With Windows Mobile, Microsoft tries to give you everything you need including a useable Media Player for MP3s and even video playback. It's a simple, utilitarian application that does the job for many. And then there are applications like Pocket Player 3 that show you what you've been missing.
I've always been the type of "if it aint broke, don't fix it" since, for the most part, Windows Media Player Mobile (or whatever they are calling it these days) works. I've always enjoyed the seamless integration with the desktop version to move media and play list to and from my phone with ease. One of the reasons I still don't have a Zune (or iPod) is because of Windows Mobile Media Player.
Now, Windows Media Player has been kicked to the curb in favor of this really great media application.
Pocket Player 3 by Conduits Technologies does what Media Player should: offer a bevy of options for all your media on your device in an attractive and well designed package. And it's compatible with the Standard and Professional flavors of Windows Mobile.
You get a whole heaping of functionality for this little program including:
With all of the great features listed above, what I especially liked was the DSP controls that let you tailor the sound to your liking AND tell Pocket Player how to react while using your phone's functions (i.e. incoming calls, that sort of thing) .
I struggle with Pocket Player not because it is a bad application, as there is so much to do with it. This is a full featured media application that can handle just about anything you can think to throw at it. Podcast? Check. Streaming Internet? Check. Audiobooks? Check. Transferred video? Check. Skinnable? Check. Preset EQ? Check. Customizable EQ? Check.
Luckily, the basic set up will get you started (like it did me) so that you can then dig into all the various menu options that any true audiophile would love at your convenience. The learning curve at start is pretty small but can go as high as you like after you get more familiar with the program.
A very extensive manual and user forum is also available online if you're not as much of an audiophile as you like to think (guilty).
An important note though, be sure to get the plugins that are freely available after your download OTA as they will greatly enhance the things you can do with Pocket Player 3, especially the all important Bluetooth usage.
Pocket Player 3 works very well. I use it via Bluetooth headsets at the gym, around the house and even in the car. It will give you a full featured media player that will greatly enhance the Windows Mobile device you already have at a price that is very easy on the pocket.
With all of the ways to customize the user listening experience found in Pocket Player 3, this should be application you use if you are serious about media on your WinMo device.
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