Friday, July 30, 2004
Repligo v2.0 Reviewed
Posted by Tim Allen in "SOFTWARE" @ 09:00 AM
Product Category: Document viewer
Manufacturer: Cerience
Where to Buy: Download from Handango (affiliate link)
Price: $29.95 USD (or $14.95 upgrade from v1.0)
System Requirements: Desktop: Windows 98 SE, Me, 2000 or XP with 12.5 MB disk space required for all components; Device: any ARM-based Pocket PC running Pocket PC 2002 or later with 510KB of available space
Pros:
- Still fast, slick and powerful;
- Some essential new features and enhancements;
- Lower price.
- Images and Word tables still not shown in flowed view;
- Still difficult to manage large number of Repligo files;
- Expensive upgrade.
We looked at Repligo v1.0 early last year, and whilst there were several limitations this was clearly an excellent piece of software, albeit coming in at a fairly hefty price. There have been a few point releases since then (most notably adding landscape support), but the recently released version 2.0 comes with a multitude of major new features and improvements. Do these make it worth the upgrade, or is it more a case of unnecessary feature-bloat?
Read on for the full review!