Windows Media Player for the Smartphone Examined

[Mike Temporale]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.twoinchview.com/?p=56' target='_blank'>http://www.twoinchview.com/?p=56</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Using the Qtek 8500 as my primary music player involved more than just the hardware itself: the software played a bit role in shaping my experience. Windows Mobile 5 comes with Windows Media Player 10 Mobile, a smaller and more limited version of its desktop counterpart. Windows Media Player 10 on the desktop is what I used to transfer over my music onto the Qtek 8500. I set it to transcode my audio to 128 kbps WMA files - since I wasn’t able to use my own headphones, I guessed that the bundled headphones wouldn’t be high-quality enough for me to need anything higher than 128 kbps in quality (and boy was I right!)."</i><br /><br />Jason examines the musical power of his new Qtek 8500 over on The Two Inch View. If you're looking to get a feel for how well HTC's StarTrek handles music, you'll want to give this a read. I've always been less then thrilled with Windows Media Player Mobile. It does the job, but that's about it. What are your thoughts? What applications do you use for music playback?

[Hyer]

The biggest problem I have is the number of steps it takes to get content downloaded and onto my device. I mostly listen to podcasts, so I have to subscribe to them on iTunes, download them into a folder that Meda Player 10 is monitoring then have them transfered. Not the best solution, but it seems to work.

Also, I use Mot BT head phones and they work pretty well. If anyone knows of a player that syncs to iTunes, I would love to nuke media player and stream line things.

[ctmagnus]

From the article:

If you’re looking for a more well-rounded experience, check out Pocket Player from Conduits (http://www.conduits.com/products/player/).

I concur. The only reason I even touch WMP Mobile is if I find a WMV file that's at 320x240 resolution and I don't feel the need to watch it immediately when I'm in front of a larger computer. In those cases, I throw the video onto my SD card and watch it whenever.

[ditch_azeroth]

me? i don't bother with any of these. i just go to tcpmp and im set. there's too many features in the "wm5 wmp10" that are not there. oh well.

[YPcma]

I recently had a melt down on my 2125. Problems started when I downloaded protected media (from URGE the new program that comes with windows media player). I have a 2 gig mini sd card in my phone so I downloaded a bunch of stuff then a few days later the files corrupted and I had to clean off the card. After that happened a few times my phone totally went crazy on me and began searching for signal when it already had full bars! So I couldn't send or recieve calls. So I called Cingular and they sent me a new phone. So freak occurence or is the phone just not capable of what I want it to do? What do you guys think?