New great iPhone/iPhone Apps from ECTACO

Dear All,

As you may already know, we have been releasing our Language Teacher and Linguistic Crosswords applications for the iPhone and iPod.

They are usually released every week and are free for only 7 days!

If you do have an iPod or iPhone please make sure to download and rate it, if you don’t, forward it to your friends as a Thanksgiving gift as these programs are truly amazing and helpful for all.

Language Teacher

English -> French: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id394390226?mt=8

English -> German: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id394391248?mt=8

English -> Spanish: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id395662178?mt=8

English -> Farsi: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id394386985?mt=8

English -> Greek: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id394391620?mt=8

Linguisitic Crosswords:

English/Japanese: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/english-japanese-linguistic/id394110323?mt=8

English/German: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/english-german-linguistic/id394076445?mt=8

English/Greek: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/english-greek-linguistic-crossword/id394079394?mt=8

You can also find other language programs in the App Store like this:

If you’re looking for Thai language teacher just type: Ectaco Thai Language Teacher

If you’re looking for Spanish Linguisitc Crosswords just type: Ectaco Spanish Linguistic Crosswords

If you’re looking for Russian Ulearn just type: Ectaco Russian Ulearn

If you’re looking for English Audio Keyboard just type: Ectaco English Audio Keyboard

All described products can be purchased at www.ectaco.com or national distributors. You are welcome to send your questions or comments to PR@ectaco.com

Ectaco Releases First Language Learning Apps for the iPhone, iPod and iPad

Nov 9, 2010
 
"NEW YORK, Nov. 3, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Ectaco, Inc., the world's leader in portable language learning and translation technology, today introduced the first tier of a fun and easy-to-use Ectaco experience for those with Apple iPhones, iPods and iPads. The new applications are the latest release to Ectaco's slate of unique dictionaries and phrasebooks already available in the iTunes App Store, and will be the first and only to provide an interactive language learning experience for its users.

The new Lingvosoft apps (software line from Ectaco) are also the first of their kind to incorporate the Language Teacher, U-Learn, Linguistic Crosswords and Audio Keyboard, leveraging the strength of the company's portable learning brand across its entire language offering. The first release will provide users with the ability to learn any of the 39 languages, including English, on-the-go and hassle free.

"We wanted to extend our product line over to iPhone, iPod, and iPad users and make our high end learning programs even more portable than before," mentions David Lubinitsky, CEO of Ectaco Inc., "The success of our hardware allowed us to split programs individually so users all over the world can take advantage of our one of a kind portable language learning software." The Lingvosoft storefront will now boast over 600 different language apps in 56 different language combinations.

Four apps will be released, each with their own individual learning curve. Each is fully interactive and all done in a real human voice and based on Ectaco's Speech Recognition technology. The Language Teacher will focus around 4 features including alphabets, words, phrases and dialogues, with full picture to word and voice recognition. The U-Learn is specifically designed for on-the-go users and will have 7 levels of endless communication between the user and human-like interactive tutor who will aid in everything from pronunciation correction to verbal exams. The Linguistic Crosswords will put language learning into crossword puzzles for users to solve. The words are all clearly pronounced and users must solve a puzzle via hints and translations. The Audio Keyboard will be able to pronounce any letter typed in one of the 39 available languages fluently for users to blind type and hear pronunciations.

All apps will be available for a FREE download the first 10 days of release starting November 3, 2010.

For more information visit www.ectaco.com or contact Greg Stetson at 718 728 6110 ext. 212 or greg@ectaco.com.
SOURCE Ectaco, Inc."
For the original go here.

ECTACO inspires designers to create a new concept for Tablets!

The GottaBeMobile-user Sumocat, who has already appeared on our blog, inspired by the design of our jetBook Lite, came up with a very interesting idea on Tablets-design. Here's a bit from his post:

"So all this noise about the Apple Tablet and what it will or will not do got me thinking about tablet design, specifically slate design other than a basic flat screen. I’ve been using slates or convertibles in slate mode for years (longer than there have been Apple tablet rumors, apparently), so believe me when I state I say this with love – standard flat slate design sucks.

Grabbing a slate with one hand requires a clamp-like scissor grip as opposed to a more natural rounded grip. On a table top, it lies flat when an angle is better for working or viewing. I’ve dealt with these drawbacks using stands and grips, but those kludges only accentuate how ill-suited the traditional flat design is for productivity. Thus, I propose a design shift away from flat and toward L-shaped wedge.

The wedge epiphany came to me after handling the jetBook lite with its protruding battery pack. Allowed me to get a really good, natural grip on the device at its heaviest spot. Excellent for handling, not simply holding, with one hand*.

Expanding that design to a Tablet PC, the guts of the machine (processor, storage, battery, etc.) would be crammed into the back end instead of being distributed across the entire footprint. The various ports would also be located here, along with a pair of flip-out feet, offering a steeper angle when laid horizontally and stability when stood vertically. I also envision a webcam on the bezel here, angled to capture a user sitting a few feet away..." read on

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All described ECTACO products can be purchased at www.ectaco.com or national distributors. You are welcome to send your questions or comments to PR@ectaco.com