Watching a film on a small screen is never ideal, but it is a good way to pass some time if that is your will.

DivX has become a very popular video format for movies and online videos. Most full length DVD backups are converted to DivX as the file size can be fairly small in comparison to other formats, and it still plays the video in reasonably high quality video and audio.

DivX has released their player to the public for free, only this time it is for mobile devices.

The player itself is very simple and efficient. I installed it on my Windows Mobile device and copied a few Vodcasts onto my phone. The DivX player handled them without any problems. My Ipaq rw6828 is aging a little but still was not troubled by the videos I tested. It is lightweight and it played the videos in full screen mode.

DivX recommends that your device runs at 200Mhz or faster. If your device struggles, the DivX player will drop frames to recover. This is not likely to be picked up by your eyes very easily.

DivX Mobile Player is available for a bunch of Symbian and Windows Mobile devices. This is a great program for showing off how powerful these devices are. You never know, but you may find a time that playing a movie on your phone is a worthwhile thing to do. I wish I had this on long trips in the past. You can only play so much Kevtris.

DivX Mobile Player is available for free from DivX.