Gizmodo: Wmv

VLC Media Player Now Available For iPhone and iPod Touch

Sean Fallon — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:50:00 EDT

Thanks to Zottd, iPhone users can now port the popular VLC media player to their iPhone or iPod touch, making it possible to drag, drop and play MPEG/MPG, AVI and MP3 media formats. He is also in the process of researching playback for VCD, DivX, WMA, and WMV, and he notes that FLAC and OGG are coming soon. The project is currently in beta, but a public release is on its way. Naturally, you will need a jailbroken phone to take part in this awesomeness. [zottd via Macrumors]

Sony Mylo 2 Software Upgrade Brings WMV Support, Other Stuff

Haroon Malik — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 18:41:43 EDT

A software upgrade to v1.1000 is now available for the Sony Mylo 2. The update brings WMV file support, a games shortcut on the home screen and SHOUTcast widget compatibility. Get your upgrade on by hitting the link, and if you notice any other improvements, drop them in the comments below. [Sony via Pocketables]

Obvious Bias: Microsoft Says iPhone Should Support Office Docs

Louis Ramirez — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:46:23 EDT

Microsoft's Asia-Pacific chief, Chris Sorenson, threw some poo at the almighty iPhone today, saying business users are better off buying a Windows Mobile 6 smartphone over Apple's forthcoming prodigy.

"You cannot install applications...and there's no support for Office documents. Even using it as a heavy messaging device will be a challenge."

Obvious bias aside, he might be right, if you're talking about the requirements of office drones that do work on their phones. And despite what Chen says, Windows Mobile sucks, even if it can do those two things. So where were we? – Louis Ramirez and Brian Lam

Microsoft Slams iPhone as "irrelevant" [ZDNet via Electronista]

Microsoft Silverlight Pits High Def WMV Against Flash For Web Streaming

Jason Chen — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:00:04 EDT

Seeing as the rise of YouTube and Google video has pretty much made Adobe's Flash the de facto standard for Web streaming, you'd have to be a fool to try and introduce a browser plug-in for a new format. Either a fool, or a company with deep pockets. How deep? Try "This is madness! This is Sparta!" deep. Yeah, it's Microsoft.

Their Silverlight plug-in, which works not only with IE, but with Safari and Firefox (ha ha, Opera users) and essentially provides a browser plug-in that lets everyone stream WMV files like they do with flash files.

The improvement upon flash—and this is why people would want to use this instead of Adobe's—is that it's high-def. We don't have to explain to you how much better it would be to stream high-def TV shows from NBC or ABC if you missed them when they first aired. And with MLB, Netflix and others already supporting the format, Microsoft may already have some hope of dethroning flash. – Jason Chen

Video introduction [on10]

Big names back Microsoft's Silverlight browser plug-in [Seattlepi]

Sharp's Korean Super Dictionary Doubles as PMP

Mark Wilson — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 19:55:40 EDT

Sharp's new RD-CX300 may actually be a pocket dictionary worth buying. While Webster has dominated the market for years, filling our heads with useless, 5+ syllable words, Sharp has finally found the dictionary's long latent potential: a video player.

This "multimedia super dictionary" stores 20GB of useless words, MP3s, MPEG4s and WMVs. Plus, it packs full QWERTY, an SD slot and voice recording. The 4.3" TFT 260K-color display is just enough power to support the black and white nature of print, especially if you are using the built-in ebook functionality.

Our photo is of a predecessor that should be similar to the new $500, 1.2" thick model when it's released this month in Korea. A tiny picture on Sharp's site shows the RD-CX300 could come in red. Oooohhh. – Mark Wilson

Product Page [via gizmowatch]

Digital Cowboy WMV HD/DVD Media Player

Jason Chen — Fri, 26 May 2006 18:51:17 EDT

Digital CowBoy, not to be confused with Analog CowBoy, released a DVD/HD based media player. You can choose either a DVD or HD drive to put inside, and out comes a full HD video (1920x1080). Connect this to your HDTV set watch all your ripped movies. The formats supported are: "Mpeg-1/2/4, DVD (IFO, ISO, VOB), WMV HD, MP3, WMA and OGG."

Remote also included. Price unknown. – Jason Chen

Digital CowBoy WMV HD DVD - HDD Media Player [Akihabara News]