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20.12.08
St. Petersburg, December 11th, 2008 - Spb Software, a leading mobile software developer announces the results of fifth annual Spb Survey. This year, Spb Survey was held between 10th and 24th of December, and aimed to track changes in mobile device preferences and brand loyalty, smartphone and software use cases, user profiles and behavior. Originally, Spb Survey addressed only the Windows Mobile audience, but this year, users of all mobile platforms were invited to participate. The majority of Spb Survey respondents are mobile activists with clear interest in mobile technology, and are not fully representative of the entire global mobile community. However, as mobile connectivity enters more spheres of everyday life - the global mobile community is becoming more active and technologically-savvy throughout, and accurate industrial outlooks and estimations can be made, based on the answers provided by Spb Survey respondents.
Thousands of survey responses given in 11 languages by people from 22 countries were analyzed and condensed into the following Spb Survey results summary:
* The majority of survey respondents are still male (95%), 57% of them are aged between 19 and 35, and 58% have at least a Bachelor's degree
* The majority of Spb Survey respondents are from North America and Western Europe
* About 17% of respondents are students, 17% work in the field of mobility, and an amazing 68% are 'device fans'
* Brand-wise, HTC smartphones have the absolute leading position, being the brand of choice for over 49% of all Spb Survey respondents. HTC is followed by HP with nearly 6%, Asus with 5.5%, E-TEN with almost 4%, Dell with a little over 3.5%, Nokia and Samsung with 3%, Qtek with 2.6%, MiTAC with 2%, Toshiba, Sony Ericsson, Palm, T-Mobile, and i-Mate - each at around 1.5%, and Fujitsu Siemens with O2 XDA at about 1%. All other brands ranked below 1%
* The single most popular mobile device model is HTC TyTn II, followed by HTC Diamond, and HTC Touch Pro. Among the top ten most popular smartphone models, only one is a non-HTC device
* Surprising 27% of all respondents use a second SIM card
* 62% of respondents would buy a device of the same brand, and 56% claim they would even buy the same model
* Among the best things about their devices, 69% of respondents first put the looks (design), 68% - the availability of built-in Wi-Fi, 47% - business features and big screen, with the 'price' placing 8th in importance, and 'music platform' - last
* The top two aspects most disliked in devices are 'Low memory' and 'Weight'
* The majority of respondents upgrade to a new device once in every two years
* Most respondents user their smartphones first for business - then for entertainment
* 31% of respondents use Push Email
* 80% backup their data
* Nearly 80% of respondents use software they paid for
Spb Software invites the mobile community to view full Spb Survey 2008 results here: http://spbsoftwarehouse.com/about/pressreleases/docs/spbsurvey2008.html
Three random Spb Survey participants received valuable 'thank you' gifts from Spb Software
*** About Spb Software (http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com) ***
Spb Software is the global leader in the design of Windows Mobile applications, with R&D and design centers in Russia and Thailand, and presence in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the USA. Spb combines a unique line of popular consumer products and cooperation with the world's leading OEMs and carriers, such as Acer, ASUS, Gigabyte, HTC, O2, Palm, Pharos, Samsung, SingTel, Sky Link, Sony Ericsson, Swisscom Mobile, Toshiba, T-Mobile, and VimpelCom.
SoftMaker Releases Office 2008 Service Pack
20.12.08
SoftMaker has released a new update for their award winning Office 2008 application suite.
Here is a rundown of what has been addressed/fixed or updated:
ALL APPLICATIONS:
- All problems with hardware keyboards built into your Pocket PC should now be solved.
- Pressing the SYM or FN key made the cursor jump to random positions on some Pocket PCs. This is fixed now.
- Compatibility with the Interkey SIP
- The bug that forced you to turn off error reporting on some Pocket PCs so that you could run SoftMaker Office is now fixed.
- Several fixes to PDF export
TEXTMAKER:
- Many improvements to Microsoft Word and RTF import
- Improvements to OpenDocument import and export
- The "Go to" dialog now lists headings in the order in which they appear in the document.
- A crash in "Track changes" has been fixed.
- Tools/Set Database now offers *.txt and *.csv as file extensions.
- Minor fixes and improvements
PLANMAKER:
- The TEXT function did not manage the thousands separator correctly in certain situations.
- Text frames with more than 4000 characters were sometimes saved incorrectly.
- File/Open now offers *.txt and *.csv as text file formats.
- Several improvements to Excel import
- Some additional bug fixes
SOFTMAKER PRESENTATIONS:
- In Page Setup, portrait and landscape were swapped, and sometimes changes to the page settings were not stored correctly.
- When working with two screens, the slide show was shown in the middle of both screens.
- Improved handling of transparent objects
- Minor fixes and improvements
The download is free to owners of Office 2008 and you should have already received a link via email from SoftMaker.
Paragon Software Releases PenReader Touch
20.12.08
FREIBURG, Germany – December 2008 – Paragon Software Group, a software developer for mobile devices and desktop PCs, releases PenReader Touch, advanced multilingual handwriting recognition software for mobile devices that allows mobile users to write with their fingertips rather than a stylus. The program requires no additional training or handwriting adjustment. PenReader Touch automatically recognizes handwritten words and converts them into typed ones.
Features:
• Fast and exact recognition of 30 languages: Albanian, Arabic,
Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, French, Finnish, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish symbols. The user can easily switch between the languages when writing.
• Top-quality handwriting recognition engine immediately
recognizes letters; numbers (incl. Arabic numbers); standard, arithmetic and punctuation symbols; several gestures that fully duplicate main keyboard functions (shift, backspace, etc.).
• Customizable handwriting style helps to recognize text more
accurately and faster, just choose a convenient way of writing various symbols in the "Copy-book" menu.
• Fast recognition of pen strokes from any application window.
PenReader Touch recognizes text written anywhere on the screen and pastes it to the current cursor position.
• Options for pen width and ink color let the user customize the
interface in accordance with the user's taste. Multilingual interface is presented in English and Russian.
The product is available for 34.95 USD (29.95 EUR) via download from www.penreader.com. PenReader Touch is compatible with all Windows Mobile 6, 6.1 Classic and Professional, Windows Mobile Pocket PC 5.0 devices. For other sales inquiries, please contact Paragon at corporate-sales@penreader.com
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'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
Task2Gather updated to v1.1 for Windows Mobile
20.12.08
December 10, 2008 - VITO Technology releases Task2Gather 1.1 for Windows Mobile. Task2Gather performs greatly as a personal to-do or shopping list as well as a collaborative tool for reaching common team goals. The major bugs of previous version were fixed. Moreover, the mobile version now has tag support, auto-login feature and many other minor improvements that make task management a whole lot easier.
New features:
tags
auto log in
indicator showing server connection
German and Russian languages support
exit via menu or minimize
estimated/spent via edit mode
Fixed bugs:
landscape support
list is shown from start
Task2Gather for Windows Mobile is available now for $0.99. Special $0.99 offer is valid until the OFFLINE MODE release.
Since it entered the mobile software market in 2001 VITO Technology Inc. has developed an impressive portfolio of products for Windows Mobile. The latest VITO Technology’s endeavour is iPhone and Web 2.0 software development.
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Holiday eGift Certificates Available
20.12.08
If you are looking for last minute gift ideas, our Software eGift Certificates may be the answer for you!
With amounts ranging from $15-200 US, our eGift Certificates are designed to meet any budget. The certificates can be purchased for either software or accessories as well.
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Proporta Releases HTC TouchHD Accessories
20.12.08
Natalie over at Proporta dropped me a line late last week to let me know of some new accessories they have for the HTC TouchHD!
First there is the Alu-Leather Flip-style case which protects your device and is quite stylish.
Second are the Advanced Screen protectors to protect that big display on the TouchHD.
Proporta has a complete line of accessories for a wide range of Windows Mobile devices. Check out their website!
PPCTech's Holiday Sale
20.12.08
PPCTechs is having a great holiday sale that is through the end of the year. From now through December 31st you can save 25% off all accessories and 10% off all repairs when you use the coupon code Santa08!
Enjoy!
SBSH Releases Calendar Touch
20.12.08
December 8th, 2008 - SBSH Mobile Software announced today the all new Calendar Touch for Windows Mobile Pro/Classic! SBSH Calendar Touch for Windows Mobile Pro/Classic is an exciting new personal information manager that guarantees a great boost to your daily time management and productivity! Introducing new gesture-based navigation technologies to accompany latest developments in the Windows Mobile market.
SBSH Calendar Touch release follows the successful release of SBSH Calendar (former Papyrus) for Windows Mobile Standard devices earlier in August this year, introducing a complete personal information management solution for our Windows Mobile Touch users!
Calendar Touch packs exciting new features: Great looking and informative Calendaring and Tasks utilities, Search View; Advanced filters management; Automatic attendees notifications, Auto-adopting design to match your device look&feel, Popup selection effect for optimized display, advanced gestures navigation and much more! Calendar Touch is backed by a powerful engine to ensure the fastest experience for the pro user!
SBSH Calendar Touch Highlights
Personal Information Management - Full calendar views: Daily, Weekly, List and Monthly; Dedicated Tasks view; Search utility, PNG category icons with extensions support and more!
Gestures and Touch - Navigate using gestures support. Swipe your finger left/right to move between dates, down to bring the Touch Date Selector and up to easily jump get back to current day
Innovative & Powerful Tools - Automatic email notifications and attendees appointment invitations; Pop-out Effect for better display of current day events, Active timelines, Professionally designed PNG based category icon store for best display results
Simplified and Innovative - Next generation user-interface which automatically adopts your current Windows Mobile look and feel. Additionally, especially designed features that take advantage of any screen resolution and orientation!
Calendar Touch offers a myriad of exciting features and innovations! Click here to read the full development note posted at our company forums
Pricing and Availability
SBSH Calendar Touch costs $24.95
Calendar Touch can be purchased using the SBSH Store at the following URL:
http://www.sbsh.net/products/windows_mobile_pocket_pc/calendar_touch/add_to_cart
Downloads and Support
SBSH Calendar Touch 12 day trial version can be downloaded at the following URL:
http://www.sbsh.net/products/windows_mobile_pocket_pc/calendar_touch/download
For any additional questions/suggestions we invite you to post at our forums:
Click here to enter SBSH forums
Or click here to contact our support team
About SBSH Mobile Software
SBSH Mobile Software is a rapidly growing software firm specializing in the mobile market, developing software solutions for Windows Mobile Professional/Classic (Pocket PC), Windows Mobile Standard (Smartphones) and Symbian devices.
SBSH Mobile Software offers a variety of best-selling applications for the fast growing mobile market enhancing end-users experience and providing added-value for mobile devices.
SBSH Mobile Software LTD is a privately held company based in Tel Aviv, Israel. SBSH Mobile Software was founded in February 2002.
http://www.sbsh.net
JAMM Reviews the Peek Mobile Email Device
20.12.08
Doug over at Just Another Mobile Monday (JAMM) has posted a review of what Time Magazine has named the Gadget of the Year: The Peek Mobile email device.
In his review, Doug covers the Peek in great detail, providing plenty of device and screen shots as well as giving a good overview of how the device is used. He also covers the strengths and weaknesses of the device and it seems to me that this device has a lot of potential.
Give the full review a read over at JAMM
What is Screen Resolution?
20.12.08
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Brandon over at Pocketnow.com has put together a great little article on screen resolutions, explaining what the term means and giving some good reference materials. It's a quick read but educational, especially for those who are looking for a new device this Christmas.
Give the article a read!
O2 Germany announces new device
20.12.08
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Arne over at the ::unwired has a posted on a new O2 device coming for those in Germany. The announcement is brief but gives a good run down of the specifications of this exclusive device for O2 Germany.
Read the article here!
Proporta's new look & feel
20.12.08
Proporta, the maker of a wide variety of cases and accessories for Windows Mobile devices, has launched their all-new website this morning!
The new site sports a completely new layout with a new search function and new "Gifts for Him" and "Gifts for Her" sections as well as a section covering the latest designs by Ted Baker.
To celebrate the new site, Proporta is offering a 15% discount on their products now through December 21st. Just enter the coupon code MAKEOVER when you check out.
Click here to visit the new Proporta site!
AT&T Star Codes
20.12.08
Yesterday I moved from T-Mobile to AT&T and during the process I was informed of some free "star" codes that they offer. Some of you may be familiar with these but for those in the US who aren’t, you dial these codes from your phone and AT&T will send you a SMS back (Free of charge) with the information.
*646# will send you a SMS of your Minutes remaining in your billing cycle
*225# will send you your current billing balance
*3282# will send you your current data usage for the billing cycle
*639# will send you information on upgrading your phone if eligible
Special Promotion! $5 Off Astraware Solitaire
20.12.08
Thanks to the Astraware team, I have a great, great, great!!! offer for all of the readers of ClintonFitch.com.
Now through January 15, 2009, you can save $5.00 off of Astraware Solitaire. Here is what you need to do:
1. Visit this link in our software store
2. When you check out use the coupon code CFSOLITAIRE5
3. The price will automatically be dropped from $14.95 to $9.95!
Astraware wants everyone to try out Solitaire given it is one of their best sellers and it is the only game that made it into the Top 10 applications list published last week here at ClintonFitch.com.
Thanks to Alison at Astraware for making it happen!
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Ilium Snowed In...
20.12.08
This morning on the Ilium company blog I saw a posting from Ellen that the Ilium support team was a bit short handed due ot the heavy snow that going on in Ann Arbor, MI where the company is located. Ellen made it clear that support is open but it make take a bit longer to answer your emails and voice mails (yes, they do have real live human support - one of the reasons I like these guys so much).
So if you need support today on any of their products grant a little grace to the Ilium team as they work through the day.
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