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Windows Media Player

Microsoft® Windows Media® Player 10 Mobile for Smartphone let you play digital audio and video files that are stored on your Smartphone or on the Web.

By default, Windows Media Player can play the following types of files:

Windows Media Audio

Windows Media Video

MP3

This includes files with the extensions .asf, .wma, .wmv, and .mp3. If the manufacturer of your Smartphone has installed additional components, your version of Windows Media Player might be capable of playing additional file types.

In addition to Windows Mobile™-based Smartphones, Windows Media Player is available on other operating environments, including desktop computers running the Windows or Macintosh operating systems and Windows Mobile-based Pocket PCs.

In this documentation, the version of Windows Media Player for Windows-based desktop computers is called the “desktop Player” and the version for Smartphone is called the “Smartphone Player.”

About the Screens and Menus

Windows Media Player 10 Mobile for Smartphone has 3 primary screens:

Playback screen. The default screen that displays the playback controls (such as Play, Pause, Next, Previous, and Volume), the album art window, and the video window. You can change the appearance of this screen by choosing a different skin if additional skins are installed on your Smartphone.

Now Playing screen. The screen that displays the Now Playing playlist. This special playlist indicates the currently playing file and any files that are “queued up” to play next.

Library screen. The screen that lets you quickly find your audio files, video files, and playlists. It contains categories such as My Music, My Video, My TV, and My Playlists.

At the bottom of each screen is a menu called Menu. The commands on this menu change depending upon which screen you are viewing.

Playback Screen Menu

When you are viewing the Playback screen, these commands appear on Menu.

This command

Does this

 

 

Play/Pause

Starts or pauses playback.

 

 

Stop

Stops playback and rewinds to the beginning of the current file.

 

 

Shuffle

Plays the items in the Now Playing playlist in a random order.

 

 

Repeat

Plays the items in the Now Playing playlist repeatedly.

 

 

Full Screen

When a video is playing, displays it by using the entire screen.

 

 

Library

Displays the Library screen so you can choose a file to play.

 

 

Open URL

Lets you play a file on a network, such as the Internet.

 

 

Options

Lets you adjust various Windows Media Player options, including network, skin,

 

and hardware button options.

 

 

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I920, I930 specifications

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