Nitrogen

Think about Windows Media Player on your Windows Mobile phone or handheld.  Think about trying to control it with the tap of your finger.  Now try it… go ahead, give it a try!  Were you successful in controlling every aspect with your finger?  I didn’t think so…

Enter Nitrogen, a finger friendly MP3 / OGG music player.  I’ve been watching it’s development for quite some time, but now that it has finally matured to version 1.0 status, I decided the time was right to give it a try.  In short…

I love it!

To be honest with you, I’ve never been someone that craves finger friendly apps… in fact I don’t even like touching my screen.  I use the stylus or hard buttons at every opportunity, but the implementation of finger-friendly touch controls in Nitrogen is simply perfect.  All of the features are laid out on the default skin in a logical, intuitive manner.  Of these features, I really appreciate the direct link to the media browser and the “off” button, which can be configured in Nitrogen’s preferences to either completely quit the app or just turn off the screen, leaving Nitrogen playing your favorite music.

In terms of resources, Nitrogen is also a blessing.  On my WinMo 6 Wizard, with it’s limited specs, Nitrogen performed great!  The CAB, weighing in at less than 1 MB, installed onto my microSD card without feeling the need to install any junk to internal memory (read:  today plugins, help files, etc).  While running in the background, SKTools indicates that Nitrogen only used about 1 MB of RAM and 22-23% of the processor.  This should be great for anyone with a device that has limited performance capabilities!

If you haven’t already run over to FreewarePPC to download Nitrogen, here’s the direct link!

Finally, if you find that the default skin doesn’t do it for you, you can find more in various threads in the Development & Hacking forum at XDA-Developers.

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