| Player: | MortPlayer | Conduits Pocket Player | TCPMP | iPlay (1-October-2006 version) | WMP 9 | WMP 10 |
| AVRCP compatibility: WM2003 + HP 1.6 BT upgrade | - | + | - | Partial: pause / resume only; next / previous buttons also switch this | + | n/a |
| WM2003SE + A2DP upgrade | doesn't work on the 590A; with other headsets, it works | + | + | ? (iPlay didn't run on my PL720) | + | n/a |
| WM5, native Widcomm (hx4700, T830 etc) | + | Works with some manual work; see the "Making the Pocket Player AVRCP work under WM5" section | - | + | n/a | + |
| WM5, Widcomm add-on (x51v) | + | see above | - | + | n/a | + |
| WM5, native Microsoft (x51v, HTC Universal) | doesn't work on the 590A; with other headsets, it works | see above | - | + | n/a | + |
| WM5, native Microsoft + A2DP hack (HTC Wizard) | see above | see above | - | + | n/a | + |
| CPU usage: no equalizer / DSP's: | 13-14% | 16-18.2% (with visualization entirely disabled) | 8-8.5% | 5.8-7% (measured on hx4700!) | 12-14% | 11-13% (measured on hx4700!) |
| With equalizer | The same | 17-19% | 11-13% | 10-11%; DSP: reverb (4-Massive): ~22% | n/a | n/a |