The Core Pocket Media Player

Watching TV shows and movies on the Palm just got a whole lot easier. This is what I do: 1. Download my file from the "usual sources" somewhere on the Internet, or rip from my DVDs. 2. Send the file to my SD card. 3. Play with TCPMP on my palmOne Treo650 smartphone. The key is TCPMP (The Core Pocket Media Player). TCPMP is currently in unstable beta status, is free (under the GNU General Public License), and yet is already way better than any other media player currently available for the Palm platform. The program around 1MB is size, and can handle MP3, Ogg, DivX, XviD, MPEG1, MPEG4, and M-JPEG files. So far everything is just "plug and play" and I haven't faced any problems with the software. The TCPMP website is very unstable at the moment, so if you need the file, just send me an email. I will have to get myself a new, larger Secure Digital (SD) card. A 1GB SD card will comfortably fit 6 25-minute sitcoms, 3 45-minute TV shows or a 2-hour movie. The Internet has totally changed the way I watch TV, but that's the subject of another post.