WinRAR - Newsletter 2/2003Issue: October 15, 2003
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1. Pocket RAR 3.20 released!
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1. Final version of Pocket RAR 3.20 released!
We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of PocketRAR 3.20.
Now you can finally put the Power of WinRAR in your Pocket!
Just imagine being able to save precious space on your Pocket PC without having to pay for it.
RARLAB and win.rar GmbH make that possible with the release of Pocket RAR for Pocket PCs as freeware! This means that anyone may use Pocket RAR for absolutely FREE!
Pocket RAR is a version of WinRAR designed to compress files on your Pocket PC, saving you the space that bulky files occupy. Now you can even use the leading compression technology on your mobile device.
Pocket RAR at a glance:
* Pocket RAR is a version of the RAR archiver for the Pocket PC 2002 platform
* The Pocket RAR archiver is distributed as freeware. Anyone may use this software freely.
* Pocket RAR is making smaller archives than the competition, saving disk space and transmission time.
* Pocket RAR offers a graphic interactive interface utilizing pen
and menus. You can easily browse for archives and files using the file- and archive management mode.
* Pocket RAR can compress, decompress and delete files in RAR & ZIP archives.
* Pocket RAR provides advanced support for RAR archives with solid archiving, multivolume archive support,six different compression levels, Unicode in file names and password protection using 128 bit AES encryption.
* Pocket RAR has a small executable size to reduce the amount of precious Pocket PC memory occupied by the archiver.
* All advanced functions can be performed on a desktop computer using
WinRAR. Help files and install documentation are also stored on the desktop computer.
* Pocket RAR allows for easy transfer of files between desktop computer and Pocket PC.
* Pocket RAR features are constantly being developed to keep Pocket RAR ahead of the pack.
Memory Requirements:
* Decompressing most RAR archives only requires 32 MB of free memory.
* Using advanced compression parameters makes it possible to create a RAR archive which will require up to 132 MB to decompress. However, such archives hardly ever exist in reality.
* 4 MB of free memory is needed to create RAR archives in the "Fastest", "Fast" and "Normal" compression modes.
* 6 MB of free memory is needed to create RAR archives in the "Good" and "Best" compression modes.
* Updating of existing archives requires more memory than creating new ones. Exact values depend upon the archive type and size.
* Creating and unpacking of ZIP archives takes less than 1 MB.
For more information about Pocket RAR and WinRAR and to download your free copy of Pocket RAR today, please visit our website at www.win-rar.com.
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