Samsung announced their tiny SGH-X830, a Bluetooth phone+MP3 player, is available. You can use nano-style device as an MP3 player, or as a camera for photos or videos. When you swivel the screen, you have access to the keyboard to use the phone part.

Samsung launched YEPP YP-F2 MP3 player. The Samsung YP-F2 weighs only 20g. It measures 28×52x15mm. Supported audio formats are Ogg, WMA, ASF and MP3.

The Samsung YP-F2 comes in 512MB, 1GB, 2GB configurations with $105 -$227 price-tags.

Samsung lunch an ultra-slim mp3 player with a 1.82-inch colour TFT-LCD, called TP-Z5. Its a cool mp3 player with scratchproof aluminium case and weighs just 58g.

The TP-Z5 MP3 player available with 4GB, 2GB and 1GB memory and silver and black colours.

The 4GB MP3 player can hold up to 2,000 WMA tracks or 130,000 photos on board. Samsung is also promising a 35-hour rechargeable battery.

Supported formats include MP3 and WMA and Windows Media DRM 10/PlaysForSure compatible.

Samsung Electronics decided last year to build a rival to Apple iPod, so it turned to Paul Mercer, an ex-Apple Macintosh software designer and a team of developers from Iventor, Inc., who wrote some of the software used in Apple’s iPod. As a result of that effort, Samsung’s new Z5 portable MP3 player will appear on store shelves March 5.

Mercer ran Pixo, Inc., a company he founded after leaving Apple in 1994 to write software code for hand-held devices. So when Samsung turned to Mercer for help it was the right move, considering Pixo helped design Apple’s iPod.

Pixo’s software provided the iPod with a simple music interface that was used by Apple. To Mercer’s credit, Pixo’s name even appeared in the credits of the original iPod MP3 player.

Samsung said it hired Mercer and Iventor to create a similar music interface for the Z5 MP3 player to Apple’s iPod to develop a simple screen and a distinctive touch-sensitive scroll wheel for making selections.

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Samsung was anounced new MP3 players for European market. It’s 2GB Samsung YP-T8Q and YP-U1Q. The latest editions in their T8 and U1 line have all the same goodness you’ve come to expect from the duo (including MP3, WMA, OGG, and WAV support, voice recording, MP4 video playback on the T8Q, etc.), just now with a capacity a little more in line with the competition.

Samsung YP-T8Q features:

Copy files directly to the memory of the players.
Video, audio and photo playback.
1.8-inch colour TFT LCD screen.
5 built-in colour video games.

Samsung YPU1Q features:

LCD screen that displays battery life, track number, artist names and song titles.
Rechargeable Li-polymer battery.
Supports drag and drop in Windows or Mac OS.

The Samsung YP-T8Q (2GB), and Samsung YP-U1Q are available now in the UK for ?189 and ?119 respectively. The new MP3 players released for Europe, but Samsung’s been pretty good about bringing their YEPP digital audio players here to the USA.

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Samsung present the YP-D1 Pocket DSC MP3 Player at CES 2006.

The flash-based player features superior digital audio playback, a built-in digital camera, MPEG4 playback, and photo and text viewing capabilities on a color screen.

Available in 1 GB and 2 GB models, the YP-D1 has a 2 MP digital camera with 4X zoom. MP3 player allowing users view photos with 1.8″ 260K color LCD display. New MP3 player plays MPEG4 video and supports MP3, WMA, OGG, JPEG and text files.

The built-in speaker and voice recording capability lets users can to listen a music and record audio to go along with their photos.

The YP-D1’s Li-ion battery offers up to 20 hours of MP3 music. Samsung’s DNSe Portable 3D sound technology provides clear, robust audio for a perfect listening experience. The YP-D1 MP3 player can act as a USB host, allowing users to view photos and videos on a TV.

The YP-D1 is Microsoft Plays For Sure Audio Download enabled, allowing easy interface with music services such as Napster. It also features a built-in FM radio.

The YP-D1 will be available on US market in February 2006 for around $249 (1 GB) or $299 (2 GB).

Samsung, Korea based electronics maker, unveiled a three MP3 players that can receive XM Satellite Radio. Users can tune into 160 XM stations while on the go, or listen to MP3 and WMA audio files.

Weighing 4.5 ounces and measuring just 3.7 inches high, the Samsung Helix stores 50 hours of radio programming and connects with Napster to purchase songs heard over XM. Two smaller players, the Samsung NEXUS 25 and NEXUS 50 can receive XM programming while docked in a car or at home. The color Helix will retail for $400 USD, while the NEXUS 25 and 50 will run $200 and $250. All three players will be available in the first quarter of 2006.

Samsung will be introducing a new flash MP3 player with video options at the 2006 CES convention in Las Vegas this week.

The MP3 player, labled the YP-Z5, has an LCD display just 1.8 inches. Photo viewing will be primarily in JPEG format. Audio playback will be available in MP3 and WMA formats. The Samsung YP-Z5 MP3 player available in 2GB and 4GB flash-memory versions, with a 38-hour Li-ion battery.

The Samsung YP-Z5 is expected to launch in the first half of 2006.

As Apple Computer Inc., the world’s top MP3 player maker, has unveiled its latest low-priced iPod, local contenders are feeling the pressure more than ever.
On the release of the new iPod, called the Nano, on Wednesday most domestic MP3 makers responded, “We have no measure to cope with the giant’s superiority in terms of competitiveness in both efficiency and price.”

Four-gigabyte nanos will be priced at $249 and two-gigabyte nanos will retail for $199 each. The prices are much cheaper compared with other products equivalent in size and efficiency.

“The price is much lower than any other products in the local market,” said a manager of a domestic maker. “The merit of such a low price is so overwhelming to neutralize any other merits of contender goods.”

Thus, local contenders will struggle to survive in the cut-throat pricing battle, coping with the increasing dominance of industry leader Apple’s new iPod.

However, “Due to the release of the cheap Nano, local rivals are unlikely to have opportunities to reverse Apple’s dominant market share,” said analysts.

The industrial consolidation will threaten local rivals such as Reigncom, maker of the nifty iRiver players that have won good reviews, and fellow South Korean firm MPIO Ltd. unable to withstand the pressure, suffering plummeting sales and razor-thin margins.

“The competition will continue to be severe in 2006 with the tough pricing environment, but next year, we expect some non-viable companies in Korea to be forced out of the market,” said Reigncom’s Yang.

However, the price competitiveness of the Nano stems mostly from its recent deal with Samsung. The new iPod relies on NAND-type flash memory, replacing the hard drive-based iPod Mini. In the deal, Samsung, the world’s largest supplier for flash-memory chips, offered 40% of its NAND-type flash-memory manufacturing capacity at a deep discount. The discount rate is under wraps, but is speculated as about 50% by analysts.

The deal between the two giants has been an open secret in chip industry circles for several months. Experts analyzing the rumor around the deal believe the main reason for Samsung to woo Apple is to transform the iPod lineup from hard drive-based to flash-based. If this is true, Samsung can take advantage of the line-up change because it will not be easy for Apple to return later to hard drive-based.

Apple also may enjoy technical advantages by converting its iPod line to a flash-based system, according to Kim Nam-hyung, analyst with iSuppli. NAND-type flash memory makes the iPod as thin as a pencil, one-third the size of the predecessor, and more energy-efficient with a 14-hour rechargeable battery.

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Samsung’s first MP3 players with XM Satellite Radio cability. The Samsung neXus comes in two version - on can store up to 50 hours of content (1 Gig storage), the other can store up to 25 hours (512Mb). These two devices utilize XM’s Connect & Play technology. Each Samsung neXus device comes with an XM Satellite Radio home docking kit, which allows the device to receive XM Satellite Radio in the home.

Digital content from XM can be stored when the Samsung neXus player is connected to a home or car dock. The stored content can be played anywhere for a totally portable listening experience. The Samsung neXus player enables you to store songs from your personal digital music collection, including digital music files (MP3 and WMA files) purchased from a variety of digital music services. With the Samsung neXus players, XM subscribers can “tag” the songs they hear on XM for purchase through the XM + Napster online service.

The Samsung neXus players also allow users to create and manage customized playlists, combining both personal digital music files and recorded XM programming.

SPECS BABY!!
Available Date: Fourth Quarter 2005
Size: Both devices are 3.4”H x 1.9”W x 0.7”D
Accessories Included:
• Battery
• Earbuds
• Remote
• Home Dock/Cradle
• Home XM Antenna
• A/C Power Adapter
• RCA Cable
• USB Cable
• Manuals
• XM+Napster install CD
• Carrying Case/Holster

Accessories Sold Separately:
• Vehicle Kit

Pricing information will be announced prior to launch. The both the Samsung neXus unit will be “attractively” priced.

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