Updates and a New Addition for Omega One Calculator
- Nov 19 2004 - John Wade

Sammamish, WA — November 19th 2004 — Omega One, a leading provider of consumer applications for Windows Mobile-based Pocket PCs, today announced the release of an updated version of its market leading calculator, 1-Calc, as well as a desktop PC version of the same award winning calculator. The new release enhances some of the Pocket PC 1-Calc features. The desktop version of 1-Calc is the first time Omega One has offered a desktop product.

1-Calc has established itself as the leading after market calculator application for Pocket PCs. It’s broad range of functionality includes a simple everyday calculator, an algebraic calculator, base conversions, up to date currency conversions, unit conversions, a tip calculator, RPN and DAL modes, as well as the ability to customize the layout and even re-skin the calculator.

The desktop version of 1-Calc brings the same incredible range of functionality to the standard PC, offering every PC user access to the same powerful functionality offered by the Pocket PC version of 1-Calc.

“1-Calc has proved itself to be a market leading calculator for Pocket PC users,” said Andrew Haslam, CEO of Omega One, “Our customers were asking us to provide them the same level of functionality for the main PCs. We were only too happy to oblige.”

1-Calc has become another high performing application in the Omega One product portfolio, following in the footsteps of Battery Pack Pro and Journal Bar, which are consistently in the top 10 applications for the Pocket PC, and more recently 1-Pass a physical security application.

1-Calc is available from www.omegaone.com, www.handango.com, and other leading online retailers.

Omega One Introduces Smartphone Games
- Nov 19 2004 - John Wade

Sammamish, WA — November 19th 2004 — Omega One, a leading provider of consumer applications for Windows Mobile-based Pocket PCs, today announced the release of first in a range of applications for the Windows Mobile Smartphone.

1-GameBag is a bundle of eight popular games, including Invaders, Pong, Dominoes, Checkers, Blackjack, Video Poker, Blocks and Logical Squares. The games are also available on an individual basis if preferred. Offering the eight games in a single bundle gives users the opportunity to get a wide range of games at a great price.

“Omega One’s customers have been telling us that they want to see our applications on the Smartphone,” said Andrew Haslam, CEO of Omega One, “Offering these eight games is our first step towards offering an entire suite of applications that will include the leading Omega One applications. We see the Smartphone market as being a major growth area. Omega One has consistently shown it can develop market leading applications for the Pocket PC and we intend to provide the same valuable applications to Smartphone users.”

1-GameBag should become another high performing application in the Omega One product portfolio, following in the footsteps of Battery Pack Pro and Journal Bar, which are consistently in the top 10 applications for the Pocket PC, and more recently 1-Calc, the leading aftermarket calculator and 1-Pass a physical security application.

1-GameBag is available from www.omegaone.com, www.handango.com, and other leading online retailers.

New Version of Journal Bar From Omega One
- Oct 3 2004 - John Wade

Sammamish, WA — October 3rd 2004 — Omega One, a leading provider of consumer applications for Windows Mobile-based Pocket PCs, is pleased to announce the release of an updated version of Journal Bar, a top selling Pocket PC application that provides users with local and international information, weather and stock information. This updated version, Journal Bar v3.1, provides users with several new including:

• Weather from fourteen (14) cities can be displayed in the basic version
• Journal Bar now can provide weather reports from over 230 new countries and thousands of cities
• Radar and infra-red images for US weather cities
• Local Time, city name and current conditions for each city on the Today screen
• Two hundred (200) stocks can be displayed and are updated every 10 minutes
• News sections can show up to 9 headlines
• Updated and fresh looking User Interface and icons
• Journal Bar now offers support for VGA devices.
• Journal Bar can be configured to synchronize just one section or all of them.
• Multiple ways in which to store web pages
• Full localization into French, German and Dutch
• Synchronizing news is now faster.

“We updated Journal Bar to ensure it remains the top weather, stocks and news application in its category” said Andrew Haslam, CEO of Omega One, “By adding these additional features, such as more weather and stocks, we are ensuring that we are up to date with the latest features that our customers need.”

Journal Bar has been one of the top selling Pocket PC applications in 2003 and 2004. Omega One’s other top selling products include Battery Pack Pro which has been consistently in the top 10 Pocket PC applications for the last three years, as well as 1-Calc, a universal calculator, and 1-Pass, a physical security application.

Journal Bar v3.1 is available on www.omegaone.com, www.handango.com, and other leading online retailers.

Buy Battery Pack Pro and Win a new iPAQ rx1715
- Aug 3 2004 - John Wade

Sammamish, WA — August 3rd 2004 — Omega One, a leading developer of consumer applications for Windows Mobile-based Pocket PCs, together with PocketGear.com, the world’s leading provider of content for the Pocket PC, are pleased to announce that Omega One will give away a new HP iPAQ rx1715 to one lucky buyer of Battery Pack Pro, the best selling Pocket PC application. From today until PocketGear.com records the 100,000th download of Battery Pack Pro the email addresses of those people who buy Battery Pack Pro from PocketGear.com will be recorded. When the 100,000th copy is download, a name will be drawn from that list of Battery Pack Pro owners, and that person will receive a new iPAQ rx1715.
To date, over 97,000 people have downloaded Battery Pack Pro from PocketGear.com, so there is not much time left until the winner will be known. To enter the drawing the person must download and purchase a copy of Battery Pack Pro between August 3rd and the time of the 100,000th download. Trial downloads are not eligible for the drawing.
“Battery Pack Pro has been one of the leading Pocket PC applications over the last two years,” said Andrew Haslam, CEO of Omega One, “Reaching the 100,000th download mark on PocketGear.com will be a significant achievement for us and for PocketGear.com, and we want to give something back to our customers in the form of this great new iPAQ.”
“Battery Pack Pro has been a consistent best selling application for us at PocketGear.com,” said Slawek Pruchnik, vice president, Windows Mobile Consumer Channel for PocketGear.com. ”We are pleased to support Omega One with this great opportunity for one of our premier partners.”
Battery Pack Pro was the top selling Pocket PC application in 2002 and 2003. Omega One’s other top selling products include Journal Bar which has been consistently in the top 10 Pocket PC applications, as well as 1-Calc, a universal calculator, and 1-Pass, a physical security application.
Battery Pack Pro v1.1 is available for $19.99 on www.pocketgear.com.

New Version of Battery Pack Pro From Omega One
- Jul 9 2004 - John Wade

Sammamish, WA — July 9th 2004 —Omega One, a leading provider of consumer applications for Windows Mobile-based Pocket PCs, is pleased to announce the release of an updated version of Battery Pack Pro, the best selling Pocket PC application, providing users with several new features.

Battery Pack Pro v1.1 contains three new sought after features as well as an updated User Interface (UI):

• A Network Monitor function is now included. Network connectivity status is provided right on the Today screen, allowing users to see at a glance whether they are connected or not.
• Power Graph is a new function that provides graphing information on battery life, memory use and network traffic over a 24 hour period. Users can easily see how their device is performing over time.
• For users of the latest Pocket PC devices, Battery Pack Pro now supports VGA capabilities.
• The UI has been given a makeover to keep it up to date.

“We updated Battery Pack Pro to ensure it remains ‘The Only Pocket PC Utility You Will Ever Need’” said Andrew Haslam, CEO of Omega One, “By adding features such as the Network Monitor and Power Graph we are ensuring that we are up to date with the latest features that our customers need.”

Battery Pack Pro has been the top selling Pocket PC application in 2002 and 2003. Omega One’s other top selling products include Journal Bar which has been consistently in the top 10 Pocket PC applications, as well as 1-Calc, a universal calculator, and 1-Pass, a physical security application.

Battery Pack Pro v1.1 is available on www.omegaone.com, www.handango.com, and other leading online retailers.

Sammamish, WA — March 2nd 2004 —Omega One, a leading provider of consumer applications for Pocket PCs, announced the release a new calculator application, 1-Calc - a universal calculator that offers functionality for everyone.

1-Calc has been designed to offer a variety of features that will meet most people’s needs from a calculator. Not only does it offer basic calculator functions but it also offers several other modes, including a complete scientific calculator. Its currency conversion tool is unique in that it retrieves the latest exchange rates from the internet when the Pocket PC is docked. It also provides several unit converters covering a large range of options, for example converting miles into kilometers, acres into square meters, or even clothes sizes in different regions of the world, as well as a base converter.

“We designed 1-Calc to be the calculator that Pocket PC owners will use everyday,” said Andrew Haslam, CEO of Omega One, “Our first customers have told us that 1-Calc will replace their existing calculator - it’s so easy to use and so comprehensive in its functionality. Users can even customize the screen to provide their most used button layout or “skin” the screen if they like.”

Omega One hopes that 1-Calc will become the next top selling application in the Omega One product portfolio, following in the footsteps of Battery Pack and Journal Bar that are consistently in the top 5 applications for the Pocket PC.

“Our goal is to make 1-Calc as indispensable as our other applications,” continued Andrew Haslam, “There has never been a single calculator that could support the needs of every Pocket PC user – that’s our goal for 1-Calc.”

1-Calc is available on www.omegaone.com, www.handango.com, www.pocketgear.com and other leading online retailers.

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Today, in conjunction with the second anniversary of the Microsoft Mobility Partner Advisory Council (MPAC), Omega One, a leading provider of consumer applications for Microsoft Windows Mobile-based Pocket PCs, announced its participation in the council. Microsoft formed MPAC in an effort to work more collaboratively with companies who are investing heavily in mobility.

Omega One’s flagship applications, Battery Pack and Journal Bar have been in the top five downloaded applications for Pocket PCs for the last 2 years. Battery Pack provides 9 essential utilities for Pocket PC owners, including a battery monitor and ‘easy access’ Program Bar. Journal Bar provides Pocket PC owners with local and global weather, news, stocks and other information from almost 300 sources in 18 languages.

“We are very excited to be invited to join the MPAC program,” said Andrew Haslam, CEO of Omega One, “Windows Mobile will bring compelling applications to consumers and enterprises on a global basis. By reaching out to the Windows Mobile development community the MPAC program will ensure that end users will find compelling applications that make their mobile devices an essential part of their daily lives, and Omega One will be one of those providers.”

“Our goal in creating Windows Mobile was to provide a great experience for wireless connectivity, messaging and all the features people have come to expect from a technology-leading PDA. Omega One has joined us on the path toward realizing this goal with its Battery Pack and Journal Bar applications,” said Julie Wymetalek, manager of the MPAC program at Microsoft Corp. “We are very excited to have Omega One in the MPAC program and look forward to working with the company to utilize its expertise in the mobility market.”