Starbuck for Windows

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Developer’s Description

By Thumbs Up Soft

Read electronic books using this efficient and customizable reader.

Starbuck is an easy-to-use and customizable book reader that can read HTML. It can also accommodate accented texts, such as those in French. This program can be associated with document types so that a double-tap on a document will open it in Starbuck. Document shortcuts can be created for those of both the Windows CE and StarTap variety, so that when the documents are tapped they will open Starbuck automatically. The clean book reader screen uses 100 percent of the available space for the text. Pressing the Action button located on the exterior of the palmtop PC activates Starbuck's menu. The user can create customizable bookmarks, select an indent option, and access different sections of the e-book text. After the user jumps to some other location in the document, Starbuck makes it easy for him or her to get back to the previous location. Users can choose from five different font sizes and use any font style already installed on the palmtop device. E-book fans will enjoy Starbuck's quick loading capabilities (even with a 2MB e-book). Version 1.73 reads bReady books.

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Full Specifications

GENERAL

Release: March 15, 1999

Latest update: February 29, 2024

Version: 1.73

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Additional Requirements: Windows CE 2.0

POPULARITY

Total Downloads: 102,964

Downloads Last Week: 0

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User Reviews

4.4/5

27 User Votes

Surprisingly great support!
February 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!
August 24, 2003
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February 15, 2003
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now I have not
I tried, I really did
October 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.
What a Bargain!
wcburketJune 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.
Poor (More likely NO) customer service
January 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!
A great piece of software
November 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!
Fast and even supports ZIPped web pages!
October 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.
Best featured so-far tried.
October 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".
Ebook reader for serious reader
September 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.