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My favorite digital audio player for Windows Mobile, Pocket Player, just got a shiny upgrade to version 3.6. Aside from the usual bug fixes and performance tweaks, Pocket Player will now read the tags of AAC files on devices (*cough*Tilt*cough*) that have a codec built-in to play the format. Also included in this upgrade are some changes to the finger-scrolling interface, including a new context menu to Enqueue, Play, or Delete items, and more. Check out the press release after the break.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK, March 6, 2008 — Conduits Technologies, Inc. announced today the release of Pocket Player 3.6 for Windows Mobile 6 Standard, Professional and Classic devices. Pocket Player aims to satisfy consumers who demand more from a media player on a mobile device. Pocket Player 3.6 includes new improvements to the library and media browser, as well as many fixes to core functionality and plugins. Pocket Player is also compatible with Windows Mobile 5, Pocket PC 2003, and Smartphone 2003 devices.

MEDIA BROWSER ENHANCEMENTS

Pocket Player’s media browser is used to navigate the device’s media collection by artist, album, genre, and other attributes. On touchscreen devices, simple finger gestures navigate the browser list: a quick swipe on the list will scroll through the items on screen, with the list continuing to scroll, slowing down until the user taps a selection.

In response to customer requests, there is now an onscreen Back button in the media browser, that can be tapped to navigate up in the browser hierarchy. The previous method of dragging left-to-right now pops up a context sensitive menu, where commands to Enqueue, Play, or Delete items can be selected. This menu also contains the commands to exit the browser and return to the main “Now Playing” screen.

LIBRARY ENHANCEMENTS

The media library that powers the media browser has been enhanced in several ways in Pocket Player 3.6. Library performance has been improved, and all problems that have been reported have been addressed. The media library now properly handles compilation albums — those albums whose tracks all have different artist tags.

The media library now supports improved reading of all tag types. In addition to ID3, Vorbis, APE and ASF (WMA) tag support, MPEG-4 tags are now read by Pocket Player. Many popular Windows Mobile devices, notably those from HTC and Motorola, contain decoders for M4A (MPEG-4 Audio) playback in Windows Media Player. Devices that contain this decoder can play M4A files, but in WMP (as in previous versions of Pocket Player) the tracks are not read for their metadata (such as artist, title, and album artwork tags). Version 3.6 of Pocket Player introduces this functionality, so that M4A files show up in the media browser properly.

OTHER FIXES

In addition to many fixes with the media library subsystem, Pocket Player 3.6 addresses all known and reported problems with the previous release, version 3.51, including issues related to device power, screen and backlight, Microdrive support, podcast feeds, and video support (specifically, issues with fast forwarding).

Various plugins have also been updated for Pocket Player 3.6. The FLAC plugin now reads all FLAC tags properly, including embedded album artwork in the track. The WM Adapter plugin has improved its tag import and export routines, enhancing performance. The MPC (Musepack) plugin has been updated to support new library features including the native APE tag support.

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ABOUT CONDUITS:

Conduits develops commercial applications for Windows Mobile Standard and Professional, including the award-winning Pocket Player (an easy-to-use, networkable music and video player), Pocket Slides (a fully-featured presentation solution), Pocket Artist (a drawing and image manipulation program) and seven other Windows Mobile products. Recently, four Conduits products were named winners in various categories at the 2007 Smartphone and Pocket PC Magazine Best Software Awards.

For further information on Pocket Player, OEM, corporate bulk pricing or reseller opportunties:
Carrie Hall
Conduits Technologies, Inc.
Telephone: (212) 248-5730
Fax: (212) 248-5794

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