Windows Mobile Device Center

Microsoft decided to migrate from ActiveSync to the new Windows Mobile Device Center (WMDC).

Windows Mobile Device Center 6.1 supports:

Windows Mobile 7/6.6/6.5/6.1/6/5.0/2003 2ndEdition/2003

Windows Embedded CE 6.0

System requirements

Windows Vista / Windows 7

Download Windows Mobile Device Center 6.1 32-bit version | 64-bit version

Microfi Nitrogen 0.3.2 - finger friendly open source music player

Microfi Nitrogen is a native Windows Mobile application that allows you to play MP3/OGG songs stored on your Pocket PC device. It features file browser, custom playlist, full skin support, 10-band equalizer with presets, “Shuffle” and “Repeat” modes, a built-in sleep mode and a command to blank screen to prevent energy waste while playing music. Nitrogen uses the MAD and OVD decoders, which are opensource. As the official releases of MAD for Pocket PC seem to be discontinued, Nitrogen uses the libraries from an opensource player (GSPlayer). Nitrogen was build due to the lack of finger-friendly players for Pocket PC (you have to use stylus even for simple tasks). It features large buttons and you can browse among your playlist by drawing circles on the screen (tapping in the appropriate space). In future releases the program will be expected to have other extensions support, but such things are still being tested to ensure stability and efficiency.

Features :

• High-quality MP3 playback with MAD decoder;
• High-quality OGG playback with OVD decoder;
• Intuitive and customizable user interface with full skin support;
• 10-band equalizer with preset support;
• Large buttons that makes it easy to perform common tasks without stylus;
• File browser that scans directories to make playlists;
• “Shuffle” and “Repeat” modes;
• Adjustable sleep timer;
• Amazingly fast to load and to play;
• Command to blank screen while playing to save energy;
• Native C++ code: no need for .NET frameworks;
• Extremely lightweight: less than 2mb of storage, around 1.5mb of RAM;
• Saves the settings in a separate file - does not fill the registry with useless data;
• Ability to create custom playlists from different directories;
• …and much more!

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HTC 2009 Windows Mobile Products and specs leak

Further details of HTC’s 2009 range of Windows Mobile smartphones and mobile devices have leaked, including which platforms the handsets will use, what processors and memory they will be fitted with, their chipsets and display specifications. The news follows on from the January leak of what’s believed to be HTC’s entire 2009 portfolio.

The new document fleshes out eleven HTC devices, a full nine of which are Windows Mobile Pro touchscreen handsets. More than half have WVGA 480 x 800 displays, measuring from 3.2-inches all the way up to the huge 4.8-inch display on the HTC Thoth.

Only the Thoth, Star and SuperStar are listed as using Windows Mobile 6.5, which suggests that they will launch toward the end of the year. Of particular interest is the HTC SuperStar, which uses a 600MHz NVIDIA AP16 chipset as opposed to the more common Qualcomm chips, paired with a 3.7-inch 480 x 800 touchscreen.