Released on = May 15, 2006, 4:15 am

Press Release Author = PocketLearn Inc

Industry = Education

Press Release Summary = Windows Viewer for PocketLearn content (flashcards and tests)

Press Release Body = MIAMI, Fla. - April 6, 2006 - Technology startup PocketLearn
Inc (www.pocketlearn.com) has introduced a suite of software products that enable
many cellular telephones and personal digital assistants or \"PDA\'s\" to become mobile
tools for learning. Among the products are special \"Viewers\" that are installed on
the devices, as well as Windows based content creation tools. PocketLearn has
initially targeted Windows Mobile devices such as the Pocket PC and Smartphone, as
well as Java phones. \"It\'s not widely advertised, but almost all mobile phones
today will run Java software. This means that if your device is a true \"smart\"
device that meets the minimum requirements, you can run the software\", said company
founder, Jorge Pando. There is also a Windows version of the PocketLearn Viewer,
which means it will run on Microsoft's newly announced \"Oregami\" device. A version
for Palm devices is in the works.

PocketLearn has sought to establish a standard for educational software on these
smart devices by building products on top of industry-standard technologies such as
HTML and XML, and by making most of their software available for free. Their
strategy is to standardize the format of the content and provide viewer software for
a variety of devices. Content creators can really focus on content, with the
assurance that their creations will be viewable on a very wide range of devices.
PocketLearn content can include not only HTML-formatted text, but also images and
audio. \"Up until now, there has been no standardization in educational software for
these devices. Content of any type has been scarce, and you needed a great deal of
luck to find the content you wanted for the device that you owned\", added Mr. Pando.
PocketLearn content utilizes the familiar \"flash card\" paradigm, but can also
include multiple choice tests, which the viewer software is able to administer,
grade, and in many cases export the results for spreadsheet analysis.

Key to the PocketLearn strategy is their online content repository (also at
www.pocketlearn.com), which serves as a searchable and categorized collection of
content that can be downloaded, rated and reviewed by the user community. In fact,
the web site is also \"small device friendly\" and provides a good browsing experience
for the limited browsers found on these devices. \"The repository is important
because nobody should have to reinvent the wheel. Before you create the content you
need, you can make sure that someone else hasn\'t already created and published it on
the web site\", said Mr. Pando. \"We encourage our users to publish any content that
they create. While we expect that much of the content will be free, some of the
more sophisticated content may come at a price\", he added. To encourage the
creation of content, PocketLearn gives away a Title Development Kit, or \"TDK\". The
TDK includes documentation, software and examples to allow anyone with a little HTML
and XML expertise to create content or \"Titles\" for the viewers. For those less
technical, PocketLearn also makes available a commercial product called \"Flash Card
Studio\" that simplifies the process. PocketLearn believes that their software can
find a home not only among high school, college, and vocational students, but also
in the corporate world, where employee training and compliance programs could
benefit from the inherent flexibility of a technology that makes the educational
material very portable and convenient to use.

About PocketLearn Inc:

PocketLearn Inc is a privately held Florida corporation founded in 2005 by veteran
software engineers formerly from IBM, Dell, and HP (Compaq).

Web Site = http://www.pocketlearn.com/download_tools.aspx

Contact Details = Address: 8136 SW 158 Place, Miami
United States of America

Phone Number:
Email: padsubmit@pocketlearn.com