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:

• Online Update
• Flash cards installation
• Hyperlinks between related articles and directions
• Search History feature shows the last 20 words looked up
• Online dictionary catalog provides one-click access to more Merriam-Webster’s dictionaries
• Multilingual interface is available in English, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish
• 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.