New Merriam-Websters Collegiate® Dictionary & Franklin Thesaurus and Britannica® Concise Encyclopedia Go Mobile in Time for Back to School.

MDM Brings Updated Reference Classics to Handhelds for Adults and Students with Worlds First Cross-Platform Content Cards for Palm, Windows Mobile and Symbian Operating Systems .

Mountain View, CA (PRWEB) August 30, 2003 --- Mobile Digital Media (MDM), the largest publisher of AAA, branded consumer software for Palm, Windows Mobile and Series 60 Nokia phones on expansion media, today announced that it has shipped multi-platform handheld versions of Merriam-Websters Collegiate® Dictionary, Eleventh Edition & Franklin Thesaurus and Britannica® Concise Encyclopedia in time for the busy back-to-school season. Further breaking new ground, these are the first cross-platform content cards made for all three mobile operating systems.

These titles are the latest in a series published exclusively in MMC media under MDMs agreement with Franklin Electronic Publishers (AMEX:FEP).

Both titles, published on plug-and-play MultiMediaCards (MMC) that require no downloading or synching, are compatible with the full range of Palm Powered devices with expansion media slots, including the popular Palm Zire 71. They are also compatible with all expansion-slot enhanced Windows Mobile-based Pocket PC 2002 or higher devices, and Nokia Series 60 expansion media enabled smart phones.

No more sloppy spelling and uninspired prose. These are perfect for students and adults alike," said Kurt Baumberger, MDM chief marketing officer. For years handheld device owners have settled for 'close enough while composing notes, documents and messages on their handheld devices. Now they can finally have the powerful productivity tools of the worlds leading dictionary, thesaurus and encyclopedia in their grasp and write the way they would on their desktops at work or at home."

Merriam-Websters Collegiate® Dictionary, Eleventh Edition & Franklin® Thesaurus
The MDM mobile version is the new Eleventh Edition of Merriam-Websters best selling dictionary and features:

More than 200,000 definitions from the full-size Eleventh Edition of the Merriam-Websters Collegiate Dictionary released in hardcover July 2003

10,000 new words and meanings include def, phat, chin music, dot-commer, gimme cap, pysops ...and over 100,000 changes since publication of the previous edition

Over 500,000 synonyms, antonyms, idioms, and classmates" in the comprehensive Franklin Thesaurus from Franklin Electronic Publishers

Built-in book marking to save and retrieve entries

Cross-reference linking capability allows users to look up a subject in one reference book and get phonetic pronunciations, definitions, synonyms from other reference books

Britannica® Concise Encyclopedia
The MDM mobile Britannica Concise Encyclopedia features:

More than 24,000 entries on everything from aardvarks to zydeco

900+ photos, maps, tables and illustrations

The ability to highlight, annotate, and bookmark entries

Both Britannica Concise Encyclopedia and Merriam-Websters Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition & Franklin Thesaurus are available at retailers nationwide and on the web for a suggested retail price of $39.95 each.

About MDM
Mobile Digital Media (MDM) is the largest publisher of AAA, branded consumer software for Palm, Windows Mobile and Nokia phones on expansion media. Founded by veterans of the handheld industry, MDM is dedicated to changing what consumers expect from software running on their handheld devices. MDM entertainment, productivity and utility products are available at more than 9,500 retail outlets nationwide, and at top online PDA retail sites. Privately held, MDM is headquartered in Mountain View, California. More information at www.goMDM.com.

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