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In the beginning, there was an awesome media player for Windows Mobile called ‘BetaPlayer‘. It could handle all kinds of audio and video codecs that the mobile version of Windows Media Player couldn’t. Eventually BetaPlayer turned into TCPMP (The Core Pocket Media Player), a freeware media app. And it was truly awesome. Then, all of a sudden, TCPMP dropped support for files downloaded from iTunes for legal reasons, and TCPMP became a little less useful. From this, the commercial CorePlayer was born. CorePlayer allows developers to collect some revenue and pay licensing fees for proprietary codec support.

I’ve been using CorePlayer for quite some time now and I love it. It does everything I want it to do: movies, video clips, audio files, YouTube, podcasts, JPGs, FLV files… and tonnes more.

Read WindowsMobile Cool’s review of CorePlayer Mobile for WinMo devices

The magic ball has all of the answers. Ask the fortune teller your question, if you dare. Supports standard and QVGA portrait, square, and landscape screen resolutions.

This version is for Windows Mobile Professional (touchscreen), a separate version is available for Windows Mobile Standard (non-touchscreen).

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Create, edit, play and share multimedia quizes on any subject of your choice. The app includes easy to use create wizard, edit tool and play interface. Quizes are organized into quizbooks (as standalone files for easy sharing), categorized by subjects of your choice (for quick searches) and played with numerous options for pictures, videos, audio, text, scoring and popular modes of play (preview, exam, right-wrong feedback, just-for-fun). Sample quizes, tutorials and introduction are included for quick start.

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Amazing! Line Rider Mobile, The Internet phenomenon is now available for your phones and PDAs!

Line Rider Mobile brings all the fun of the Internet phenomenon to your mobile phone or PDA. Grab the pencil tool and construct tracks filled with ramps, hills, and jumps, and then send your virtual sledder down the route. Play the addictive Puzzles mode to test your mastery of the lines, share your creations with other fans and publish them on the Line Rider official Web site.

• Choose “Create Tracks” from the main menu to start your track from scratch, or to open and play preloaded tracks.
• Choose “Puzzles” from the main menu to complete the various challenges available inside the game.
• Choose “Shared Tracks” from the main menu to send your own creations to other Line Rider fans, or to retrieve tracks drawn by other fans.

Review: Line Rider Mobile including plenty of screen shots!

The Samsung Omnia’s biggest selling point is its touch screen – it’s huge, very responsive, and looks very sharp. Also worth noting are its 8GB internal memory (expandable to 24GB with a 16GB microSD card!), great battery life, GPS built right in, and a 5MP auto-focus camera (with LED flash).

More information on the Samsung Omnia including reviews and pictures!

Google Maps 2.3 has arrived!

This release offers more than just bug fixes too! It’s got walking directions, POI reviews, street view, and transit alerts too!

More on Google Maps version 2.3 for your WinMo phone right here!

Are you in the market for a new Windows Mobile phone? Well the good folks over at Mobile Tech Review have just posted up a very detailed and lengthy video review of the new Sony Xperia X1. They are “very impressed” with this WinMo device:

The hardware is impeccable, the panels are both fascinating and useful, and of course there’s no carrier bloatware! Though other phones offer many of the same features, somehow the Xperia X1 has that special sauce where the whole is greater than just the sum of its features. It’s fun, it’s cool and it offers very good entertainment possibilities while also being a very good business device thanks to Windows Mobile, the hardware keyboard and push email. The Xperia is perfect for power users and those who like something new and different (courtesy of panels), and it’s priced at the high end where mostly power users tread. If you’re just looking for an affordable Windows Mobile touch screen phone with a single user interface, the Xperia isn’t for you.

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It’s time for the fifth edition of WindowsMobile Cool’s sister site round up featuring the best of this week at BlackBerry Cool, the voice of the BlackBerry community and QuicklyBored, the latest in mobile entertainment!

So, what’s awesome this week on BlackBerry Cool and QuicklyBored?

We at WindowsMobile Cool heard about this device at the end of last week, but we had no idea just how much hype this device would get!

Now, just so we’re clear, this isn’t a Windows Mobile device – but it’s still pretty rockin’! Check out these features: Touch display which slides and tilts to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard, ssisted GPS, 5MP camera with dual LED flash and Carl Zeiss lens, 3G with HSDPA, WiFi, A2DP Bluetooth and 32GB of onboard memory, plus a slot for another 16GB via MicroSD card. Cool!

For more info and specs, check out Dial-a-phone’s full review.
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The object of Plant Tycoon is not so different from the goal of Fish Tycoon — only instead of finding the seven magic fish of Isola, you are to discover the four magic plants including the Magic Fruit of Life. Each magic plant will give you permanent enhancements and abilities that will bring fortune and fame to your plant nursery. You discover these magic plants by cross-breeding plants and solving genetic riddles.

You start with a couple of dollars, a handful of seeds, some soil and water. Grow plants, organize and harvest seeds. Monitor the plants health, age and maturity and be careful of dehydration and infestations. Sell some of your creations to fund your research and to buy better supplies to use in your Nursery. Discover the four magic plants and get rich!

Review: Plant Tycoon (Game)