Handango Handheld Starter Pack

by Handango

Product Features

• The ultimate introduction to handheld computing
• Chosen from a large, award-winning catalog of handheld software
• Robust starter pack features more than 500 applications
• Topics include Games, Productivity, Travel, Business, and more
• Great for Palm OS, Pocket PC, BlackBerry, and Nokia

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 6.1 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B000069YW6
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 17, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #38,111 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #85 in Software > Utilities > Handheld Utilities
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The ultimate introduction to handheld computing chosen from the world's largest, most award-winning catalog of handheld software. This robust starter pack features more than 500 applications. Included in this extensive software collection are such topics as:

• Games
• Productivity
• Travel
• Entertainment
• Reference
• Business

Great for Palm OS, Pocket PC, BlackBerry, and Nokia.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

72 of 73 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't Bother!! Surf the web instead., September 13, 2002

By 

LSharkey (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Handango Handheld Starter Pack (CD-ROM)

I wish I could give it -1 star, for the unnecessary aggravation this package causes. It is nothing but an ad campaign for Handango, packaged to imply you are getting an actual product. When you load the CD it starts up a "catalog" that allows you to browse Handango's list of products and add the non-free ones to a "Wish List", for which you must pay, and then can download. To get to the "free" stuff, you have to browse through the entire catalog, highlight the title you want and double-click. This takes you to a "more info" page which really doesn't have much more info. Then you can "download", then "install" - which for most titles amounts to unzipping the files to a directory on your local drive. If you don't want to use the default directory, you have to enter the path TWICE. Then, finally, you end up with the exact same files you could download for free from a myriad of websites, much faster and more easily than from this stupid CD. And, you still have to actually install the software (a few titles install from the "download/install" page, but most don't).

I guess that's why the rebate is for the total amount of the purchase price - becuase you're not actually getting anything. Oh, yeah, and they're nice enough to offer you one of several of their other titles in place of the rebate, if you want. How generous of them!

There isn't a single title on this CD that you can have "for free" because you paid the purchase price, that you can't have for free from somewhere else. Also, while some of it is pretty good, most of it is older, BETA, or otherwise not quite up to par. Basically, it's your average freeware, and I've seen virtually every one of these titles in numerous other places.

Just on principle, I will not now buy ANYTHING from this stupid catalog, and I will ask for my cash back, not another of their titles. This is just a underhanded way of making the customer go to the trouble of obtaining their advertising. They might as well just put the URL for their website here, charge you to go there, and then give you back your money when you land on their site.

Save yourself the trouble (and the price of the stamp for the rebate form envelope, not to mention the shipping from Amazon[.com], if you didn't qualify for free shipping) and go directly to Handango's website, or to any number of other sites, for the same exact thing.

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars not worth it, September 12, 2002

By 

C. Cote "sciencegeek" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Handango Handheld Starter Pack (CD-ROM)

This product only contains demo software of products that handango wants you to buy. It is definitely not worth 20 dollars! Don't buy it!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Waste of money+effort, March 23, 2004

By 

"blake-star" (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Handango Handheld Starter Pack (CD-ROM)

This product is like an online catolog downloaded onto a simple disc. You can have the same catolog on any pocket pc download site (...) and you still get the same games and utilities free that you get in the CD. If you buy a CD with programs on it for 20 dollars, you should not have to pay more for each of the individual 500 things it come with.

They give you a [promotional offer] for a reason - it isnt worth anything