uPod Silver Readme

uPod Sliver: Windows Media Player Skin

Don't have an Apple iPod yet? You can have one right on your PPC!

Already have an iPod? You can have one matching on your PPC too!

How cool is that!

The Apple iPod had been the best selling MP3 player before the debut of iPodMini, and it is the most sold MP3 player ever. Everybody loves it because of its cool design, and great sound quality. Now we Pocket PC owners can have our own iPod like Windows Media Player wherever we go. The uPod Silver Windows Media Player Skin keeps the cool style and color of an iPod MP3 player. This skin will guarantee your PPC's Windows Media Player a unique and cool new look, just like those attractive iPod MP3 players.

You don't need to pay several hundred dollars for an Apple iPod but
still can have your own uPod Silver wherever you go!

uPod Sliver Skin is a cool looking skin for Windows Media Player (comes with every Pocket PC). There is no new software to install. Just sync the skin files to your PPC and select iPod Silver skin with Skin Chooser inside of Windows Media Player.

uPod Silver Skin is compatible with most of Pocket PCs. Currently only support Pocket PCs with 320x240 screens. Future releases will support Pocket PCs with 640x480 screens.

Features

Displays current status of WMP: playing/paused/stop/Buffering and etc.
Displays song title and artist according to WMA/MP3 tags
Scrolls current sound filename and bitrate when stopped (stop scrolling when playing)
Displays current track count, total track number and time played
Displays and adjusts volume and current position through trackbars
Large wheel buttons for stylus free operation
Compatible with Microsoft Voice Command
View video files full screen

Installation Guide

Unzip the skin file to your desktop PC (You need WinZip/WinRar or similar software installed if you are using Win2000 and older operation system)
Connect the Pocket PC with desktop PC through ActiveSync
Copy the skin files to your Pocket PC (internal or external storage)
Run Windows Media Player, use Skin Chooser menu (Tools->Settings->Skin Chooser) set Windows Media Player with a new cool looking skin: uPod Silver

uPod Silver is FREE!

Versions History:

version 1.6 full screen (for video play) icon added, user's guide added in the readme file on June 17th 2004
version 1.5 repeat and shuffle features added, graph enhancement on June 16th 2004
version 1.3 WMP status display and current sound filename+bitrate scrolling feature added on June 14th 2004
version 1.2 some minor modification on readme and skin files on June 8th 2004
version 1.1 product name changed to uPod Silver on June 7th 2004
version 1.0 Initial release on June 4th 2004.

User Guide:

Please check the product page for user's guide at: www.megaone.com/fengwei/ppc.htm

Support:

Any question related to this product, please email to: fengwei1969@yahoo.com.sg.

Product Web:

http://www.megaone.com/fengwei/ppc.htm