Ilium Software News

New Product Combines Best Features of Both Titles

ANN ARBOR, Mich.–December 17, 2007 - Web Information Solutions, Inc. and Ilium Software are very pleased to announce eWallet 6.0 - a new release that combines the best features of FlexWallet and eWallet.

eWallet 6.0, available for Windows Mobile and Palm OS, combines the earlier functionality and ease of use of both FlexWallet and eWallet, and adds many new features, including stronger security, with AES FIPS and 256-bit encryption, more remote syncing options, and more security and customization options. In addition, eWallet 6.0, based on FlexWallet for BlackBerry, will be released for Blackberry devices in the first half of 2008, allowing current eWallet and FlexWallet users to have compatible wallets across Windows Mobile, Palm, Blackberry, U3, and Windows desktop platforms.

WebIS and Ilium Software have worked together to create an easy migration path for FlexWallet users. From eWallet’s new Flex View, a display format that emulates the FlexWallet grid style display, to automatic FlexWallet wallet conversion, FlexWallet users will find the transition to eWallet an easy one. All eligible FlexWallet licenses have been converted to eWallet licenses, so that eWallet’s upgrade policies (free upgrades within 90 days of a purchase, discounts for any other upgrades or additional platforms) will apply to current registered users of both FlexWallet and eWallet.

“By combining the efforts of Ilium Software and WebIS together our customers win”, said Alex Kac, CEO of WebIS. “Ilium is focused on the wallet market and this move creates a synergy which over the next year is going to really shine between the two companies.”

“We’re thrilled that WebIS chose to work with us on this,” said Marc Tassin, Senior Product Manager at Ilium Software. “The chance to work with WebIS to bring together two of the top-selling secure information management applications on the market is an amazing opportunity. We’re going to do everything we can to make this a great experience for FlexWallet users.”

This decision allows WebIS to focus on Pocket Informant and other award-winning applications, and allows Ilium Software to more easily add and support eWallet on other platforms in the future. It gives current users of both programs a state-of-the-art way to keep their personal information safe and secure on a variety of devices and operating systems.

eWallet 6.0 will be sold on both the WebIS and Ilium Software websites, as well as by many leading mobile software distributors. eWallet on Blackberry will be supported and maintained by WebIS; on Windows Mobile, Palm, Windows and U3 by Ilium Software.

Complete information about eWallet 6.0 is available at http://www.iliumsoft.com/ewallet.

ANN ARBOR, Mich.–December 17, 2007 - Ilium Software is pleased to announce the release of eWallet 6.0, the latest version of their award-winning password manager program. eWallet is available for Windows Mobile Pocket PCs and Smartphones, Palm OS handhelds, Windows PCs, U3 Smart Drives, and UMPCs. With this release, Ilium Software is also unveiling the eWallet Web Companion. This innovative web-based application allows eWallet users to view their information on the iPhone, iPod touch, Blackberry devices, Symbian phones, or any other device with a web browser and an internet connection.

Current owners and new users alike will find many great new features in eWallet 6.0. The encryption method has been updated to a stronger, government-level 256-bit AES FIPS algorithm, offering better security for important information. Users can also insert and encrypt files into their wallets, making it safe and easy to take data with them to access whenever they need it. And now users can even tell the program to automatically save a backup of their file any time they close or lock it, ensuring that no one will have to be without the info they need. eWallet 6.0 also adds SFTP synchronization, allowing users to securely synchronize their information to remote locations.

Aside from offering top-level security, eWallet 6.0 gives users many new ways to personalize their wallets to fit their style. Users will find two built-in card background graphics included in the program, as well as 10 more free background graphics available for download from Ilium Software’s website. For users who just like to use colors for their cards instead of images, eWallet 6.0 now blends any background color into a gradient on the card, bringing an updated look and feel to the program. The website also offers another free download to customize cards and categories, in the form of a brand-new Icon Pack with over 200 icons inside.

In addition to unique designs for every card, users will now be given a choice on how they would like to view their data. eWallet 6.0 introduces Flex View, which allows users to read their card data in an easy-to-browse list. Of course, eWallet’s well-known card-style view is still available, displaying information as if it were on a real card.

Among eWallet’s other new features are a built-in Import Wizard on the desktop to help users switch easily from other password programs, and greatly improved 1-handed navigation, making it simpler to create, edit and use cards on mobile devices. Windows Mobile Smartphone users will also find that eWallet 6.0 now includes all the same features on their devices as on the Windows Mobile Pocket PC platform, offering them the same experience with the program if they work on multiple devices.

In conjunction with the release of eWallet 6.0, Ilium Software is also announcing a new partnership with Web Information Solutions. The two companies are very pleased to announce that eWallet 6.0 will combine the best features of both FlexWallet and eWallet, and that older version licenses for both titles will be upgradeable to eWallet 6.0. Complete data compatibility across platforms will let current FlexWallet and eWallet users have compatible wallets across Windows Mobile, Palm, U3, and Windows desktop platforms, with a Blackberry version, based on FlexWallet for BlackBerry, to be released for Blackberry devices in the first half of 2008.

“We’re thrilled that WebIS chose to work with us on this,” said Marc Tassin, Senior Product Manager at Ilium Software. “The chance to work with WebIS to bring together two of the top-selling secure information management applications on the market is an amazing opportunity. We’re going to do everything we can to make this a great experience for FlexWallet users.”

Read the complete announcement here.

Complete information about eWallet 6.0, for both new users and people who want to upgrade, can be found on Ilium Software’s website.

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ANN ARBOR, Mich.–August 13, 2007 - Ilium Software today announces the release of ListPro 5.0, their award-winning personal productivity and organization software. ListPro is designed for Windows Mobile 6 devices, Windows Mobile Pocket PCs and Smartphones, Palm OS handhelds, and Windows Vista and XP computers.

The newest version of ListPro adds many exciting features to the top-selling program. ListPro 5.0 includes a variety of formatting options to give more detail to the Notes Pane for any list item. Users can: change the font, the text size, and format their text in bold, underline, or italics; add images and live web or email links right inside their notes; and arrange their notes using bullet points or numbered items. Users with phone-enabled mobile devices can also include live phone number links in their Notes Pane.

Many other new features have been introduced in ListPro 5.0 as well. With one-click list publishing, users can quickly send lists, and all linked images and files, directly to their Windows Mobile device from their desktop. Plus, two new exporting options allow users to share lists easily with friends. With the HTML export option, users can upload lists to any website fast, and with the RSS export option, they can turn any list into a news feed. And for users of Palm OS devices, ListPro 5.0 has added an additional feature not available in earlier versions: users can now include the linked column to their Palm OS lists for live web links, phone numbers, and email addresses.

The features that helped make ListPro an award-winning list manager are still available in ListPro 5.0, including item indenting, highlighting, and outlining, as well as calculated columns, alarm functions, and special features for shopping lists, all built to make ListPro the only program you’ll ever need to help you get and stay organized.

Whether you’re new to ListPro, or are interested in upgrading to version 5.0, all the information can be found on Ilium Software’s website.

About Ilium Software:
Founded in 1997, Ilium Software is a privately held, independent software vendor and member of the Microsoft Certified Partner Program. The company produces and sells a family of award-winning utilities for mobile and desktop devices, including Ilium Software eWallet®, ListPro®, NewsBreak®, Keep Track(tm), and DockWare®. Ilium Software was a founding member of the Microsoft Mobility Partner Advisory Council (MPAC), a unique partner program developed by Microsoft Corp. to serve as a focused feedback mechanism for Microsoft Windows Mobile platform development, and to provide leading companies with the tools and resources they need to bring the most innovative and successful mobility solutions to market. Complete information about Ilium Software and its products is available on the Internet at www.iliumsoft.com.

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ANN ARBOR, Mich.–March 6, 2007 - Ilium Software is pleased to announce the release of NewsBreak 2.0, their award-winning RSS and news feed reader that allows users to catch up on their important news wherever they are.

This latest version of NewsBreak introduces full podcast support. Users will now be able to listen to their favorite podcasts, watch vidcasts, and view attached files and images in NewsBreak. Users can also control when to download their podcasts, save them to play later, keep their podcasts on a storage card, or tell NewsBreak how much device memory to use to store their podcasts.

NewsBreak 2.0 also incorporates Microsoft Live Search, so users can look online to find more great channels to add to their list. Improved menus make it easier to use the program with one-handed navigation, and the appearance of the program has also been updated with this release. The keyword icons have been updated and more have been added to help users recognize the news they most want to read about with just a glance. NewsBreak completely supports the recently announced Windows Mobile 6.

More information about NewsBreak, including how to upgrade to NewsBreak 2.0, can be found on Ilium Software’s website.

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We have just released a new freeware program for Windows Mobile Pocket PCs and Smartphones. Ilium Software Screen Capture is a fast and easy-to-use application that lets you take screenshots quickly on your device. In only a few steps, the program is ready to take all the screenshots you need at the push of a button.

Ilium Software Screen Capture is the newest of many handy utilities and fun games available for free on our website. Visit our freeware page today to download any of these great programs.

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ANN ARBOR, Mich.–December 13, 2006 - Ilium Software announces the release of eWallet 5.0, its award-winning secure information and password manager. eWallet is available for Windows Mobile Pocket PCs and Smartphones, Palm OS handhelds, Windows PC, and the new version adds support for Windows Vista and UMPCs as well.

eWallet 5.0 offers many enhancements to synchronization, including a new, easy-to-use Sync Setup Interface, and more synchronization options to allow users to keep their data current on all their devices. With eWallet 5.0, users can sync to multiple PCs, PDAs, or computers on a network, as well as USB storage devices and external hard drives, and even remote locations on the web. Ilium Software has partnered with FilesAnywhere to provide an online data storage solution for your secure information. With FilesAnywhere you can automatically synchronize all your wallet files on your Windows PC to a secured location and access that data from any computer with an internet connection. This partnership gives users the ability to maintain a secure, online backup of their information, and access their data from any computer with an Internet connection and eWallet installed.

Also included in eWallet 5.0 is complete support from the Windows Vista Mobile Device Center, and password protection that is always turned on. And with this latest release, Ilium Software has updated the look of the program with a brand-new set of icons. Users will also be able to customize their cards even more with four free, self-installing icon packs available for download on Ilium Software’s website.

The features that helped make eWallet a top-rated secure information manager are still available in eWallet 5.0, such as 256-bit encryption, a built-in password generator, and complete customization of cards, categories, and wallet files. eWallet allows users to have nested categories and multiple wallet files, so their information is available whenever they need it, in the format that suits their needs best.

More information about eWallet, including how to upgrade to eWallet 5.0, can be found on Ilium Software’s website.

About Ilium Software:
Founded in 1997, Ilium Software is a privately held, independent software vendor and member of the Microsoft Certified Partner Program. The company produces and sells a family of award-winning utilities for mobile and desktop devices, including Ilium Software eWallet®, ListPro®, NewsBreak®, Keep Track(tm), and DockWare®. Ilium Software was a founding member of the Microsoft Mobility Partner Advisory Council (MPAC), a unique partner program developed by Microsoft Corp. to serve as a focused feedback mechanism for Microsoft Windows Mobile platform development, and to provide leading companies with the tools and resources they need to bring the most innovative and successful mobility solutions to market. Complete information about Ilium Software and its products is available on the Internet at www.iliumsoft.com.

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The eWallet 5.0 Open Beta is now available! We hope you will enjoy this sneak peek of eWallet 5.0 and the many great features it offers, and send us feedback that will help us make eWallet 5.0 an even better product.

Get complete information - and downloads - here.

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We are excited to report that the Best Software Award winners have been chosen, and Ilium Software has won four awards this year!

eWallet (Professional Edition) for Pocket PCs won the title of Best Secure Information Manager. ListPro (Professional Edition) won Best List Manager, also for Pocket PCs.

And our news reader application, NewsBreak, won Best News Reader for Pocket PCs, as well as Best Feed Reader for Smartphones.

We want to invite everyone to join us in celebrating these latest awards. For the next week, you can get a big discount on any purchase that you make with us when you visit our Handango-powered store.

Follow this link: http://www.iliumsoft.com/site/custserv/cath1.htm to shop, and when you’re ready to pay, enter the code MAGAWRD in your cart to receive your discount. But don’t wait too long – the celebration will only last until October 25^th!

You can visit the Smartphone and Pocket PC Magazine website to view the complete list of winners. We would like to congratulate all of this year’s winners, and thank the magazine for honoring us with four awards.

Ilium Software today released InScribe 2007, a new approach to text entry for Microsoft’s new Ultra-Mobile PCs (UMPCs) and Tablet PCs. InScribe 2007 is a fully customizable on-screen keyboard that uses an innovative text entry technique where the user slides the stylus from letter to letter to enter text. This method of text entry is fast, natural, and easy to learn. InScribe 2007 also allows text entry via the standard key tap method or by turning the entire display into a touch sensitive keyboard. Because the InScribe 2007 keyboard can be transparent, the user can enter text on it and still see his or her work.

On September 12th, InScribe 2007 was honored at the Handango Summit when it was announced as the winner of the “Best UMPC Software” competition sponsored by Microsoft and Handango. Microsoft judges cited InScribe’s ease of use, adaptability, and attention to quality as the basis for its selection.

Before the release of InScribe 2007, advance copies were sent to Microsoft MVPs for review. James Kendrick of the respected UMPC and Tablet PC website JkOnTheRun.com was particularly impressed. In his review of the product he described it as “…the fastest on-screen keyboard I have ever worked with and very accurate.”

InScribe is Ilium Software’s first product designed specifically for Microsoft’s new UMPC (also known as Origami) platform. “We’re very excited about moving into the UMPC market” said Marc Tassin, Senior Product Manager for Ilium Software. “The platform has amazing potential and is a great addition to the mobile device landscape.”

Ilium Software is well known for being a market leader in mobile device software. The company’s award-winning titles include eWallet, ListPro, NewsBreak, and DockWare, available for Windows Mobile Smartphone, Windows Mobile Pocket PC, Palm OS, and Windows PC. Ilium Software was founded in 1997 and has worked closely with Microsoft, as well as with Handango and Motricity, to create and distribute their titles. Ilium Software was a founding member of Microsoft’s Mobile Partner Advisory Council, and was awarded Handango’s “Developer of the Year” in 2005.

InScribe 2007 is currently available at no charge from Ilium Software’s website at http://www.iliumsoft.com/inscribe.

We’ve just gotten two pieces of good news from the Handango Summit:

eWallet (Professional Edition) won the Handango Champion 2006 award for Best Application for Life on the Pocket PC platform. The Champion awards are Handango’s annual awards recognizing the top software in various categories. Users choose their favorite programs to be nominated, then the final awards are chosen by an independent panel of judges made up of industry experts in the mobile software field.

InScribe, which we’ll be releasing later this month for the new Ultra-Mobile PC (UMPC) platform, was one of the 3 winning programs in Handango’s best new UMPC software contest. The 3 winning programs were selected by independent experts and Microsoft personnel as showing best utilization of the features and functionality of the new platform.

We’ll have more information very soon.