They say when it rains, it pours; and it must be pouring at the New York headquarters of Conduits Technology.  Conduits, today, released updates for four of its popular Windows Mobile programs: Timekeeper, Pocket Launcher, Pocket Player, and Pocket Slides.  Read past the break to learn more about each of these new updates, as well as full information about upgrading for current users of any of these programs.

POCKET PLAYER 3.2

Pocket Player 3.2 for Windows Mobile 6 Standard and Professional devices aims to satisfy consumers who demand more from a media player on a mobile device. Version 3.2 introduces new usability features and fixes, new plugins and plugin improvements.

Usability Improvements

Pocket Player 3.2 sports several new features to improve usability. Library speed and stability has improved. Various fixes with streaming, including password support, Orb.com support, and performance have been implemented. The user can now select multiple files to open/enqueue easily. All known bugs and issues, such as those with 48KHz playback, bookmarking accuracy, phone interaction, and PlaysForSure playback have been resolved.

Voicemail

Pocket Player 3.2 introduces a voicemail plugin that enables integrated Inbox WAV attachment playback to the software. Many phone systems offer email-based voicemail delivery in the form of a WAV file attachment to a small message. Windows Mobile devices have the ability to receive these messages, but playback has traditionally been buggy and on most devices, will not play the messages properly. Pocket Player can play these WAV attachments, and the new "gen_voicemail" plugin adds a "Voicemail" item to the Pocket Player Browser. This plugin will scan all the messages in your Inbox (or other folders) for ones with a WAV attachment, displays the date and time received, the subject of the message (which usually includes the phone number that called the user), play the messages in random order, and can seek within the message. The plugin goes one step further by parsing the phone number out of the voicemail text, adding a "Call Number" command to the Pocket Player main menu. This gives the user a seamless experience with their voicemails and Pocket Player.

Plugins Updated: UPnP, WMHost

Pocket Player’s UPnP plugin has been improved, and now supports additional UPnP servers such as Windows Media Player 11, Orb, and others. For users with a large quantity of media on their servers, the plugin now features paginated results. Device-to-device streaming is now a feature of the plugin: over WiFi users can stream from Pocket Player to another device running Pocket Player or other UPnP-capable software.

The WMHost plugin has also been updated and improved. The plugin now boasts support for devices with external displays, such as the HTC StrTrk (Cingular 3125). Track information and playback controls now work on that device and similar configurations. Other system plugins that look for media players are also supported, such as the Samsung Media home screen plugin for the BlackJack. Media information and playback controls work properly. Finally, A2DP/AVRCP support is improved and updated, and Bluetooth buttons can now be mapped to fast forward or rewind functions.

TIMEKEEPER 2.1

Timekeeper 2.1 for Windows Mobile 6 Standard and Professional devices is a customizable high precision multi-function stopwatch with session tracking and data export capabilities.

Timekeeper 2.1 now features timers that keep counting after you exit the program. Once your set time is up, you will still be notified. In other words, set it and forget it! The new release also marks the ability to keep your device backlight on when still using the product.

POCKET LAUNCHER 3.1

Pocket Launcher 3.1 for Windows Mobile 6 Standard and Professional devices is a customizable application launcher that improves upon the device’s built-in program launcher with a tab-based categorization system that is expandable to a user’s needs, and adaptable to a user’s tastes.

Device/Hardware Compatibility

Pocket Launcher 3.1 now supports the popular BlackJack scroll wheel, allowing navigation through your icons one-by-one with the flick of your thumb.

New Tabbing Features

Pocket Launcher 3.1 will now update colors based on device’s today theme. In other words, Pocket Launcher will always match whatever color scheme you have. Additionally, the new version allows for easier management of tab icons and backgrounds.

POCKET SLIDES 2.51

Pocket Slides 2.51 for Windows Mobile 6 Professional enables users to create, edit, view and give presentations on a mobile device.

Usability Improvements

Pocket Slides 2.51 sports a vastly improved German translation. All previous issues with the German version of Pocket Slides 2.X have been resolved. Pocket Slides 2.51 is now fully PowerPoint 2007 compatible. You can now convert presentations created in all versions of PowerPoint, from 97 to 2007, edit them on the device, and convert back to your desktop. All known bugs related to the conversion process have been fixed for this release.

AVAILABILITY

Timekeeper 2.1, Pocket Launcher 3.1, Pocket Slides 2.51 and Pocket Player 3.2 are available as 30-day commercial demos from http://www.conduits.com, where the user can download and evaluate each software.

Users can purchase the products at http://store.conduits.com. Bulk, corporate, and educational discounts are available. Please email support@conduits.com for more information.

UPGRADE INFORMATION

Timekeeper 2.1

For registered users of Timekeeper 1.X for Pocket PC from January 2006 to present, the upgrade is free. Upgrades for customers who purchased Timekeeper 1.X before January 1 2006, are priced at $4.95 from http://store.conduits.com/ti2up.html.

Pocket Player 3.2

For registered users of Pocket Player 2.X for Windows Mobile Pocket PC and Smartphone from September 2005 to present, the upgrade is free. Upgrades for customers who purchased Pocket Player 1.X and 2.X before September 1st 2005, are priced at $9.95 from http://store.conduits.com/popl2up.html.

Pocket Launcher 3.1

Upgrades are priced at $3.95 for customers who purchased Pocket Launcher before January 1, 2006, from http://store.conduits.com/pola2up.html.

Pocket Slides 2.51

Upgrades to Pocket Slides 2.X for customers who purchased Pocket Slides 1.X before April 1st 2004, are priced at $19.95 from http://store.conduits.com/posl2up.html.

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