microOLAP's CHM eBook Reader for the Pocket PC

[Russ Smith]

eBook formats abound, but the most common format is CHM or Compiled HtML. Earlier this year microOLAP released a CHM eBook reader for Pocket PC 2002, Windows Mobile 2003, Windows Mobile 2003 Phone Edition and Windows Mobile 2003 SE. The CHM eBook Reader has some impressive features:

* Opens CHM files of any size in no longer than in 2 seconds
* Full-Text Search in a whole CHM file
* Table of Contents
* Index view
* User-friendly graphical interface that accurately reproduces the interface paradigm of the CHM reader for Windows PC platform
* Handles all images in Pocket Internet Explorer format;
* Uses Microsoft ClearType technology for best font display
* Document ranging: you can view a document both in its original size or zoomed to the window size
* Customizable font size
* Supports directional pad and jog-dial

CHM eBook Reader for the Pocket PC is available from the pocketnow Store (http://www.handango.com/pocketnow/PlatformProductDetail.jsp?siteId=287&jid=BB12E4ED3676374586D9CX97D873641B&platformId=2&productType=2&productId=129178&sectionId=0&catalog=30).

[Pony99CA]

Before spending $15, check out the free CHM reader (http://pocketnow.com/index.php?a=portal_detail&t=news&id=2194) posted about in March. The author seems be updating the software (there was an update in August).

I don't use CHM files, so I don't know how the two programs compare. If anybody has used both, let us know what you think.

Steve