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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Me, Windows Server 2008, Windows NT, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: February 10, 2009
- Total Downloads: 589,606
- Downloads last week: 2,007
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 96 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET staff on May 13, 2009
Download Accelerator Manager from Tensons is a free, highly customizable application for users who want to download many things, fast. Unfortunately, it didn't work for us.
In the main application view, DAM categorizes downloads as All, Unfinished, and Finished; within those categories, the application automatically organizes files by type (e.g., Music). The interface, while not gorgeous, follows standard Windows conventions and is easy to understand. It's easy to add URLs for downloading, and you can pause and restart downloads with one click. We liked the option to choose the order in which files are downloaded.
DAM does, indeed, offer a long list of tools for power downloaders, including scheduling and automation options, site-connection settings, and general interface tweaks. Sadly, the Help file is sparse; among other things, it fails to explain what MediaGrabber, a quasiseparate application that gets installed along with DAM, actually does.
Adding download targets to DAM is easy, thanks to its integration with several browsers, including Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Opera. The window that pops up when you click on a link lets you choose to open a file with DAM. You can also right-click a target or drag it to the icon the program places in your system tray.
Our first download attempt was a 1.7MB executable. DAM worked fine. We next tried downloading a 400MB .mov and the application hung. We Ctrl-Alt-Deleted out, restarted, and tried again. The application hung. Just for fun, we tried downloading several files at the same time to observe the promised "manager" features. Hung. We tested with a 60MB file, but DAM choked on that as well. Each time, Task Manager identified DAM as the CPU culprit. Then, we tried downloading both the 400MB and 60MB files straight from Firefox. Each attempt worked fine.
The verdict? If you are a heavy downloader, DAM may be worth a try--it is free, after all--in the hopes you get better results than we did. But you may want to keep doing research in the more likely case your test runs turn out like ours.
Publisher's description
From Tensons :Download social video, music, song, and more from rich media sites, accelerate, schedule, resume, recover, and manage Internet downloads. Download Accelerator Manager (DAM) is a new generation downloader, which is made for the Web social media downloading, such as video, music, FLV, and Flash downloading from media sites, like YouTube, MySpace, etc., with all browsers, such as IE, Firefox, Google Chrome, and Opera, by using a pro tool, DAM MediaGrabber. DAM is a free Internet orbit download manager, accelerator, and media grabber to make downloads easier and faster. With DAM, you can download with maximum possible speed via using dynamic-download-segmentation, no-file-part-assembly logic. Plus, DAM has a wealth of features, like auto-shutdown, auto-connect or disconnect, 1-click download, and connection and sound management. DAM supports Vista and all popular browsers.
Version 4.1.1 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
What's new in this version:
Updated setup file and screen shot of product.
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User reviews of Download Accelerator Manager 4.1.1
- Average user rating: 3.6 stars out of 96 votes
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Version: Download Accelerator Manager 4.1.1
Pros: it downloads fast. many files simultaneously or one after the other.
Cons: it has crashed on me about twice.
Summary: i like it better than Orbit Downloader, because it's faster.
i don't like that it can crash at times. the DAM media Grabber doesn't seem to work.
but i'm still okay with it. definitely not perfect, but usable. -
Version: Download Accelerator Manager 4.1.1
Pros: Small size;
A simple download from this site went wellCons: Web browser integration is non-existent;
Authorized downloads (loke login or cookies reqd) did not work for meSummary: I wa looking for something that could help me resume a large download after interuption.
Problem is I was expecting an automatic startup once I initiate the download in Firefox. This didn't happen. Same in IE. So I tried to get the download au... read more >> -
Version: Download Accelerator Manager 4.1.1
"Can order upgrade by Mail using Cheque and Money Order."
Pros: For downloading files, this program works quickly.
Cons: Even with paid version, internet connection did not seem to speed things up. When I did speed test with and with out the program. I did not get the results that I was expecting. Having trouble selecting connection speed from list provided.
Summary: Spend your money on other programs.
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Version: Download Accelerator Manager 4.1.1
""TRY IT AND YOU WON'T REGRET""
Pros: Quite easy to use, better than using normal firefox or ie. The download interface almost the same with IDM.
Cons: I hope I'm wrong, but it slight slower than IDM.
Summary: Best download freeware so far.
Always vote Download.cnet for original software.
(PS : I think it's normal if the program ask you to close all browser before installing add-ons, don't you think?) -
Version: Download Accelerator Manager 4.1.1
Pros: Simple , downloads fast through many connections
Cons: Not working with google chrome
Summary: So far it's the best free Download manager i had so far
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