Smartphones are wonderful tools, often praised for the communications and multimedia functionality.  They also double as PIM managers that help a user navigate the ins and outs of the busy professional’s life.  But what about serving as a learning tool?  Did you ever envision your phone playing this role?  With SPB Software’s Flash Cards for Android, users can dive into languages like Spanish, French and Italian.  Feel the need for something more exotic, Chinese and Swedish cards are available, plus several others.  Check out the full press release below for more information:

April 12th, 2010 – SPB Software, a leading maker of mobile applications, has announced the release of SPB Flash Cards for Android – a learning software tool created to help language students expand their vocabulary quickly and easily. The application, enhanced by smartphone technologies including photos, algorithms and detailed statistics, is supplementing existing teaching methods to create more flexible learning for language students.

Flash Cards, available for purchase from the Android Market, provides great assistance to those learning a new language. They offer a different and more varied way to learn, through the use of mental agility exercises and images. Available on all touchscreen phones running Google Android and OS version 1.5, the application provides over 1000 cards in 15 languages including Czech, German, English, French and Chinese, all dubbed by native speakers.

“The cards are going a long way in eliminating the reliance on direct word-to-word translation,” explained SPB Software CEO, Sebastian Schmidt. “Rarely does taking a word, translating it into the mother tongue and substituting it with the foreign equivalent, produce the best results.”

With expanding working hours and larger families, people no longer have the time to sit in classrooms or in front of the computer. In this sense, the mobile has given people the flexibility to learn how they want and when they want.

“Learning is a very individual process which people tackle in different ways,” Sebastian added. “SPB Flashcards for Android lets the learner take a step back from the ‘one size fits all’ approach and explore techniques that work for them.”

*** SPB Flash Cards Main Features: ***

- 5 different learning modes
- 15 languages to learn
- 1000+ words in every language
- 65 sections, such as Food, Transport and Clothes
- Create your own cards on SPB website

*** Pricing and Availability ***
SPB Flash Cards is available in 15 different versions:

- SPB English Cards
- SPB German Cards
- SPB Spanish Cards
- SPB French Cards
- SPB Italian Cards
- SPB Chinese Cards
- SPB Japanese Cards
- SPB Korean Cards
- SPB Dutch Cards
- SPB Portuguese Cards
- SPB Russian Cards
- SPB Czech Cards
- SPB Polish Cards
- SPB Swedish Cards
- SPB Finnish Cards

SPB Flash Cards  is available for touchscreen phones running Google Android OS version 1.5 and above. Each version may be purchased for $4.95 from the Android Market.

*** Further Information ***

SPB SPB Flash Cards product page:
http://www.spb.com/android-software/flashcards/

SPB Flash Cards screenshots
http://www.spb.com/android-software/flashcards/screenshots.html

*** About SPB Software (www.spb.com) ***

SPB is a leading brand in mobile software with a unique line of popular consumer products and partnerships with the world’s most innovative handset makers and wireless carriers. SPB’s software solutions deliver richer smartphone experiences and enable subscribers to do more with their mobile data connections. SPB Software is the maker of the world’s single number one best-selling mobile application – SPB Mobile Shell. For more information, please visit www.spb.com.

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