New Cert Flash Cards iPhone/iPad Application from Pearson

INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pearson IT Certification, http://www.pearsonitcertification.com, announced today the launch off a new Cert Flash Cards App for the iPhone®, iPad, or iPod touch®, for those IT professionals interested in pursuing technical certification and looking for accessible, quality preparation tools.

“Users can quiz themselves on a wide range of IT certifications, including CompTIA, Cisco, Microsoft, CISSP, VMWare, and are able to enter their own answers, grade answers, create custom flash card sets, and view/email score reports to assess strengths and weaknesses.”

The new App focuses on highly sought after certifications like CCNA® and CompTIA® A+, and follows the recent announcement of book and library reader Apps now available from Pearson.

The FREE downloadable App contains one sample section of cards for an IT certification exam, and enables customers to purchase the remaining Flash Cards through a convenient “in-app purchase” feature. Users can easily navigate the lists of exam topics: black topic listings are unlocked for FREE and red topic listings are locked and available after purchasing.

News Facts:

Apps contain hundreds of Flash Cards on all exam topics, and allow for random review or focused review on select topics. Cards can be marked for later review, notes can be taken and emailed for future use, and detailed performance scoring is available.
Readers can download the Cert Flash Card App for free, sample featured Flash Card sets to see how the application performs, and use the convenient “in-app purchase” feature to purchase the remaining Flash Cards.
Users can easily navigate the lists of exam topics: black topic listings are unlocked for free; red topic listings are locked and available after purchase.
Apps run on the new Apple iPad, and the iPhone OS 3.0 and iPod touch models.
For more information visit http://www.certflashcardsonline.com.
To learn about other applications coming soon from Pearson, visit: http://www.informit.com/iphoneapp. All Pearson Apps are now available through the iTunes Store®at http://www.itunes.com.

New iPhone App Product Information:

Available now

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CCNA Wireless 640-721 Cert Flash Cards App
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MCSE 70-293 Cert Flash Cards App
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SSCP Cert Flash Cards App
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Coming Soon

MCSA/MCSE 70-290 Cert Flash Cards App
MCSA/MCSE 70-291 Cert Flash Cards App

Useable Quote:

“Flash cards have long been an effective way to increase retention of important facts, and this application is perfectly suited to mobile devices such as the iPad, the iPhone and iTouch,” said Brett Bartow, Executive Editor at Pearson. “Users can quiz themselves on a wide range of IT certifications, including CompTIA, Cisco, Microsoft, CISSP, VMWare, and are able to enter their own answers, grade answers, create custom flash card sets, and view/email score reports to assess strengths and weaknesses.”

Additional Publisher Links

Find PearsonITCertification on Facebook, Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/pearsonitcert and http://www.pearsonitcertification.com.

About Pearson

Pearson, the education, services, and technology company, is home to such respected brands as Addison-Wesley Professional, Cisco Press, Exam Cram, IBM Press, Prentice Hall Professional, Que, and Sams Publishing, which have as their online publishing arm, InformIT (www.informit.com) -The Trusted Technology Learning Source. In addition, Berkeley-based Peachpit (www.peachpit.com), the publishing partner for Adobe Press, Apple Certified, and others, publishes best-selling books for creative design professionals. Pearson is also co-founder, with O'Reilly Media Inc., of Safari Books Online (http://safari.informit.com), the premier on-demand technology content library providing thousands of expert reference materials through a single point of contact, including expert technology, creative and design, industry and management resources in video, audio and written formats. Pearson Education is part of Pearson (NYSE: PSO), the international media company. Pearson's other primary businesses include the Financial Times Group and the Penguin Group.

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