Starbuck for Windows

User Reviews

• Surprisingly great support!

  2/11/2004

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  NO, I am not exxagerating here! I was not smart enough to pick up on the fact that my PDA was not compatable with the software, but before I found that out, I gave that 1-800 number a call and I immediately was talking to someone over the phone about it! Literally! No wait, no annoying menus to sit through if you are about to break somethin and want someone to talk to IMMEDIATELY. So who said that their service sucked because they did not get any responses to email. Try the number!

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• 8/24/2003

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  2/15/2003

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  now I have not

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• I tried, I really did

  10/21/2002

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  I bought Starbuck almost as soon as I bought a Pocket PC, and really liked it at first. But after so long without an update, and with some fairly glaring bugs in the code that NEED to be corrected, I've decided to withdraw my support. In fact, I even decided NOT TO BUY ANOTHER PRODUCT from this company because of their unwillingness to correct Starbuck. Why should I give money for another product from them -- it seems unlikely that they'll do a good job on another product given their history of churning out app after app fixing the ones they've got already. I tried, I really did. I wrote and gave my concerns to the company before writing this message, all to no avail.

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• What a Bargain!

  wcburket6/24/2002

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  I was convinced that I wouldn't want to read e-books on my PocketPC after trying Microsoft Reader. After reading many positive comments about Starbuck Reader, I gave it a try. You were right about this one! And only $10.

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• Poor (More likely NO) customer service

  1/3/2002

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  The application is great, but after you buy it and God forbid need to contact the customer service your emails will be totally ignored!

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• A great piece of software

  11/30/2001

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  Short of lacking user control over text and background color I can't think of any feature that is missing from it (you can only choose blk/wht or the reverse). It is very easy to use in general, the bookmarks can be improved though (microsoft reader does a better job at these). I particularly liked the auto-scroll feature (smooth scroll! not the jerky migraine-inducing full line one) using it you can read without having to tap or push anything! Had I made this software I wouldn't have sold it for less than three times its actual price!

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• Fast and even supports ZIPped web pages!

  10/25/2001

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  This is one of the best programs ever for the above reasons and more. They weren't afraid to push the envelope on UI design--for ex., touching regions of the screen produces functions such as pagedown, find, find next, etc. And everything is customizable. Great.

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• Best featured so-far tried.

  10/22/2001

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  Only 2 complaints: Regular interrupts by nagware "Register Me" cause the program to exit, needing multi-click restart. Occasional confusion when multiple volumes read. Need to manually stop unwanted programs in "Settings".

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• Ebook reader for serious reader

  9/9/2001

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  Great product, 10 dollars is reasonable price, reads multiple formats and has great potential. Think that the ability to read ziped HTML pages is a great feature. Easy to create ebooks with graphics (used for photo album purpose) remembers recently read documents. Can't recommend highly enough.

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