07-22-2003, 08:21 PM
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Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Sep 2006
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PocketNow Reviews Conduits Pocket Player 2
Do you listen to music on your Pocket PC? Are you searching for a different player than the built-in Windows Media Player? If so, PocketNow's review of the new Conduits Pocket Player 2 is "required reading."
Scott does an excellent job describing all of Pocket Player's capabilities, from building playlists to adjusting the equalizer. I've always liked the applications that Conduits creates, but I'll let you read the PocketNow article to see if Scott agrees.
You can grab a free demo or full registered version (for $14.95) of Pocket Player here.
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07-22-2003, 08:30 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 717
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I love this app simply because the buttons are big enough to touch them with your fingers which is very usefull if you are walking or driving, and do not have your buttons mapped. I used to use PocketMusic but this one has me all charmed.
Great job.
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07-22-2003, 08:43 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 136
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This is definately a must get. One feature that doesn't seem to be mentioned is that it saves your settings which I know is something that Windows Media Player does not do. No need to reset the mapped buttons each time it opens or set it to shuffle the music. Conduits even remembers what song you were last listening to in the playlist.
Conduits uses a real randomizer for music. If you turn shuffle on Conduits you may get any song. When Windows Media Player is set to shuffle it will always shuffle the music in the same fasion. You will always get the same songs in the same order.
I don't know what updates they have done to the Windows Media Player with PPC 2003 but since I don't have that OS I am going to stick with this Conduits player.
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07-22-2003, 09:32 PM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 4
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Support Poor
Its been over a week since I tried to install it on my Ipaq 3950. It will not install at all, not even the cab file on the device. I will get an email from Conduits about every four or five days wanting me to try something else with no luck. I'd pass on this one. :cry:
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07-22-2003, 09:50 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 10
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Honestly, I hate it when people say things like "Maybe its just me, but I always wonder how much the skinning ability is really going to be utilized by its users." 'Maybe it's just me', but the skinning is a deal breaker for me. Don't find the layout intuitive? Are the button labels confusing? Are the buttons too small or too hard to see? All of these problems and more can be solved by skinning. You're given the power to create the interface that's right for you - even down to customized polygon tap areas. I wish more people would realized that skinning allows you to customize the interface - not just add pretty graphics.
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07-22-2003, 09:56 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 198
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Thanks everyone for the kind words of support so far. We have actually released Pocket Player 2.11 today (free upgrade to 2.0 users), which features a WMA equalizer and many bugfixes and improvements over the original 2.0.
Dgroover: we're definitely not sure why it's not installing to your device. We haven't heard any other reports like yours. As far as our support response goes, apart from not replying on Saturday/Sunday, we have stayed in constant contact (1 business day) as we do with all of our customers. We'd like to suggest to try clearing out anything in your \Windows\AppMgr\Install folder, and then soft resetting. That might do it. Also, try the installer and/or CAB file from our new 2.11 version.
xymantix: good insight on skinning engines. With our engine, as you say, you can certainly define the look of the interface as well as the button placement (we bundle a couple of layouts with our player, and support the winamp skin layout too).
Thanks again!
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07-22-2003, 11:10 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 29,160
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Re: Support Poor
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Originally Posted by dgroover
Its been over a week since I tried to install it on my Ipaq 3950. It will not install at all, not even the cab file on the device. I will get an email from Conduits about every four or five days wanting me to try something else with no luck. I'd pass on this one. :cry:
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If it works for everyone other than you, it's probably your device, and not the software, right? ;-) Might be time for a hard reset and to start over from scratch.
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07-22-2003, 11:30 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 77
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Originally Posted by szamot
I love this app simply because the buttons are big enough to touch them with your fingers which is very usefull if you are walking or driving, and do not have your buttons mapped. I used to use PocketMusic but this one has me all charmed.
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Apart from the skin with large buttons, what else can't you find i Pocket Music (commercial package)?
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07-23-2003, 12:48 AM
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Sage
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 717
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Originally Posted by Johan
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Originally Posted by szamot
I love this app simply because the buttons are big enough to touch them with your fingers which is very usefull if you are walking or driving, and do not have your buttons mapped. I used to use PocketMusic but this one has me all charmed.
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Apart from the skin with large buttons, what else can't you find i Pocket Music (commercial package)? |
don't get me wrong I like PocketMusic simply becasue I could have my favorite skin on it, on some skins however it was hard to navigate with the stylus, but I am the kind of a guy who likes the latest and this one fit the bill rather nicely.
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07-23-2003, 04:20 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 309
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Originally Posted by xymantix
You're given the power to create the interface that's right for you - even down to customized polygon tap areas. I wish more people would realized that skinning allows you to customize the interface - not just add pretty graphics.
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Not necessarily true. Winamp 2, for example, is only "pretty graphics" for skins - all buttons are identically located on all skins. Winamp3 skins are completely customizable, but "skinnable" does not automatically mean "functionally customizable."
PocketMusic supports Winamp2 skins, which means no bigger buttons are even possible that way :cry:. I'd love PocketMusic a lot more if it let you use it double-size in landscape (without the playlist in that view, of course). Now THAT would be nice.
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