Guest Simon Desser Posted October 21, 2003 Report Posted October 21, 2003 To coincide with the launch of MS Smartphones in North America, Handango are reporting about a new version (1.4) of CNetX's Pocket SlideShow:- Bologna -- October 21, 2003 -- In conjunction with the North American launch of Windows Mobile-based Smartphones, CNetX announces today version 1.4 of Pocket SlideShow, the popular PowerPoint viewer for Windows Mobile-based devices. Pocket SlideShow is a powerful PowerPoint presentation viewer for handheld devices. Thanks to Pocket SlideShow users can keep their favorite Microsoft PowerPoint presentations right in their pocket, and enjoy full-screen slide shows, with optimized display and animations. "The Windows Mobile-based Smartphone combines rich multimedia capabilities with an interaction model which is familiar to most users," commented Agostino Morreale, CEO of CNetX. "Pocket SlideShow leverages on this unique combination, providing mobile workers with the ability to review PowerPoint presentations anytime/anywhere." The Smartphone Edition of Pocket SlideShow is extremely compact and it implements an effective single handed interaction paradigm. Users can browse their presentations using four different views: Slide preview (with zoom control and slide scrolling); Presentation notes; Slide thumbnails; Full screen mode with landscape orientation and animation support. Version 1.4 of Pocket SlideShow for Windows Mobile-based Smartphones takes advantage of Microsoft ClearType technology to improve text readability on small screen form factors. "Windows Mobile-based Smartphones give users the familiarity and functionality of their desktop PCs -- in a small, convenient handset," said Irwin Rodrigues, lead product manager for the Mobile Devices Division at Microsoft Corp. "We are pleased that CNetX will be supporting the Windows Mobile platform because end users will benefit from the flexibility and convenience of Pocket SlideShow and its ability to view PowerPoint presentations on the move." A full version of Pocket SlideShow is bundled with the SPV Smartphone, distributed by Orange in the U.K., France and other European countries. Pocket SlideShow has successfully passed the certification tests defined by Microsoft for the "Designed for Microsoft Windows Mobile" logo and it is listed on the Microsoft Mobile2Market catalogue. A full featured demo version of Pocket SlideShow for Windows Mobile Smartphones can be download from the CNetX Web site, www.cnetx.com/slideshow/download.asp, or from Handango.
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