for BlackBerry Smartphones
Access real-time weather forecast for 40,000 cities on a wireless device

News facts:

• Paragon Software Group, the leading developer of software for mobile devices and PC desktops, announces the release of Handy Weather application for BlackBerry smartphones.
• 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.

Features:

• Handy Weather's comprehensive forecasts are provided 24/7 through Intellicast's weather database. To get expert weather data, users can pick any location from a preset list of 40,000 cities from all over the world.
• Detailed weather forecast includes current temperature in Celsius or Fahrenheit, real feel (Rf) temperature, well-designed animated graphics include traditional weather icons and text, wind direction and wind speed in mph, km/h or m/s, barometric pressure in Hg, mbar or mmHg, relative humidity in %, etc.
• 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.
• Application includes three weather view modes: temperature graph for up to seven consecutive days, detailed weather forecast for each day and current weather conditions (for most cities) for several locations of the user's choice.
• The traffic generated by a weather update is only 2.5 Kb per city forecast per download.
• Advertising free.
• Multilingual interface is presented on English, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish languages.
• The product will be offered for 7,95 USD (5,95 EUR  - VAT included) for a three-month subscription service or 17,95 USD (12,95 EUR – VAT included) for a one-year subscription.
• The service is available via download from http://www.penreader.com.
• Handy Weather for BlackBerry is compatible with Blackberry devices 7***, 8***, Bold, Curve and Pearl series (240*160, 240*260, 320*240, 480*320 screen resolutions).

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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