Windows Phone Thoughts: Listenin' to the Music!--PocketMusic 3.0 Reviewed

Product Category: Audio Media Player
Manufacturer: Pocket Mind
Where to Buy: PocketMusic 3 is free! from Pocket Mind. The Player Bundle is available from Handango .[Affiliate]
Price: $19.95 USD for the Player Bundle or $9.95 USD to upgrade existing PocketMusic Player Bundle users).
System Requirements: Pocket PC, Pocket PC 2002 or Pocket Mobile 2003. The freeware version requires approximately 1.3 mb of memory. The full bundle takes 3.67 mb of memory.
Specifications: Supports MP1, MP2, MP3, OGG, WMA, AA, FLC, M3U, ASF, ASX, PLS, WAL, and WSZ file types (See the review for explanations. I didn’t recognize them either).

Pros:

• Freeware version is available (MP3 audio only);
  
• Support for the most popular audio, playlist and Audible file formats (in the 'bundle' version);
  
• Support for portrait and landscape modes with buttons for big fingers;
  
• Playlist and tag management available (in bundle version).
  

Cons:

• Some controls on the default skin are still too small and/or don’t work;
  
• Equalizer is good, especially with the presets, but still needs some work;
  
• Running in background can interfere with stroke recognition in Letter recognizer.

Summary: Well, it’s been awhile since we last took a look at Pocket Music , and Pocket Mind released a new version just a couple of months ago. Yes, it looks quite a bit different, there are more formats supported, new features for playlist management and streaming audio, and some of the features that were originally part of the registered bundle have now been included in the freeware version. But does it sound any different???

Read on for the full review!