CorePlayer is highly regarded as one of the best, if not best, video players available for Windows Mobile. Whenever a new video player is released, it’s always compared to CorePlayer. Well, it looks like the popular media player will be getting a major update soon. CoreCodec has made an announcement about an upcoming 2.0 release. This update comes after 2 years of releasing 1.x updates and will feature new content.

CorePlayer 2.0 is said to bring “a whole new layer of usability.” Once it hits 2.x, new channel content feeds will be introduced under what they call their “Web Guide.” There will also be downloadable plug-ins for YouTube, Orb and so on. In order to use these services, CoreCodec will require customers to create an account with them which will allow users to customize CorePlayer to their liking.

CoreCodec is aiming for a September release as far as 2.0 is concerned, but they also mentioned that 1.3.5 will be released by the end of the week (should be out anytime now).

How do current CorePlayer users feel? Would you welcome an expanded media player with more functionality at the cost of being tied to a customer account?