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Subject: Re: pocketfritz.com does NOT have PocketFritz on it.

Author: Roy Eassa

Date: 14:24:28 04/17/02

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On April 17, 2002 at 17:22:41, bryan whitby wrote:

>On April 17, 2002 at 15:11:51, Roy Eassa wrote:
>
>>On April 17, 2002 at 14:42:12, bryan whitby wrote:
>>
>>>When Pocket Fritz was first released, ChessBase did use the Pocket Fritz URL
>>>link that took you straight to the Pocket Fritz page but not any more. Infact,
>>>you'll be hard to find any info about Pocket Fritz. It's probably been a lame
>>>duck due to the high purchase price compared with the other Pocket PC chess
>>>programs. Another thing that you robably know already is that it is a version of
>>>Shredder and not Fritz.
>>>http://www.bwhitby.freeserve.co.uk/
>>
>>
>>They lowered Pocket Fritz to $25 (and also 25 Euro, I think).  I ordered a copy
>>yesterday but then heard a rumor that the program is being replaced by a
>>different one.
>Roy, I was lucky and manage to buy it on the e-bay site for a quarter of the
>original price !!!
>Because of the setup bug that exists with this piece of software, I had to
>manually transfer the files from my PC onto the Pocket PC and run from there. If
>you have't got a copy of it and are thinking of purchasing one, have a look at
>the ChessBase site where you will find instructions on how to manually transfer
>the files and fire up Pocket Shredder, I mean Pocket Fritz. Regards Bryan


Thanks for the tip!

I ordered my copy yesterday for $25 plus $4 shipping but have not yet received
it.

Which eBay site are you referring to?  There are a LOT of chess apps I would
gladly pay for if they were 25% of their normal prices!



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