The dream of being able to watch the latest movies on the bus has now become a reality thanks to advancements in mobile technology. As you probably know, DivX is one of the most popular digital video formats at the moment and, DivX Player Mobile lets you enjoy these movies wherever you go, on your phone.

DivX Player Mobile lets you watch DivX, AVI or MPEG movies in the player window or in full-screen mode. Control elements such as Play, Pause, Stop, Fast Forward and Rewind, as well as the volume can be controlled easily via buttons or the stylus. The app can automatically scan your internal memory or expansion cards for compatible films.

DivX Player Mobile is great for organizing your media, sorting files by name, file size, duration, and date last seen. There are plenty of settings too, letting you tweak stuff like the brightness, contrast, color saturation and allows you to play around with the soundtracks.

DivX Player Mobile proved very reliable in our tests and represents a great way to transform your Pocket PC into a portable cinema.

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As handheld devices become faster and more powerful, portable video is starting to look pretty good. Most Pocket PCs, Palm PDAs and plenty of mobile phones are now capable of playing movie files but due to format and storage restrictions, video clips need to be converted before they’re transferred to your chosen device.

This is where SmartMovie comes in. This popular and handy application includes all the tools you might need to have that music video, film or home-movie playing on your handheld device in a couple of minutes. Videos might well need to be re-formatted and/or cropped, as well as having their quality and display size reduced to save on space. SmartMovie can perform all of these tasks with ease, and without too much trouble on your part.

We found that in terms of its basic functions, SmartMovie works admirably well. Despite an unattractive and cluttered user-interface, opening and working with video files ran pretty smoothly. Until, that is, we tried to open movies made with Apple’s .mov extension.

A problem with video codecs meant that we couldn’t work with .mov files until we downloaded some 3rd party software from websites we weren’t familiar with. Clearly, there are a range of copyright issues which may prevent Lonely Cat Games from bundling codecs with their software. SmartMovie was helpful in advising us to download new codecs as well as providing a link to the download page for various codec packs. Once we’d installed a couple of these packs, the .mov files opened without any bother.

Another small issue we observed was short sound glitches each time we opened a video file. While not a serious problem, errors like this give users a bad impression of the software which is, in SmartMovie’s case, undeserved. This program’s range of features and options for resizing and cropping movies as well as altering their frequency and bit-rate is impressive, if a little daunting. The well implemented ‘context help’ feature proved to be a really useful feature in itself, simply explaining the functions of each tool.

SmartMovie, for its general success in shrinking and chopping your movie files, ranks well among its competitors in the video conversion market. But its ugly design and small annoyances let it down somewhat, meaning that though we’ll probably continue using this program, we’ll definitely be keeping our eyes open for a decent (and ideally free) competitor.

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Nowadays when most of us think of 'search' we think of Google, and now that the company's Android platform has been launched, it's even easier to find out information related to a particular area while you're on the move. That doesn't mean that other search providers should be discredited though, as Microsoft's Live Search Mobile proves.

Live Search Mobile is designed to help you find information that matters most while you're mobile. This includes maps, driving directions, details of local businesses and restaurants, movie show times, and cheap gas stations.

The Live Search Mobile interface is pretty easy to work with once you get used to it. You simply choose a location from the list, or set one by browsing to it on the integrated Live Earth map, before entering a business you want to search for. You can also browse for businesses by category, such as entertainment, government, services, travel, etc. Once a list of matching companies or services has been found, you can view their addresses and telephone numbers, which you can click on to make a call instantly. Alternatively, you can get directions to any of them, save it to your contacts, or send it via SMS to a friend.

I was impressed by the amount of results returned by Live Search Mobile, although this depends very much on where you are. If you're searching for places in the USA or UK, you'll usually get a wealth of information. However, it's much more difficult to get access to businesses and information in other countries, making it almost useless for residents of these countries or travelers visiting from abroad. This goes too for the extra functions in Live Search Mobile like gas prices, traffic information and movie listings, which are only available for the US. The Weather and Web functions do work everywhere, though.

Overall though, Live Search Mobile is a fantastic tool for looking up information on the go, especially if you in the US or UK.

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Your phone's background image says a lot about you so it's important you choose one that gives people an insight into what you're all about.

This WVGA Wallpaper Pack offers an interesting and varied selection of different backgrounds ready to apply to your device. All of the images are stored in JPEG format and are decent quality without being too bulky. They are optimized for use on WVGA devices with a screen resolution of 480x800.

Among the pictures on offer are cityscapes, flowers, landscapes, movie posters, characters, and abstract designs. There are a couple of strange-looking ones in there, but in the main I was impressed with them.

If you're looking for an eye-catching choice of WVGA backgrounds then this collection is definitely worth downloading.

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A wallet holds your most valuable possessions - identification, cash, checks, credit cards, shopping lists, even photos of friends and family. Now you can hold it all in your smartphone or PDA with SplashWallet – SplashData’s award-winning suite of productivity applications bundled together for one low price. SplashWallet is SplashData’s best-selling product for a good reason – it’s our best value!

SplashID

SplashID safely and securely stores all of your personal identification information, including user names, passwords, credit card numbers, calling card numbers, bank account numbers, PINs, frequent flyer numbers, and more. Automatic synchronization provides instant access to your data on both your handheld and desktop computer.

SplashMoney

SplashMoney is a personal finance manager for Palm OS handhelds that allows you to record your checking, credit card and cash transactions; track your account balances; and manage your finances while on the go. Helpful data entry tools like auto-fill and memorized transactions make entering transactions a breeze. And now you can synchronize with the SplashMoney Desktop and download transactions from your online bank!

SplashPhoto

SplashPhoto turns your Palm handheld into a mobile digital picture frame. Simply load your favorite images with the included desktop software and you're ready to view images while on the go. Images can be viewed by thumbnail, individually or in a slide show. And you can even beam images to your friends! Now includes support for Hi Res (320x320) and Hi Res + (320x480) devices and JPEG image viewing.

SplashShopper

SplashShopper is a shopping list application for Palm OS handhelds that is perfect for keeping lists of groceries to buy, movies to rent, CDs to buy, books to read and more! Create an unlimited number of shopping lists, and generate memorized shopping lists (like weekly groceries) with a single tap. Automatic synchronization provides instant access to your shopping lists on both your handheld and desktop computer.

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If you've got a Pocket PC then did you know you can convert it into a portable DVD player too with just a few clicks?

Xilisoft DVD to Pocket PC Ripper is a fast and easy to use DVD ripper which helps you rip DVD to Pocket PC supported file formats. The quality of conversions is generally excellent and the conversions speeds are fast. However, note that this may not work as well with all portable PCs. The developers claim that it has been optimised for use with HP, Dell, Toshiba and other popular brands but there can be no guarantees for other brands. The program allows you a certain level of control over such aspects as bitrate and video size although the number of formats it can convert to seem generally limited to WMV, MP3 and WMA. Overall, the interface is simple and easy to navigate around with a preview window in the bottom left to help you review conversion or select which part of a DVD you want to convert.

Fast and easy to use, this conversion tool could do with converting to a few more formats but it's more than enough for most Pocket PC user's needs.

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If you fancy yourself as the next Bruce Lee then you can now put your skills to the test while you're sat on the bus, thanks to this Windows Mobile game.

The plot outline is the same as virtually every Kung-Fu movie I've ever seen - your girlfriend has been kidnapped by an evil family, who just so happen to be experts in hand-to-hand combat. Your mission is to rescue the girl using the wisdom passed onto by your late Kung-Fu master.

If the story sounds unoriginal then just wait until you play the game. It really is like going back in time to 1992 and heading to the nearest arcade. Your little Kung-Fu man must keep walking right, defeating all the other little Kung-Fu men that come his way. It seems that under the tuition of his late Sensei your character has learned an impressive array of two moves - a punch and a kick, which makes this game somewhat annoying.

Sure, the graphics are OK, but with just two pathetic moves to choose from it's kind of a waste of the motion capture technology that the developer of Kung-Fu Master has employed. The sound too is pretty crummy and at times it sounds more like a squabble between two toddlers than a serious martial arts game.

There are lots of bonus levels, special weapons and end-bosses that help to add a bit of variety to Kung-Fu Master, but in terms of its gameplay, this one becomes boring pretty quickly.

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These days you don't need to be chained to the sofa if you want to enjoy the latest movies or TV shows. No Siree, the digital video revolution means that you can now check out the latest episode of 24 on your mobile phone, or watch your favourite films on your Pocket PC.

If you need to view movies in MPEG format then you can't afford to ignore PocketTV. The program is one of the most popular portable media players around, and performs very well to boot. Besides the usual things like loading movies, playback controlling, volume tweaking and full-screen mode, PocketTV can play streaming videos through the HTTP or FTP protocols.

There's an abundance of options to play around with, including the ability to set the size of the window, adjust colours, change brightness/contrast, tweak audio quality and a lot more besides.

If you're still in search of the perfect media player for your Windows Mobile device, you've probably just found it.

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These days you don't need to be chained to the sofa if you want to enjoy the latest movies or TV shows. No Siree, the digital video revolution means that you can now check out the latest episode of 24 on your mobile phone, or watch your favourite films on your Pocket PC.

If you need to view movies in MPEG format then you can't afford to ignore PocketTV. The program is one of the most popular portable media players around, and performs very well to boot. Besides the usual things like loading movies, playback controlling, volume tweaking and full-screen mode, PocketTV can play streaming videos through the HTTP or FTP protocols.

There's an abundance of options to play around with, including the ability to set the size of the window, adjust colours, change brightness/contrast, tweak audio quality and a lot more besides.

If you're still in search of the perfect media player for your Windows Mobile device, you've probably just found it.

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The Sompy Media Player is for Pocket PC(Phone). It has built in codecs for video files (AVI, DivX), MPEG4 files (MP4, M4A), MPEG movie and audio files (MPEG, MPG, MPV, DAT, MP1, MP2, MP3, MPA), Matroska files (MKV, MKA), Ogg Vorbis files (OGG, OGM) and AAC files (AAC).

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The FlashThemes™ Generator gives you theme authoring like you've never had before. You can create static and animated FlashThemes themes; building your themes within a PocketPC emulation so that you can see exactly what it will look like on the device. You can prepare your colours, add your images, add your Flash movie, individualize the Today Screen for thumbnail image capture and automatically download the newly created theme directly to your connected device.

The FlashThemes Generator has the following features:

• Static and animated theme creation and preview
• Image manipulation (scale, orientation, brightness, contrast, etc...)
• Import any image format (GIF, BMP, JPG, PNG, etc)
• Import Flash 5, Flash MX and compressed SWF files.
• Adjust all theme colours (NavBar, Command Bar, Message Boxes, Alerts, etc.)
• Personalized emulated Today Screen
• Screenshot capture to BMP or JPG format in 75x100 and 240x320 sizes
• Automatically download newly created themes to a connected device
• Open any type of existing theme, static, FlashTheme, Animated Today theme for editing
• Skinnable interface with several popular device skins included (iPaq H54xx, iPaq H1910, iPaq H38xx, XDA, Toshiba e350)
• Full built in help

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Try the challenging world-top game Trivia Machine now on your Symbian. The game brings you all the fun of a game show and the challenge of more than 7,000 trivia questions in nine categories: movies, science, music, literature, geography, and more!

But that's not all, because you can download new questions from the Internet -- you may never see the same question twice! Rack up the points as you answer questions to move on to the next round.

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Plusmo lets you do cool stuff from your mobile phone. For example, you can locate the nearest Starbucks, find cheap gas nearby, read your friend's MySpace blog, read movie reviews, check out neat photos, download popular blogs like Engadget, or keep track of the top iTunes hits all from your cell phone or PDA. Plusmo offers a great mobile experience because personalized content from websites is downladed to your device in advance and browsing is local and fast.

Plusmo makes the mobile web so much better... give it a try today!

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Brighten up your Pocket PC with this Fantastic Four theme. It's a desktop theme based on the latest superhero movie: Fantastic Four.

The perfect theme for anyone who loves superhero films!

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