Pocket Player 4.0 for Windows Mobile Released

Conduits announced today the release of Pocket Player 4.0 for Windows Mobile 6 Pro and Standard. Pocket Player aims to satisfy consumers who demand more from a dynamic media player on a mobile device, and recently won Best Audio at the 2008 Smartphone and Pocket PC Magazine Best Software Awards

Pocket Player 4.0 introduces AAC and M4A playback and podcast subscriptions, as
well as enhanced MP3 support and other improvements. Pocket Player 4.0 is fully
compatible with all Windows Mobile 6.1, Windows Mobile 6, and Windows Mobile 5.0
devices.

Highlights after the jump!

Highlights:

• AAC/M4A PLAYBACK: Pocket Player now fully supports AAC/M4A audio playback. AAC is a standardized audio format that allows for lower bitrates and smaller files, and is often
  "enclosed" in M4A files or stored in raw (ADTS) format. Users can listen to AAC
  content from various locations, whether the content is stored locally on the
  device (M4A or AAC/ADTS file), streamed over Universal Plug-and-Play (with the
  Pocket Player UPnP plugin), or available from a web feed or download link.
  Pocket Player 4.0 also reads all metadata from the AAC/M4A track, such as album
  artwork, and will add them to the Pocket Player media browser.
  Pocket Player 4.0 supports all versions of AAC playback, including the common
  AAC-LC format, as well as HE-AAC v1 and HE-AAC v2 (also known as aacPlus and
  aacPlus v2). The latter is common with web radio streams, which offer high-
  quality audio at a low-bandwidth rate. While standard MP3 streams usually
  require 128 Kbps for high-quality playback of CD-quality audio, HE-AAC v2
  streams only require 24 Kbps to achieve similiar quality. The media browser
  features a "Web Guide" screen that loads a directory of Internet radio stations,
  including those streaming AAC content.

• PODCASTS: DOWNLOAD NOW! When it was released in September 2006, Pocket Player 3.0 (and subsequent versions) featured integrated support for podcasts. Pocket Player will auto-detect any podcasts on the device and categorize them under the media browser’s
  "Podcasts" screen. Using that interface, the user can add podcast feeds and
  stream a podcast episode directly to their device. However, streaming occurs in
  "real time," and requires an active Internet connection for the duration of the
  podcast. Previously, this requirement imposed a limitation to users wanting to
  listen to podcasts on-the-go, without an Internet connection.
  Pocket Player 4.0 now introduces podcast subscriptions with automatic background
  downloading. By subscribing to a feed, Pocket Player will regularly check the
  feed for new podcast episodes, and seamlessly download them in the background of
  Pocket Player, or any other running program. As cellular data rates and plans
  may entail usage fees, and podcast episode files can be large (one-hour podcasts
  can run up to 60MB) by default, Pocket Player 4.0 will only download podcasts
  when connected to AC power and a desktop PC, where ActiveSync (or Windows Mobile
  Device Center on Windows Vista) can provide bridged networking.
  The introduction of M4A support extends to podcasts as well. Many podcasts are
  delivered in M4A format (due to the bandwidth savings versus MP3, and the
  popularity of podcasts delivered via Apple iTunes), and Pocket Player 4.0 now
  supports those feeds. The "Web Guide" in the media browser also features a
  podcast directory, where popular podcasts can be subscribed to based on their
  topic.
• ENHANCED MP3 SUPPORT
  Pocket Player 4.0 now uses the MP3 DirectShow decoder provided by Microsoft on
  all Windows Mobile devices. This results in less CPU consumption and increased
  battery life over previous versions. In the process of switching to the new
  decoder, several potential playback problems with MP3 were found and fixed.
  In addition to these features, all known bugs in previous versions of Pocket
  Player have been fixed. These fixes include myriad stability concerns, streaming
  issues, and several audio problems when using the crossfade feature in Pocket
  Player. Finally, AVRCP support on HTC devices has been updated and fixed.

Available soon in our store Windows Mobile 6 Pro and Standard.

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