QMplayer is a version of Mplayer for the PlayBook. As the name suggests, it plays things. In this case, video files. It can play most formats you have on your tablet, or it can stream stuff from the internet. Unfortunately, it's a time-limited trial, and the upgrade is $6.
It features a host of control options that allow you to skip forward or adjust the way your video plays, and you can access the controls through gestures, or via the keyboard. Unfortunately, neither of those methods is well implemented or well thought out.
UI
Hideous. Ugly design, ugly colours. Most of the functions can be accessed through gestures, but if you want to actually do things, you're going to need to use the keyboard.
Usefulness:
Plays a few files and file types that the built-in video player can't handle. That's somewhat, useful, but it's not $6 useful.
Reusability:
As long as you have videos to watch, you can use it over and over again. For two weeks. Then you've gotta pay.
What I Liked
-Plays lots of file types.
-Interesting functions like the ability to play things on fast forward or delay the audio track.
What I Hated
-Gesture controls are hard to use properly.
-Keyboard controls seem to have been designed for a full keyboard, rather than the mobile version on the PlayBook.
-If you hit "Stop" you have to reload the video.
-Ain't got no alibi.
Final Verdict:
QMplayer is a decent video player, but its hideous UI and lacklustre control scheme mean I'll be sticking with the basic built-in player for now.
QMplayer is available as a free two-week trial from EXECUSE on BlackBerry App World
Reviewed version 1.0.8
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