"Kinoma Play ($29.99) is the new media player we've been hinting at in our series of media player reviews this past week. It's essentially a super-charged media player that aims to make media you find on the internet as easy to find, play, and interact with as the media stored locally on your memory card. Those of you familiar with Kinoma Player EX on the Palm OS are going to be pleased to hear that all the functionality of the PalmOS's player is here and then some."
I've seen a lot of software come and go on the Windows Mobile platform, but watching this video and reading about Kinoma leaves me with the impression that this is one of the most impressive media players I've ever seen. The functionality, and the blending of local and online content, is extremely impressive. From an audio playback standpoint, it's a shame so many device makers use miniUSB or 2.5mm headphone jacks - I hate having to use adaptors. Check out Kinoma's Web site for a trial download.
One thing that Kinoma doesn't seem to have a good grasp on though is getting the software onto the devices. Kinoma Play isn't available in any of our software stores at MobiHand or Handango, and when I downloaded the software directly from their Web site it was only a CAB file - normally I wouldn't mind a CAB file, but when I tried to install it I received an error on my Blackjack II: "Installation was unsuccessful. The program or setting cannot be installed because it does not have sufficient system permissions." I've installed two other programs via CAB files today, so I'm not sure why Kinoma Play won't install. Hopefully you'll have better luck than I did!
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has anyone compared this with the recently released pocket player?
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I don't know that i would actually call this program a media player. I think their website hits it pretty well. It is a media browser. It seems to be something like a web browser. Something you fire up when you want to look at media, be it yours or stuff in the internet.
This is definitely NOT a program i want firing up every time i click any media file in file explorer. However if i want to bring up several types of media to view or show someone this would be a great app for that. A media browser, not a media player.
EDIT: Hmm... I was rather displeased that the program re-associated all of my media files without asking me nor giving me the option to choose some or NONE.
Last edited by Jason Lee; 08-27-2008 at 05:07 PM..
Does it support any hardware accelerators? I have a GoForce 5500 in my iMate Ultimate 6150.
I don't see anything about supported hardware or framerates. If it is more of a browser and just uses Windows Media Player then I'm not interested. If it supports hardware acceleration I would probably pay $30.
What's the earliest iteration of CE that Kinoma supports? I'm thinking of using this on my Ipaq 2210 (old I know) but I can't find the information on whether or not it's supported.
Kinoma Play: The Best Media Player Ever for Windows Mobile?
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