Published: March 15, 2010
The Perfect Pair: America's Favorite Merriam-Webster's Dictionaries are Now Available for BlackBerry, America's Most Popular Mobile Platform
IRVINE, Calif. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Paragon Software Group, a leading software developer for mobile devices,
desktop PCs and Mac OS, has completed the product line that now allows
users of America's most popular mobile platform, BlackBerry, to access
America's most trusted bilingual and explanatory dictionaries by
Merriam-Webster directly on their mobile devices. The product line, now
available for all mobile platforms, includes Merriam-Webster's
Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition; Webster's Third New
International Dictionary, Unabridged; Merriam-Webster's Medical
Dictionary; Merriam-Webster's Pocket Dictionary; The
Merriam-Webster Dictionary; Merriam-Webster's French-English Dictionary and
Merriam-Webster's Spanish-English Dictionary.
The original dictionary titles from America's foremost publisher were
adapted for the mobile screen and supplemented with the new
functionality providing fastest definition look-up. Paragon's advanced
SlovoEd engine compresses even the weightiest content to minimal memory
space. The traditional printed version of Merriam-Webster's Third New
International Dictionary, Unabridged, for example, weighs in at 12.5
pounds (5,67 kg), has 2,662 pages and measures 4 inches (10.16 cm)
thick, but occupies just ~25 Mb on your tiny mobile device.
Features:
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Online Update
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Flash cards installation
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Hyperlinks between related articles and directions
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Search History feature shows the last 20 words looked up
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Online dictionary catalog provides one-click access to more
Merriam-Webster's dictionaries
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Multilingual interface is available in English, French, German,
Italian, Russian and Spanish
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No Internet connection required: simply download the dictionary
once to your device and use it with no further expense incurred
Compatibility: all BlackBerry Smartphones with OS version 4.2.1
and higher, with the exception of BlackBerry Storm.
Availability:
Via download from http://www.penreader.com
or AppWorld: http://www.blackberry.com/appworld/
Full press release & screen shots: http://www.penreader.com/company/pr/2010/3/15.html
About Paragon Software Group
PSG offers software for Android, bada, BlackBerry, iPhone, iPod touch,
Java, Windows Mobile, Symbian OS, desktop PCs and Mac OS, including
multilingual, on-line handwriting recognition, localization, business
and productivity applications, games, 200+ multilingual dictionaries and
encyclopedias: http://www.penreader.com
About Merriam-Webster Inc.
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 language
reference publishing with bestselling reference books (Merriam-Webster's
Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition), popular Web sites
(Merriam-Webster.com, WordCentral.com), and a range of licensed
products. For more information, visit www.Merriam-Webster.com.
Paragon Software Group
Katia Shabanova
+49(0)761-59018-181
kshabanova@paragon-software.com
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