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P990 as Mp3 player. |
Kippax
Joined: Nov 10, 2003
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From: Manchester
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Found I've been using this facility more and more on my P910.
So much so that I've been shopping round for W800/900.
I know full well that its truly a business phone, but have they improved the music player on the P990, as the P910 is pretty cr@ppy ? |
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oc.gfx
Joined: Dec 06, 2005
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From: muenster.de
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i use PowerMP3 on my P910 + 1 Gb MemoryStick ... there result no problems in using the P910 as an MP3-player
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xanderzone
Joined: Apr 21, 2005
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I 2 use powermp3 with 1 GB MS duo and its grt |
adnhk1
Joined: May 23, 2002
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Yes, me three, using PowerMP3 on my P910i with 1GB Pro DUO and the music quality is excellent. Only issues is when multitasking, the are bound to be crackling sound.
P990i's Philips's Nexperia PNX4008 application processor comes with Audio DSP and hence this problem should be history  Michal from my-symbian has a beta P990i unit and confirms his beta unit is free from this issue too:
http://my-symbian.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24637&start=255
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Kippax
Joined: Nov 10, 2003
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From: Manchester
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Cheers people is this freebie software ? |
SonicYan
Joined: Mar 21, 2005
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From: Southern California
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Unfortunately its not. I too have the same prog, works great too. |
Peter321
Joined: Feb 15, 2005
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The software in the new P990 works more like in the W800 and K750 with categorization into "Artist", "Album" etc.
That is, more "iPod like" 
I'm also a happy PowerMP3 user and have suggested the programmer of PowerMP3 to add this kind if functionality to the player.
In the past he has been very good in listening to his customers, so let's keep our fingeres crossed.
In the meantime, if you are not using PowerMP3 on your P-series, I suggest you purchase a license to support development and get yourself a much better MP3, Ogg or AAC experience on your phone
cheers
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Nitro Fan
Joined: Jun 11, 2003
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On 2006-02-19 16:05:08, Kippax wrote:
Cheers people is this freebie software ?
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Hi I just bought a 2 gig card and it rendered the built in player almost useless, spent £13+ on PowerMP3 from Handango, and bingo, I now have a device most Ipod owners would be jelouse of! best software I have ever put on my phone (SMAN excepted of course) buy it you will not regret it
I have owned the ... T68i T610, P800, P900, P910, P990, W950, P1, W960 But SE have now totally lost the plot. |
scormie
Joined: Oct 22, 2004
Posts: 376
From: Wessex UK
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I tried PowerMP3 on evaluation, but I wasn't too impressed. It didn't seem to be too well integrated with the rest of the phone, unlike the built-in player. In FC mode, for instance, how do you switch to another app such as Messaging when PowerMP3 is running? How do you switch to another folder's (ie, album's) worth of tracks?
Maybe I missed something -- if any PowerMP3 users out there can suggest an answer, I'd be grateful. |
adnhk1
Joined: May 23, 2002
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I do not use the flip, hence unable to help much. But a quick check using virtual flip shows I am able to access "Applications" when PowerMP3 is playing in Flip Closed mode. From "Applications" menu, I can go "Messages". Does this helps?
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kk.226
Joined: Nov 04, 2004
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From: London
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Do you guys not find that the battery dies VERY quickly when using the mp3 player? My p910i only used to last about 1/2 hours with music playing, so i gave up and bought another iPod.
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adnhk1
Joined: May 23, 2002
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Hi,
I uses PowerMP3 for 2 hrs daily during to and fro from work, and the entire day with GPRS turned on for IM and the rest are calendaring, SMSes and phone calls (using HBH-300 BT headset). At the end of the day, at around 11pm at nite, my phone is most of the time left with almost 15% battery life. Of course, I charge everyday with these heavy usages. Btw, PowerMP3 is known to suck battery more than the defaul music player, due mostly to its EQ support. Hope this helps.
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ayk
Joined: Feb 17, 2006
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i tried the power player & didn't find it all that great.the basic player of the p910i is pretty loud even without an equalizer.
unless i'm really wrong,i remember seeing a screenshot of the p990i on bengal boy's site in which the mp3 player app even displayed album info,an image of the record's cover.
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On 2006-02-20 15:12:40, adnhk1 wrote:
Hi,
I uses PowerMP3 for 2 hrs daily during to and fro from work, and the entire day with GPRS turned on for IM and the rest are calendaring, SMSes and phone calls (using HBH-300 BT headset). At the end of the day, at around 11pm at nite, my phone is most of the time left with almost 15% battery life. Of course, I charge everyday with these heavy usages. Btw, PowerMP3 is known to suck battery more than the defaul music player, due mostly to its EQ support. Hope this helps.
Cheers
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Given the size of the P*** screens and all the other functionality the device offers, there will always have to be a degree of compromise of function and battery life, it is generaly accepted that the P*** series batterys are perhaps not as long lasting as we would like but all in all it does a good job for a muti function device.
If MP3 Player life is very important, try turning the device to "flight mode" and use SMAN to shut down any other apps whilst you listen to music?
I have owned the ... T68i T610, P800, P900, P910, P990, W950, P1, W960 But SE have now totally lost the plot. |
scormie
Joined: Oct 22, 2004
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From: Wessex UK
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@adnhk1:
Thanks a lot for posting those screenshots. The menu you show can be brought up in FC mode too, I've found -- so I stand corrected! I must have confusing PowerMP3 with another player I've tried.
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Posted: 2006-02-17 20:26
