Providing organisations a full-scale CRM solution directly on their smartphones, Maximizer is the only CRM vendor to offer the most real-time access options to customer/prospect information on multiple platforms, including BlackBerry® 8000 Series, Pearl™, Curve™ and Bold™ smartphones and now Apple® iPhones™. Enhancements in Maximizer CRM 10.5 are designed to support real time customer interactions from the office, in the field, and while on the road; ultimately driving the customer acquisition, customer service and customer retention.

“In today’s economy, when companies are looking to maximize ROI, while improving communications with customers & prospects, Maximizer CRM 10.5 delivers both,” said Vivek Thomas, managing director EMEA, Maximizer Software. “With MaxMobile in version 10.5, Maximizer provides organisations a solution that gives real-time insight into their customer base and prospects – enabling customer interactions that build better relationships.”

Mobile CRM – Business Anytime, Anywhere

With Forrester Research reporting that 31 percent of SMBs plan to adopt and/or execute a sales force application on their mobile devices by the close of 2008, Maximizer Mobile CRM now empowers sales professionals to conduct loans business in real-time including:

• Ability to access an online document library for sales and company collateral;
• One-click access to maps and driving directions;
• Significantly increased storage of customer data via SD cards.

With BlackBerry devices continuing to lead the corporate business world, Maximizer CRM 10.5 also offers in-depth functionality for the latest BlackBerry smartphone devices, including an improved single-click BlackBerry user interface, and integration with BlackBerry address book and phone modules. Sales and service professionals can also log calls, SMS text messages and emails to client records on their BlackBerry smartphones, affording increased access and convenience in the field.

In addition to improved wireless synchronisation, Maximizer CRM 10.5 now offers seamless wireless web access from the installed mobile application to provide the best of both worlds within one click:

• Rapid, offline access to a subset of customer information stored directly on the smartphone and synchronised back to the corporate CRM system; and
• Real-time online access to the corporate CRM system to dig deeper into specific accounts or expand searches via the web browser integrated with the mobile application on the device

“With instant access to logged calls, emails and quotes, Maximizer Mobile CRM enables our mobile sales force to provide seamless customer service, and make informed, on-the-spot decisions throughout the sales cycle,” said Dennis Fanning, president of Platinum Equipment Ltd., a supplier of quality semi trailers for the transportation industry. “Maximizer Software offers increased productivity to our sales force with reduced downtime, allowing us to service our customers more efficiently.”

Additional Maximizer CRM 10.5 new and improved features include:

• More features supported in Web Access to support workers from anywhere including Microsoft Word integration, Excel export, action plans, email templates for personal campaigns, and faster performance

• Greater visibility and better strategic planning capabilities with advanced business intelligence and visual workflow capabilities including on-the-fly trend analysis throughout the customer lifecycle

• Extension of Web 2.0-powered tools with social networking enhancements for more powerful prospecting.
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This product will show at AppleExpo 2008 in Paris, 17th-20th September. The functions added to the ZeptoPad 1.5 are as follows:

New functions provided by ZeptoPad 1.5
Copy / paste of multiple figures and texts
Thanks to this newly added function, users will now be able to copy and paste multiple figures and texts using the editing tool.

Three display modes available.
Instead of the single display mode originally offered, ZeptoPad 1.5 will allow users to choose from a total of three different display modes: plain, ruler, and grid. An especially high level of demand had been expressed for the grid display function.

Zoom out function
After using the ZeptoPad special feature which allows the screen to be expanded and higher levels of detail in drawings, users will now be able to zoom out so as to quickly display entire drawings within a single screen.

Redo function
In addition to the undo function offered previously, ZeptoPad 1.5 will also include a redo function, providing users with a greater level of control to edit content.

Rotate / expand / shrink
In addition to the move function offered previously, ZeptoPad 1.5 will allow users to rotate, expand, and shrink imported images and the entire drawn area of text and figures.

Enhanced basic functions
- The maximum number of worksheets that can be saved has increased from 16 to 320.
- The maximum number of paths that can be drawn has increased from 96 to 256.
- The resolution of pasted images has been upgraded from 32×32 to 128×128.

Help page featuring multilingual support
In line with the global expansion of the App Store, the help page will be written in eight different languages. (Languages available: English, Japanese, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Spanish, and Portuguese)

About ZeptoPad
ZeptoPad allows users to write and draw on their iPhone with a freedom that rivals the experience of using a paper notebook. “Zepto” is a prefix in the International System of Units denoting 10 to the negative 21st power.Accordingly, this application was developed to allow users to sketch without limitations, expanding and shrinking worksheets as they see fit. While previous note-taking applications have always focused on memorization, the aim of ZeptoPad is to support the act of thinking.

Main functions of ZeptoPad

Text input
Users are able to record text data inputted via the keypad.

Handwritten note-taking
In order to create figures which would be difficult to construct using text alone, users can input data by handwriting on the touchscreen. Data with a much higher level of detail can therefore be recorded.

Directory
Using this function, users can bring up a list of the worksheets they have created.

Worksheet sharing (Shake&Share function)
To share a worksheet, users can either attach it as an image to an email and then send it, or transmit it to another ZeptoPad via Wi-Fi (using the Shake&Share function).

Note: A worksheet can be transmitted with the Shake&Share function when two iPhones (iPod touches) have ZeptoPad installed, are connected to the same Wi-Fi access point, and are then shaken up and down simultaneously.

Product / service specifications
Product / service name: Handwritten note-taking application ZeptoPad 1.5
Developer / seller: Ubiquitous Entertainment Inc.
URL: http://zeptopad.com/ (English website)
http://zeptopad.com/index_j.html (Japanese website)
Purchase site: App Store
Price: Free ($9.99 for a new purchase)

About Ubiquitous Entertainment Inc.
Ubiquitous Entertainment Inc. (headquarters:Tokyo,Japan; CEO: Ryo Shimizu) is a technology development corporation offering services based on technologies adopted by the IPA (Information-Technology Promotion Agency, Japan) Exploratory Software Project over a wide range of applications.

UEI boasts a large number of web-based products including an independently developed high-performance RDF database framework, the ZEKE CMS solution, and a CGM site development tool (as of June 2008).

URL: http://www.uei.co.jp/

Contact information
Ubiquitous Entertainment Inc.
Hongo Ohara Bldg, 5-24-6 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan 113-0033
Phone: 81 (0)3-5840-8823
Fax: 81 (0)3-5840-8825
Department to be contacted: Solution Business Division
Email: info@uei.co.jp

*The iPhone and iPod touch are registered trademarks of Apple Inc.
*Other general product names, etc. are all trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

Ubiquitous Entertainment Inc. (headquarters: Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Ryo Shimizu) is a technology development corporation offering services based on technologies adopted by the IPA (Information-Technology Promotion Agency, Japan) Exploratory Software Project over a wide range of applications.

UEI boasts a large number of web-based products including an independently developed high-performance RDF database framework, the ZEKE CMS solution, and a CGM site development tool (as of June 2008).

UEI releases ZeptoPad 1.5 ;the handwritten note-taking application for the iPhone and iPod touch. Copy / paste of multiple figures and texts, as well as a grid display function, are now available.
http://zeptopad.com/ (English website)
http://zeptopad.com/index_j.html (Japanese website)

About Ubiquitous Entertainment Inc

Ubiquitous Entertainment Inc. (headquarters: Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Ryo Shimizu) is a technology development corporation offering services based on technologies adopted by the IPA (Information-Technology Promotion Agency, Japan) Exploratory Software Project over a wide range of applications.

UEI boasts a large number of web-based products including an independently developed high-performance RDF database framework, the ZEKE CMS solution, and a CGM site development tool (as of June 2008).