Handy Weather is the first application signed for Symbian OS v9

Epocware is honored to be recognized as a top level developer for Symbian OS being awarded a certificate that recognized Handy Weather for S60 utility as the first Symbian Signed application for Symbian OS v9. Symbian develops and licenses Symbian OS, the market-leading open operating system for data-enabled mobile phones also known as smartphones.

Bruce Carney, Head of Developer Marketing, Symbian, presented Epocware with this certificate at the first S60 Summit that took place in Nice, France, May 23-24, 2006. S60 Summit is an annual event aimed to bring together S60 licensees; S60 Product Creation Community members; operators; Forum Nokia PRO members; applications distributors and resellers; retailers; academics and analysts to listen to future plans for S60 platform and see latest S60 based solutions.

Handy Weather is one of recent applications by Epocware that has already been widely acknowledged by S60 community, hits the best selling lists of mobile software shops such as Handango and has thousands of users throughout the world. The application provides them with complete 5-day forecast for any location on the Earth. The worldwide known AccuWeather Inc. company is the source for weather information. Handy Weather has the database of 40000 cities embedded, the forecast includes high and low day temperature in Celsius or Fahrenheit, real feel temperature, wind direction, gust and speed in mph, km/h or m/s, UV index (the sun’s ultraviolet intensity level), pressure, visibility, etc. It provides true automatic data updates, presents weather information with pleasant graphs and even adds Weather screen saver.

This Symbian certificate is a direct result of the long-term and close collaboration between Epocware and such global technology companies as Symbian and Nokia.

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“Epocware is extremely proud to receive this certificate from Symbian,” said Jeanne Kolesnik, Business Development Manager of Epocware/Paragon Software Group . “Timely development of Handy Weather for Symbian OS v9 became possible only due to Epocware participation in Forum Nokia PRO and Symbian Self Certification programs. The fact that Handy Weather was the first program that was signed for new Symbian OS v9 had confirmed once again Epocware status as a trustworthy partner and world’s leading developer for Symbian OS.”

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“Epocware's involvement with Symbian Signed dates back to the start of the program two years ago” said Bruce Carney, Head of Developer Marketing , ”Their early involvement and willingness to meet industry best practice certainly has given them a head start in migrating their applications to Symbian OS v9. It seems entirely appropriate that they ‘won’ the race to have the first application signed, and fantastic to see their suite of applications available for Symbian OS v9 phones."

Epocware, Symbian and Nokia cooperation represents an ongoing progress to meet the wishes of smartphone users. Currently the full product line of Epocware for S60 3rd Edition based on Symbian OS v9 has been released, including well-known SlovoEd dictionaries, Handy Zip, Handy Safe, Handy Clock and Handy Expense utilities. Next Handy Day, Handy Safe and Handy Expense for UIQ3 platform have been recently released and the rest of the product line is planned to follow in a short time.

About Epocware

Epocware, a subsidiary of Paragon Software Group, has been successfully developing and distributing end-user and custom software for Symbian OS/EPOC since 1997.

Main products by Epocware, well known among thousands of customers all over the world, are: SlovoEd translation dictionaries, personal productivity & information management applications (“Handy” series), and solitaire games for all Symbian OS platforms.

The company intention is to keep listening to customers and market demands and bring new innovative solutions to the market during the upcoming year. Epocware

About Symbian

Symbian is a software licensing company that develops and licenses Symbian OS, the market leading open operating system for advanced, data-enabled mobile phones, also known as smartphones.

Symbian licenses Symbian OS to the world’s leading handset manufacturers and has built close co-operative business relationships with leading companies across the mobile industry.  At the end of Q1 2006 70.5 million Symbian OS phones had been shipped by licensees worldwide to over 250 major network operators.

Symbian has its headquarters in London, United Kingdom with offices in the United States, Europe (England and Sweden (UIQ Technology AB)), Israel and Asia (India, P.R. China, Korea, and Japan).