[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] nokiadashi:
40iPlay VS PocketMusic Player VS Nitrogen Player

40iPlay VS PocketMusic Player VS Nitrogen Player

Tested version:

40iPlay

:40iPlay V4.82.234.610

PocketMusic Player

:PocketMusic 5.3.5 Bundle

Nitrogen Player

:Nitrogen Player v1.2 Alpha 4

1.supported formats:

40iPlay

:MP3,WMA,WAV,OGG,FLAC,MP4,M4A

PocketMusic Player

:MP3,WMA,OGG,FLAC,APE,MP4,MP4A,M4P,M4B,AAC(Plugin)

Nitrogen Player:

MP3,WMA,WAV,OGG,MP4,M4A,aac,3gp

2. finger friendly:

40iPlay

:not so finger friendly,it's better use stylus

PocketMusic Player

:very finger friendly

Nitrogen Player

: finger friendly

3. sound quality:

40iPlay

: sounds better than PocketMusic(maybe slightly more clean,rich and clear)

PocketMusic Player

:good

Nitrogen Player

: IMO,same as PocketMusic Player

4. Auto display off:

40iPlay:

no (need manually turn screen off)

PocketMusic Player

:yes

Nitrogen Player

: no (need manually turn screen off,but it’s much easier compared to 40iPlay)

5. CPU usage:

40iPlay

: 5-7%

PocketMusic Player

:15-20%

Nitrogen Player

:6-7%

6. memory usage:

40iPlay

:4.64MB (even SPB Mobile Shell Task Manager cannot shut it down)

PocketMusic Player

:2.81MB

Nitrogen Player

: 1.60MB

7.battery drain (maximum volume,earphone on)

40iPlay

: 4-6% per hour

PocketMusic Player

: 6-10% per hour

Nitrogen Player

: 6-8% per hour

8. WVGA support:

40iPlay

:no (although it's fully operational in WVGA device)

PocketMusic Player

:yes

Nitrogen Player

: yes

9. auto sleep timer and alarm:

40iPlay:

yes (but everytime you need to reset the sleep timer if you continue to play the music)

PocketMusic Player

:yes (for example,if you set sleep timer 30 minutes,the player stops 30 minutes later,you press the play to continue,the player will stop again in 30 mimutes)

Nitrogen Player

: yes,no alarm though (but everytime you need to reset the sleep timer if you continue to play the music,you can choose stop or close application when sleep time arrives)

10. EQ system:

40iPlay

:seems it has more things for you to tweak,but doesnt have presets.

PocketMusic Player

: has presets,like headphone,live,hall,pop etc

Nitrogen Player

: has presets,like classic,live,rock,pop etc

11. save last played position:

40iPlay

: can save last played song (hit info button,namely upper third button,then VSPD,then Save Last Played)

PocketMusic Player

:better yet,can save the postion of last played audio,this is good if you use player to listen to audio stories.

Nitrogen Player

: same as PocketMusic Player

12. respond to incoming call:

40iPlay

: the player is still playing during a incoming call,only you answer the call it pauzes,and be warned that you will risk missing calls if you dont make 40iPlayer play in background.

PocketMusic Player

: the phone panel (answer or reject) appears on the top of player and the player pauses.

Nitrogen Player

: same as PocketMusic Player

13. enable/disable use system volume.

40iPlay

:no

PocketMusic Player

:yes

Nitrogen Player

:yes

14. Recording function:

40iPlay

:yes

PocketMusic Player

:no

Nitrogen Player

:no

15.Switch to Today screen

40iPlay

: press End key

PocketMusic Player

: press End key

Nitrogen Player

: need to assign key to minimize the player otherwise there is no way to switch to Today screen

16. G-sensor function

40iPlay

:no

PocketMusic Player

:no

Nitrogen Player

:yes,for example,you can forward to next song by shaking and phone

My personal conclusion:

For HTC Touch Pro2 users,It’s better choose either PocketMusic Player or Nitrogen Player because they are finger friendly and modern looking with WVGA version.

Compared to PocketMusic Player, Nitrogen Player feels lighter, PocketMusic Player uses 3 times CPU as much as Nitrogen Player.

Nitrogen Player is free, PocketMusic Player is commercial although you can easily find cracked one.

The only thing I am not satisfied with Nitrogen Player is its Sleep Mode configuration,it’s not easy to set a accurate sleep time quickly with that slide bar.

40iPlay,a strictly commercial software, only wins the following: better sound quality and use slightly less battery. It loses miserably in other departments.