Hi Guys,
Hope someone can help, i used to have the XDA2s but ive now upgraded to the EXEC and i get bored at work alot .......... so i tend to play games alot on the xda............ i seem to have probs getting anything to run right ?
I used to like a game called Mondopondo but that wont run says i need to copy a file in the windows direc ? but i dont even see a windows file on the xda exec when i use explore ?
Also ringtones ? will it play a Mp3 as a ringtone ? it just seems very quite in volume to actually hear it normall Mp3's via Windows Media Player, i tend to have a few videos aswell but when its played in WMP they seem really small and cant find a way to englarge like on the XDA2s
Can anyone help me out plz ? or suggest some good games which will run ok on this
Many Thx
I'm looking for some nice 3D type games, Tombraider is naff, but I did hear of Need for Speed coming to the PocketPC format?
DragonHeart said:
Also ringtones ? will it play a Mp3 as a ringtone ? it just seems very quite in volume to actually hear it normall Mp3's via Windows Media Player, i tend to have a few videos aswell but when its played in WMP they seem really small and cant find a way to englarge like on the XDA2s
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Can't really help to much on the games. I know a lot of games need to be updated for the new WM5 OS and VGA screen.
You can have MP3 ringtones i just put mine on the root of my SD card. They are found in the sounds and notifications section then. I have not had a problem with the ring volume at all. I find it louder than XDAII and XDA IIs.
*Wonders whether he can play Sensible Soccer* 8)
Surely you mean Sensible World of Soccer? )
Hristo Stoitchkov super star!
Anyway .. err ..
Volume. Yes, for me this is a major bummer. I tried listening to some MP3 the other day for the first time and it was very quet and the sound quality was merely average. Bit tinny and not a lot of bass.
It also seemed to be very quiet even on max volume.
I figured no problem ..just get winamp or something to crank it up a few notches but it just spazzed out presumably reached its limitations very quickly and started crackling to hell.
Has anyone had better results?
On the subject of games ..
Is there a decent genesis emu? I have a load of genesis roms I'd like to play ..
Champ Manager 2005 would be great for those long train journeys!!
ROFL
Its like Gentoo ..
You spend more time waiting for your computer to become rsponsive again than actually using it when it is.
This has for me at least become a hobby in itself.
I am cheaply amused ..
Gubbs: so, can SWoS be played on the Exec, or an XdaIIs?
If you get the an amiga emulator you should be able to get swos working!! as well as championship manager 93, old but fun all the same on train journeys.
Have you seen the WM5 compatible version of Wolfenstein 3D? Downloaded it over the weekend and it runs beautifully! You can get it here...
http://pocketinsanity.sourceforge.net/content/view/25/38/
Absolutely great!
Fin
re: volume on mp3's, I use gsplayer and have no problem with volume or sound quality.
Also, you may want to give a try to, say, GPRS-capable multiplayer games. There're a lot of them; see for example http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/menneisyys/102005MPPPCGames.asp on them.
any other games, folks? In another year or two I'll be tired of bubble breaker. :wink:
Try these:
http://www.pdamill.com/downloads_ppc.shtml?ref=topdev
Recommending the old but gold Hexacto Tennis.
i've got FIFA Soccer 2002 from easports running on my Exec .... works fine ....
thanks cktlcmd.
I had gotten snails and flux challenge a couple of weeks ago. I've had some fun with snails, but I don't seem to be coordinated enough to get very far with flux challenge. I may try that Spot game, might be more my speed, i.e. sloooow.
my fraviot game on my M5000 is:
IonFx Geo Rally 2005
Its quite a huge game (i.e track size), like most things on these phones it runs alittle slow but then that helps you get round the corners lol, its 3D and has a cool demo that you can play and show your friends how good your phone is
Here is a list of games that I have working on my exec:
Anthelion 2 (VGA)
Bejeweled 2 (VGA) - only worked one though
Flux challenge
Football director
GameBox Solitaire (VGA)
Guardians
Monopoly
My Little Tank (VGA)
Naval Conflicts (VGA)
Pocket Mini Golf 2
Scrabble
Texas Hold'em
Virtual Pool Mobile
Worms World Party
I have to vote for Arvale 2 (and the original Arvale) from PDAMill, as well as their Joker's Quest.
Also Age of Empires plays remarkably well on a Pocket PC.
On the free size, Reflexion and Puzzle of Pipes are fun, and the kids I work with love HangHim.
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hi all
I am getting O2 XDA Exec
I would glad if you can clear out the following points from someone who already owns one:
YOU DONT HAVE TO SAY HOW TO DO IT, SIMPLE ANSWERS WILL DO
Does skype work over gprs at all?
if yes, how much skype will use interms of gprs bandwidth
2- can you play video 640x480 @30fps
4- now the most important question, how well does the exec handles games. I am looking at some 3d games.
and will be playing playstation one emulator.
5- incase it was simlocked, does anyone know if O2 does unlock the phone
thanks for your time
comon people someone must have few answers
all those views and no replies?
i only have the question to 5 and as far as i know, O2 Exec is not sim locked
for the Skype, it didn't work with me over GPRS, no matter what i tried.
for the gaming, personally i don't play games on it whatsoever (exept for the buble breaker), but one friend is spending most of his time playing 3Ds on it, but i never saw the PS1 emulator on it & i sure don't know if it's gonna work fine on it.
cheers
where do i get the ps1 emulator, plz i know i can get snes emulator etc but if you can get me the software or the link i will gladly check it for you!
thanks
this is the ps emulator link is:
http://fpsearm.psxfanatics.com/
speed depend on game, so I am mainly looking for final fantasy 7
have you tried the emulator?
can you inform us on the results
I have played movies at 30fps at 640x480 using pocket dvd studio to rip the dvd. It's a littly choppy at times and sometimes sputters but for the most part it works fine. I haven't tried playing them without all the background stuff running like voice command etc. - maybe that would help with the choppiness. If you're looking for top of the line quality without any hiccups you might be disappointed though.
this is what I am trying to feel, I am expecting too much from it.
I had not owned PDA before. thus I have really high expectations from it.
I think the Universal is not for me, gonna get a PDA phone when its mature enough
As to the video playback, I use ImToo DVD ripper and then convert to Pocket PC format using Windows Movie Maker. Tthis gives me quality video and stereo sound without a large file footprint.
by the way majdi, I am from jordan too (same country) but I am living in the uk
can you inform me on the exec price there?
and would appreciate if you gave me you msn ID
salam
Does skype work over gprs at all?
>> It depends on the operator. With Vodafone NZ it does, but consumes about 1mb an hour just being logged in
2- can you play video 640x480 @30fps
>> Yes, but you need to get Betaplayer (do a google search)
5- incase it was simlocked, does anyone know if O2 does unlock the phone
>> Xda Exec and Mini S ARE NOT SIM LOCKED.
For playing DVDs on my O2 XDA Exec I use Pocket DVD for PALM (which I bought for my TH55/E1). I use TCPMP to play them at 15fps without any slow downs, glitches, nor loss of sound. It plays smoothly like watching a movie on a small DVD player. The only drawback is it uses about 400MB of my SD Card memory. I use the following settings:
DVD / Movies SETTINGS:
Fullscreen: 464x288 (134 kPixel); 24 kbps audio 6 channels; 490 kbps video (6th setting)
Widescreen: 464x224 (104 kPixel); 24 kbps audio 6 channels; 486 kbps video (5th setting)
re DVD
i use pocket DVD studio which can be downloaded from www.pocketgear.com and it is about $39.
i convert my movies 320X240 at about 15fps
the result is good decent quality audio and video on the exec and a typical movie 2 hours length is done at about 210Mb.
originally converted movies for my Blueangel (XDA2s) but now using same files on the exec and not a major difference in quality except for the odd fast action sequences which become pixelated and blotchy but a fair compromise between size and quality!
on the whole i can live with these settings. i play the files on Betaplayer. Top quality freeware, doenst use a lot of memory and perfect for playing all types of files.
thanks
most of you use 15fps, does the video look strange at that frame rate?
aslo if someone could clarify speed on games, that would be nice
re ps1 emulator
finally got it to work! downloaded emulator and the bios file
i had destruction derby 2 for the ps1 at home so i created the 'backup' image file and put the file on the memory card
fired up the emulator and the emu works fine and applied the bios
loaded the image file of the game and it also started loading BUT was tooo slow.
on the pc version of the emu i had about 200fps whereas on the exec was 15fps at best, way too slow to play. sound was too loud and distorted and graphics were ok-ish.
so this experience for me was not a good one and will not be pursuing ps1 emulation on the exec.
hope this helps
Heh, I find myself bored with my PPC in my pocket, so what are some good games for WM5?
the games i've got installed right now are pocket soduku and another one called warfare inc.
Warfare inc is like command and conquer if you ever played that, its cool, but i tend not to play it much until i get a screen protector because theres a lot of click and drag as well as tapping done.
Is it just me or is the selection for games on the PPC rather sparse? I had so much to choose from when I had my Sony Ericsson K790.
I tried loading some of those games on the PPC with the Midlet manager, they installed but the games wouldn't get any response from my Wizard's buttons, and then the games just freeze.
Unless I make time to encode some movies, I'm gonna be so bored with this phone...
There are many good games for ppc look here
http://www.clickgamer.com/pocketpc_main.htm?PHPSESSID=85e386b249f2c41f3c1a0c219afa37c5
Spb AirIslands & !PyroManiA! -
both v good graphics and pyromania to be released soon
Cocoto Kart Racer - fun
A no of free games on above site too if you search.
And of course you can have doom which plays well - 2 free versions if you google it.
Loads of free suduko games/ scrabble/chess depends what you want.
Enjoy its a good platform
If you like warcraft, there is a open source version. Search for "Wargus/Strategus".
no need to encode video to play on your PDA. orb (orb.com) will let you use your desktop as your own personal broadcast center. If you have a TV tuner card on your PC, you can even stream live TV to your PDA.
The possibilities with this PDA is endless!
There's another rather large thread on this. Please join in and share the fun.
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Thanks for you help in advance..
good and usefull programs very much depend on if one if a doctor looking for a program to look up illness or a musician wanting to mess with sound or a gamer
with the info you given so far
http://www.pocketpcdn.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7934
Well,
this question is hard to answer because of it all depends on your needs and interests. As example me as programmer I try to get lots of development software running on my Hermes, so, that I can go on working without having my desktop or laptop with me. Most of editors I need I program myself with VS2005.
If you want to get an overview of lots of software go to www.handango.com and select as device HTC TYTN (not CINGULAR 8525 - there are more software application listed uner TYTN than under 8525).
In games HANDMARK, ASTRAWARE and HEXACTO are really good.
However,
sorry for being so generalistic but without knowing your interests it is quite difficult!
Google maps is nice and it's free.
Also, I use a profile manager called Pocket Zen Phone (not free but very cheap) so I can switch between house, car, silent etc by just prodding an ICON on the today screen.
There's a nice free golf game downloadable from M$ too.
Have a look here: https://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/domore/default.mspx
i like music, movies, games, and such, im a media head...
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i like music, movies, games, and such, im a media head...
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Well then...
1. For music and movies, get yourself ORB, you can stream all of the media on your home computer to your cell (or another computer for that matter)
2. For games try morphgear, it emulates NES, SNES, Genesis, Game Boy, GBA games on your ppc, you can program the keyboard as a controller...
i've been hunting around looking for a windows version of either sopcast or tvu and it looks like TVU have produced a mobile version (just about to try it) but here's the link..
TVU is a streaming media player which shows channels from all over the world. Star sports shows live premiership football matches (channel 10006)
http://pages.tvunetworks.com/labs/mobile.html
Edit: tried it, and it works, it's still in early stages so it's a bit choppy/laggy but on my pc it takes a good 5-10 minutes to "catch up" and work fluently so the mobile version will probably take longer (i've been watchin the bolton v arsenal game for around 5 minutes and it's not caught up yet but it seems to be getting quicker)
Good stuff, i've been waiting for an app like this for a while, I hope sopcast make one too!
yeah hopefully,
with this though, although it says it works on HTC Diamond, it seems like the bitrate is too high to play at decent quality.... hope they sort it out
i just downloaded this and when i start the app up in the start menu i just get 2 empty tables with channel number/name in them, i put 10006 into the channel number and press play but nothing happens! Anyone have any ideas as to how i can get something to happen?
mee too nothing happens when i press play anyone plz help
i got core player renamed install directory TCPMP and its playing a lot better, then it did with TCPMP.
hey..hecatombercm how did you do this......."i got core player renamed install directory TCPMP and its playing a lot better, then it did with TCPMP"
any help would be appreciated
i just renamed the directory in programs that core was installed too. but eventually the stream would just stop. I wish there was more development on TVU its a fun app, but some of my favorite channels are no longer available.
do you guys think that this will work on my Sprint HTC Hero?
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do you guys think that this will work on my sprint htc hero?
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please note: Windows mobile software does not work on android-based devices.
Alfa Kenny
thanks for clearing that up for me, and sorry im new to this.
Hi all, got an email 40 minutes ago from Seeqpod, that app that's supposed to find music on the fly p2p style. Anyway, here's the linkage to a free copy for two days:
It's here!
SeeqPod Mobile is now available for download!
And from now through Sunday, December 21, 2008, it's free! That's right, free! Consider it our season's gift to our friends. Let your Windows Mobile friends know as well!
You can get SeeqPod Mobile installed onto your phone in two ways. Both begin by going to http://www.seeqpod.com/mobile and clicking on the "get it free!" button:
* Internet enabled Pocket PC or Smartphone running Windows Mobile 6.0 or greater
* Broadband internet connection for best performance
* Compatible with the following display sizes: QVGA (320 x 240), WQVGA (240 x 400), Square QVGA (320 x 320), VGA (640 x 480) (Yes, that's right! VGA!!! That means you, HTC Touch Pro and Sony Ericsson Xperia owners!)
Found this on PPCGeeks first, I was about to post it here, but it looks like you beat me to it. The thing is I interpret their registration offer in a different way... I think they're letting you get it 100% free if you get it before 12/21, like Nintendo did for the Wii with the Internet Channel...
For those wondering the App is GREAT... put in any song you're thinking of and it pops up playlists and the song itself for you to play...
I posted it on digg as well: http://digg.com/software/SeeqPod_Mobile_for_Windows_Mobile_free_until_Dec_21
Let's bring some attention to this thing before people have to pay $10 to get it!
Great clean look to the program and website. Music is fast and plays clean.. Great find.
Can you download the music? I know on ipod touch when i used this, with a safari plugin I could download the music as well. Great find either way, downloading now.
Music playback sounded very choppy. Also it works on WQVGA (Omnia) but is not designed for it. The player fills up 300x240 of the screen, leaving a piece with nothing in it but the desktop.
Devin
devinc said:
Music playback sounded very choppy. Also it works on WQVGA (Omnia) but is not designed for it. The player fills up 300x240 of the screen, leaving a piece with nothing in it but the desktop.
Devin
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Music playback on fuze is great, no choppiness at all over 3g connection, evening switching songs in playlist only takes a couple seconds. Now just need to figure out how to directly download the songs
Thanks for the info!
Even skinnable..................
showaco said:
Music playback on fuze is great, no choppiness at all over 3g connection, evening switching songs in playlist only takes a couple seconds. Now just need to figure out how to directly download the songs
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Same here, It worked nice and smooth on my Mogul (Titan) w/ EvDO rev A, no lag, very little load time...
I suggest changing the title of this thread, I'd like to see as many people as possible get this before the deadline.
I agree 100%, we need to get the word out while people can still get it free
I tried installing it on WM5, it installs but it doesn't run. FYI.
Doesn't work on my WM5 Wizard either.
Tested on Wizard, WM6.1 working
woo hoo. working but it doesnt work on wqvga
Doesn't work on Touch HD
works perfectly on my kaiser with latest hyperdragon rom.
very nice. for the previous question, i don't think you can download to your phone, but the link where it's getting the song from is listed.
It doesn't have a volume control so it's not very useful unless you want to carry around a pair of 300 ohm studio headphones.
It works on my Tocuh HD with VGAFIX3
Change the resolution => VGA
Review here.
http://wmpoweruser.com/?p=1904
Surur