WinRAR - Newsletter 2/2003
Issue: October 15, 2003

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This newsletter contains the following topics:

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 http://www.win-rar.com.



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