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Spb Software House announces Palbum Picture Viewer 3.0

August 05, 2002 - Spb Software House, a developer of Pocket PC software, announced today the release of Palbum Picture Viewer 3.0 - the new version of advanced feature-rich image viewer for the Pocket PC.

Palbum Picture Viewer 3.0 is following the success of its previous version and the other products from the Palbum product line. The main idea of Palbum Picture Viewer is being fast, easy to use and intuitive. Palbum Picture Viewer look and feel is the same as those of any common Pocket PC program, like Pocket Word or File Explorer, but at the same time file browsing is made much more comfortable.

Much attention is paid to thumbnails and thumbnail mode. Thumbnail scrolling is much more accurate now; thumbnails can be customized to be shown with filenames; smart thumbnail scaling provides higher quality; context menu, another feauture of the new version, is available for thumbnails, too.

One of the greatest advantages is the brand new scaling algorythm. This algorythm was one of reasons because another product of Spb - the Palbum Picture Optimizer - was getting so famous It significantly enhances picture zoom quality. Images can now be shown at any size and their quality is sure to stay best.

The file browsing part of Palbum Picture Viewer functionality is seriously enhanced. File deletion, multiple image selection, a context menu appearing over files and thumbnails are now supported, which, along with previously developed and applied features, makes Palbum Picture Viewer a powerful multifunctional file engine.

We realize that a lot of people still successfully use old iPaqs and Jornadas, devices that support only 1024 color images. Also the new Phone Edition XDA and MDA supports only limited colurs. Formerly they had to resign themselves to unsatisfactory, 'stepped' quality of colorful images displayed on their devices. Palbum Picture Viewer perfecly handles images for such devices with its optimization algorythm that provides much better image quality.

A lot of interesting and useful information about images can now be found in their Properties. Palbum Picture Viewer can read and display EXIF data supported for images taken with digital cameras. This data is stored in their headers and contains extra information about an image, a camera, shot conditions, etc.

More useful and convenient features are included into the new version. TIFF file support, sending images via infrared port - this all brought an essential funcional enhancement of this well-known product.

About Spb Software House

Spb Software House is a software development company, specializing mainly in Windows Mobile software for Pocket PCs. Founded in 1999, the company offers advanced software solutions for use in a wide range of applications.