Windows Mobile 2003 SE

[iMc]

How do you upgrade to this from the 2003 standard version? Can you buy it from anywhere?

[nichomach]

The only way would be a ROM update from the manufacturer, if they provide one, I'd have thought.

[iMc]

grrr thats crappy. oh well, I was just hoping to be able to do horizontal screen for videos and stuff.

nevermind!

[thestjohn]

I think certain apps allow you to rotate the screen. For example, I use Picodrive on WM 2003 running on an SPV e200, and there's a control to flip the screen output so you can play Sonic in widescreen.

For movie players I know that PocketMVP and Pocket TV allow you to use widescreen mode.

[thestjohn]

and there's no way to update the rom with wm2003 se in most devices unless you want to play with hacked roms that may permamently do in your phones sw installation.

[Norky]

What device do you have? There's a 2005 magneto ROM floating around.

[Flibb]

a bit of software called dotpocket lets you switch between portrait and landscape.

[Taz]

Originally Posted by iMc

grrr thats crappy. oh well, I was just hoping to be able to do horizontal screen for videos and stuff.

nevermind!

BetaPlayer will play videos in portrait or landscape mode...and it's free!

Look here: http://www.pocketpcfreewares.com/en/index.php?soft=1080

and here: http://betaplayer.corecodec.org/download.html

I ripped a load of my DVD's using PocketDVD Studio (http://www.pqdvd.com/) and put a couple of films onto the 512MB SD card every time I was travelling. Excellent quality when played back in BetaPlayer. PocketDVD Studio is not free but is the simplest application for ripping your own DVD's using a couple of mouse clicks. Most other solutions require you to rip to your hard disc first and then transcode to DivX using another application.

[iMc]

How big is a ripped DVD for Pocket PC resolution?

[Taz]

I was ripping at 200-230MB (although you can set the quality in Pocket-DVD Studio. Hence, I could get 2 full DVD's onto my 512MB SD card. I kept a load of ripped DVDs on my hard disk and just copied a couple over every week. Very watchable at the 200-230MB quality level. The only thing is that the battery on my Pocket PC doesn't last too long (you certainly would not be able to watch a full movie on a single battery charge!), hence I bought a Belkin charge/sync kit that could supply power via a car socket/mains/USB port

[iMc]

Ahh thats cool. So I could comfortably fit GPS maps and a movie or two on the 512MB card. The charge kit will come in handy too until I get a powered mount for the car.

[Norky]

I use betaplayer for my smartphone and I can fit 2 full films on a 256mb card

[Flibb]

not sure how big the tom tom files are, if you can get a 1Gb card, will save hassle in the long term. The TT maps and voices do take up a large amount of room. I currently have a range of cards, the 1Gb stuff cost a fortune when I got my setup. If you want an amplified mount search ebay, I saven uiet a bit of dosh by getting my arkon mount on there, and it was still new from a shop.

[iMc]

Yeh I probably will get a 1gig card eventually, might wait until the 2gig ones come down in price...

I looked on ebay and the Arkon mount for iPAQ's is £29.99 'buy it now', good price?

[Flibb]

The powered PDA mount with speaker and RJ12 GPS port normally retails for around £45. I have the older model without the GPS port,but am using bluetooth so doesnt matter.