Resco Backup for Palm OS

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Version:	2.21
Released:	April 01, 2008
Restriction:	14-day trial
Price:	$14.95

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Resco Backup -

Fastest and Most Enhanced Palm Backup Solution

Resco Backup creates a safety copy of your handheld and lets you restore it in case of problems.

Look at the Quick Start Guide to see Resco Backup in action.

Key Features

While the purpose of various backup solutions is the same, there are important differences in the quality (speed, compression), safety or add-on services.

Here are a few distinct points offered by Resco Backup:

Full or partial backup
Full or partial restore
Verification of the backup results
Tools for backup set analysis and management
Backup projects
Backup of the internal drive
Archive of the deleted files
Alerts about scheduler failures
Higher stability through locking of the background apps

NEW! in v2.20

Main screen shows status (ok/error) of the last backup set
Backup sets can have icons, comments and can be pinned
Backup Sets dialog shows backup set error status
Cleaning of apps/preferences installed since last backup
Restore preserves original DB dates

NEW! in v2.21

Centro compatibility plus a few small improvements

Resco Backup Pro extensions

Strong AES encryption
Backup to FTP server (a free FTP account is provided)
Preferences editor
Global scheduler log
Works as plugin for DataBK6, Initiate, Propel and TakePhone
Support for the device migration

Relation to the Resco Explorer

Explorer cannot do automatic (unattended) backup, is slower and less efficient and misses many advanced features. I.e. Explorer is good just for occasional manual backup.

Backup sets created by Resco Backup can be accessed (even edited) by Resco Explorer or WinZip-compatible zippers.

Comparison to other backup solutions

Read Paul Nesfield comparative review Resco Backup vs. BBVFS.

Here is the direct comparison of popular backup solutions.
The speed depends on many factors such as the card type (most important) or the data used (if the compression is applied). Therefore we delineated just the approximate categories.

Product	Version	Up- date	Speed	Comp- ress	En- crypt	Sche- dule	Bck. sets	File select	Com- pare	Excl. list
BackupMan	2.1	Y	Fast	--	Y	Y	Y	Restore	Date	Y
BackupBuddy	3.07	Y	Medium	Good	Y	Y	Y	Both	--	--
CardBackup	2.1	Y	Medium	--	--	Y	Y	Restore	Date	Y
Botzam Backup	2.10	Y	Medium	Weak	Y	Y	--	Backup	--	--
Fly Backup	1.7	--	Fast	Medium	Y	Y	--	--	--	--
TealBackup	1.11	Y	Slow	Weak	Y	Y	--	Both	--	Y
Resco Explorer	2.50	Y	Medium	Good	Y	--	Y	Both	Date/ Data	--
Resco Backup	1.00	Y	Fast	Good	Y	Y	Y	Both	Date/ Data	Y

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