Brad Linder TCPMP is one of the most popular media players for Windows Mobile, due largely to its Swiss Army knife features – it can handle almost any video you want to throw at it, as long as that video isn’t wrapped up in DRM. Unfortunately the free app also doesn’t handle H.264 — but the developers … Read more
As announced last night, the Opera Mini web browser is now available as a free download from the iPhone App Store (iTunes). This is one of the first real alternatives to the Safari web browser that ships with the iPhone. While there are other browsers in the App Store, they all use the same WebKit … Read more
There may be a space in between modern smartphones like the iPhone or Google Nexus One and old fashioned phones that do little more than make phone calls. The T-Mobile Sidekick, for instance, is a feature-phone that lets you surf the web and chat, but which doesn’t support third party apps. Now Microsoft is hoping … Read more
Windows Media Center is a 10-foot interface for a PC that lets you control your music, movies, photos, and other media from the comfort of your couch — provided your PC is plugged into your TV and you have a Media Center remote control. But here’s a little secret: Windows 7 Home Premium and Ultimate … Read more
I’ve seen plenty of tools that turn an iPhone or iPod touch into a high quality digital audio recorder. Some, like the Blue Mikey are simply external microphones that sound a heck of a lot better than that puny mic you talk into when making phone calls. Others, like the Alesis Pro Track give you … Read more
Apple recently released iTunes 9.1, and while the biggest change is support for the Apple iPad and iPad apps, there’s another tweak that can make life easier for iPod and iPhone users. Hidden away in the options menu for your mobile device is a new option to convert higher bit rate songs to 128 kbps … Read more
Subscription-based music service Rhapsody has dropped its price from $15 per month to $10 per month. That means you can listen to any of the 9 million songs available in the Rhapsody library on any supported device for $10 per month, which is a heck of a lot cheaper than buying and downloading each song … Read more
Netflix has been getting a lot of attention for its new iPad app that lets users not only manage their queue, but also stream movies and TV shows to Apple’s new tablet. But it looks like you might not need to pick up an iPad to get that feature. Netflix has pretty much said that … Read more