[Promotion-technology] Code Factory announcement about licensing.

[David Andrews]

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>
>Code Factory launches user-centred licensing for its software running on the
>Windows Mobile® platform
>New Licensing Method enables Activation Anytime From Anywhere, Free Movement
>of Licenses Between Devices, and more!
>
>Terrassa Spain-October 2nd, 2007, Today, Code Factory, the global leader in
>mobile software development for the blind and visually impaired, announces
>that it is introducing a new licensing method for its products running on
>the Windows Mobile operating system, providing its users with unparalleled
>flexibility in how they activate and use the software they purchase.
>
>Formerly, users of Code Factory products for Windows Mobile licensed their
>devices using a serial number generated by the device. This serial number
>was sent to Code Factory and a license code received which allowed the
>device to run the software. This device-based licensing method made it
>necessary to activate the device manually, by entering long codes, from the
>PC or device, to charge a small fee to move from one device to another, and
>to enter a new serial number whenever a new product or enhancement was
>purchased.
>
>All these drawbacks have been overcome with the new licensing method.
>User-centred licensing, where the product is licensed to the user and not to
>any particular device, allows users to activate their mobile device anytime
>and anywhere through their PCs, via the internet from the device itself, or
>by sending an SMS/text message. Users can now move their licensed software
>from device to device free of charge an unlimited number of times. There is
>no need to enter any codes into the device itself, the process is entirely
>automated and all the user need do is initiate the request for an
>activation.
>
>"Our products support the largest number, and widest range, of mobile
>devices in the AT industry," says Eduard Sánchez Palazón, C.E.O. of Code
>Factory. "Our customers demand flexibility in the way they use their
>software and hardware, and that's what this new licensing system is all
>about. Users of our products can now activate their software wherever and
>whenever they like, they can activate quickly and easily and, most
>importantly of all, they're able to keep up, free of charge, with
>increasingly innovative mobile devices."
>
>Larry Lewis, President of Flying Blind, agrees: "In an industry where it's
>fashionable for companies to charge customers thousands of dollars to update
>proprietary solutions that are out of date within months of being released,
>it's both mind-blowing and refreshing for those of us who are vision
>impaired to benefit from such an innovative approach to portable information
>management. I've been an exceedingly satisfied Mobile Speak customer for
>over three years, and compared to the costs that I accrued when I used a
>legacy notetaker, have spent a minimal amount in phone upgrade fees to move
>between four different mobile phones. But I'm both excited by, and impressed
>with, this incredible news and what it means for those of us who are blind
>and use mobile applications!"
>
>Code Factory will be releasing version 2.0 of Mobile Speak for Pocket PCs
>and Mobile Speak for Windows Mobile Smartphones in the coming weeks. This
>will be a free upgrade for all current users. Upon the release of version
>2.0 of each product, all current users will have the opportunity to migrate
>to the new licensing system. Users will be able to activate, deactivate, and
>reactivate their software using a PC with an Internet connection, wireless
>internet and/or cellular internet access directly from their mobile device,
>or through SMS text messaging. To read in greater depth about the many
>advantages of the new licensing method, visit: http://www.codefactory.es/ucl
>
>
>
>About Code Factory
>
>Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Terrassa/Barcelona, Spain, Code Factory
>is the global leader committed to the development of products designed to
>eliminate barriers to the accessibility of mobile technology for the blind
>and visually impaired. Today, Code Factory is the leading provider of screen
>readers, screen magnifiers, and braille interfaces for the widest range of
>mainstream mobile devices including Symbian-based and Windows Mobile-powered
>Smartphones as well as Pocket PC phones and PDAs. Its product line is the
>only one to support phones working on the GSM, CDMA and WCDMA networks. Code
>Factory's success lies in giving excellent customer support and in
>responding immediately to the needs of its end users. Among our customers
>are well-known companies and organizations like ONCE, and carriers such as
>TMN, Vodafone, SFR, Bouygues Telecom and AT&T. Our partners enable us to
>provide excellent text-to-speech, in many languages, for Mobilespeak
>products and to incorporate support for over twenty wireless braille devices
>into our software.
>
>For more information, feel free to contact Code Factory at:
>
>Code Factory, S.L.,
>Rambla d'Egara 148 2-2,
>08221 Terrassa (Barcelona),
>Spain
>Tel. +34 93 733 70 66,
>info at codefactory.es,
>http://www.codefactory.es
>
>
>
>Code Factory, S.L. - 2007