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Samsung YP-P2 = Hot!
comment: 41 | Monday, August 13 (2007) 07:25PM | Posted by Michael
It's been a while since we've seen something new from Samsung. Sure there's the K3, but that was merely a speakerless version of the K5. Enter the P2, easily one of the best looking devices these eyes have seen. The touchscreen interface is drool worthy and reminds me of a fusing of the K3/K5 interface with that of the LG Prada Phone. I can only describe so much though, so I'll let this video say the rest:



Very few details are known at this point. From the video alone you can tell the P2 is a bluetooth ready. has video playback, and will work as a MSC device. We'll definitely update you when we find out more.

Click the link below for some pics..

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PeterDLai
Location: San Diego/Los Angeles, California
Comments: 149
 		Aug 13 (2007) 10:03PM  

Looking pretty nice, indeed!

Looks like the Samsung team really thought this one out.



Breakdown

Comments: 228
 		Aug 13 (2007) 10:09PM  

I think we know who to thank for those reflective touch-based screens and whose interface reminds me of the same device.

Uh oh, he made a circle movement with his thumb and also reversed it! I thought Apple patented that ingenious control.

Why do Samsung's players never show cover art?



t_bizz

Comments: 198
 		Aug 13 (2007) 11:03PM  

looks great but i am defenitly not in the market for a touch only device. sure it cleans up the design but it makes it alot less user friendly, i never take my gmini400 out of my pocket to change tracks or volume or anything when im on the go and wouldn't trade practical usage for something a lil more shiny. defenitly looks like the device size:screen size ratio i want though, couple buttons on the side and im sold.



Dominic
Location: Ireland.
Comments: 2396
 		Aug 14 (2007) 12:06AM  

it's using the same gui as the p520, excellent, me likes... and its widescreen... i think it will be mine, yes yes it will be mine



Design Fabulous

Comments: 1038
 		Aug 14 (2007) 12:55AM  

^ Are you sure? It looks different to me. The youtube video is taken down though: [Linky]



Dominic
Location: Ireland.
Comments: 2396
 		Aug 14 (2007) 01:21AM  

yesm, the two GUI's are very similar, obviously both are differently adapted for their differing units, but the main GUI menu's are the same



pecker

Comments: 501
 		Aug 14 (2007) 01:48AM  

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Screen to size ratio is perfect.
Widescreen
beautiful
I want this and the P520

gimme gimme gimme



enigman

Comments: 216
 		Aug 14 (2007) 03:02AM  

look cool indeed.



fraxos

Comments: 27
 		Aug 14 (2007) 03:26AM  

Some specs I found:

Samsung YP-P2 (8GB)


MP3-Player
- Storage capacity in GB: 8 GB
- Rendition formats audio: MP3, WMV, WMA
- Rendition formats picture: JPEG
- Rendition formats video: H.264 (MPEG4 AVC), MPEG-4 (ASF)
Announcement:
- Display size in tariff: 3 "
- Color LCD monitor: Yes
- Dissolution horizontal: 428 pixels
- Dissolution vertically: 240 pixels
- ID3-Tag recognition: Yes
Functions:
- Integrated FM-Tuner: Yes
- Equalizer: Yes
- Connections: Headphone
- Bluetooth: Yes
- Characteristics: Headset stops rendition with detailed calls on the Bluetooth able mobile telephone; Waking function
Characteristics:
- Integrated loudspeakers: Yes
- Inserted microphone: Yes
Mass:
- Width: 100 mm
- Height: 52 mm
- Depth: 9.9 mm
- Weight: 79 g

Sounds very sweet!



Dominic
Location: Ireland.
Comments: 2396
 		Aug 14 (2007) 03:29AM  

Did you get those off that german site?



pecker

Comments: 501
 		Aug 14 (2007) 04:11AM  

If that is the true specs...

Bye Bye D2!!



Dominic
Location: Ireland.
Comments: 2396
 		Aug 14 (2007) 04:15AM  

no ogg vorbis

Means I'd end up using more space....

Only 8gbs too SAMSUNG makes flash, so, what the hell gives....

I love that GUI and design, but the unconfirmed specs are somewhat disappointing, but I may yet say buh bye to my D2 too

BUT this has to be released soonish! Not like the "iriver W10" that never was!



dalus87

Comments: 1
 		Aug 14 (2007) 04:31AM  

....WOW
i really want that..
i havent been excited for a dap for a long time..i'm still sticking it out with my iaudio u2
i need to hav that tho
its so pretty...knowing samsung tho, i'd say the price is around $300 usd
no matter, i'll save



ilh

Comments: 168
 		Aug 14 (2007) 06:08AM  

That looks really really nice. I presume the loading "Now Playing" takes longer than loading a video because of the visualisations so you'd better be able to turn them off.
Why is the sliding for previous/next the wrong way round though? Surely it should be left for previous, right for next.

Not usually a fan of Sammy stuff, but seeing as though Creative haven't announced their next biggy, this will definitely top of the list depending on 3 things:
1) A scroll bar on the artist/track lists etc when the lists go off the edge that works the same as the progress bar on the now playing screen, i.e drag it with your finger to move it.
2) At least 16Gb, hopefully because of the Zen V+ it will make that happen.
3) Decent battery for that screen.

Reminds me a lot of the Gigabeat F with its cross gestures which were absolutely perfect for using while driving, so hopefully this will be better. Up/Down motion for previous/next album pleeeeease!



epithetless
Location: Boston, Mass
Comments: 149
 		Aug 14 (2007) 07:30AM  

ilh wrote ...

Why is the sliding for previous/next the wrong way round though? Surely it should be left for previous, right for next.

I was thinking the same thing. Let's hope that gets changed by release time.



fraxos

Comments: 27
 		Aug 14 (2007) 07:33AM  

Dominic,

it was indeed that German/Austrian site. I have not been able to find any additional info but they do look plausible so I am inclined to believe them.



Dominic
Location: Ireland.
Comments: 2396
 		Aug 14 (2007) 08:14AM  

^^^ pity, I'd love to post them but really we try to post as close as possible to official specs...

Epithetless, ilh, I think what samsung have done here is try to mimic the iphone in the way it navigates. ie. where you pull pages up on the iphone, here on the P2 you virtually pull the next song across.... kinda cool, but I don't know if i'd like it either



Scallywag

Comments: 1
 		Aug 14 (2007) 09:44AM  

Without Ogg V and FLAC support I am out.

A shame as it does look amazingly cool. That screen would be great for eBooks as well.



ilh

Comments: 168
 		Aug 14 (2007) 10:51AM  

Haven't Sammy added Ogg support after release on a number of their players? Probably do the same with this.

Digging around a bit there's a few places saying an estimated 30 hours battery and 6 for video, which is pretty damn good for a screen that size.

Ears jack is at the bottom which i've never liked
[Linky]



Mark Larson

Comments: 12
 		Aug 14 (2007) 10:55AM  

The left/right gestures look backward at first glance, but make perfect sense when you think about it. Think of it as spinning a 3-dimensional wheel and it'll all come together.



ilh

Comments: 168
 		Aug 14 (2007) 11:07AM  

You shouldn't have to think about it though, it should be the first thing that your thumb does, which to most would be left for previous and right for next as that's the layout of previous/next buttons on every physical device that has them.

If there's any weird metaphorical thinking to be done i'd think of it as dragging the pointer forward (right) to get further forward and backwards (left) to get further back like it is for ALL the scroll bars and progress bars in the rest of the GUI



epithetless
Location: Boston, Mass
Comments: 149
 		Aug 14 (2007) 11:41AM  

Dominic wrote ...

Epithetless, ilh, I think what samsung have done here is try to mimic the iphone in the way it navigates. ie. where you pull pages up on the iphone, here on the P2 you virtually pull the next song across.... kinda cool, but I don't know if i'd like it either

I was starting to think it was something "innovative" like that...but if that's the case, there really should be some sort of visual element to indicate/complement this type of "dragging" -- a page wipe, for one (crude) example. Oh wellsies.



Dominic
Location: Ireland.
Comments: 2396
 		Aug 14 (2007) 11:48AM  

^^^ I am in 100% agreement with you, it needs some sort of visual indication, like a page ripple animation



Roger767

Comments: 206
 		Aug 14 (2007) 12:32PM  

isn't this sort of touchscreen patented by apple?

I hope others will make Daps with 3inch screens I'm tired of my 2,5inch screen.



Pondlife

Comments: 507
 		Aug 14 (2007) 12:59PM  

Much more interested after watching the video.



Utew
Location: Oregon USA
Comments: 351
 		Aug 14 (2007) 02:01PM  

Me likey .. hope we see 16 or 32GB versions...



kickenchicken

Comments: 59
 		Aug 14 (2007) 05:40PM  

OMG.... im in love! lol its gorgeous! and i reallly like the GUI!!!!



LostGirL

Comments: 5
 		Aug 14 (2007) 07:25PM  

i hope if i buy it, i get one of these chicks for free.

linky
[ edited Aug 14 (2007) 07:27PM ]



Michael
Location: New York City
Comments: 2786
 		Aug 14 (2007) 07:39PM  

Wonderful first post LostGirl



Utew
Location: Oregon USA
Comments: 351
 		Aug 14 (2007) 07:45PM  

In looking at that picture again (ie chicks for free... ).. It looks like a set of perhaps (wireless bluetooth) headphones, hanging on the P2 box in the foreground.... any info on these? Samsung's? Anybody? Anybody?..... Buehler?



Michael
Location: New York City
Comments: 2786
 		Aug 14 (2007) 10:06PM  

Yep, they're bluetooth headphones that are likely made by iLuv. I'm sure they will be selling these the same time they release the P2 over there. The included earbuds still are wired though I believe. The armband case is also made by iLuv


[ edited Aug 14 (2007) 10:09PM ]



pivot

Comments: 3
 		Aug 15 (2007) 03:02AM  

As I know the device supports ogg vorbis and works with the MTP protocol. Supposed playtime audio/video: 30h / 6h


Scarpad

Comments: 65
 		Aug 15 (2007) 05:01AM  

Wonder what the video limitations are?



Dominic
Location: Ireland.
Comments: 2396
 		Aug 15 (2007) 05:06AM  

all will be revealed

That was my 2000th comment, what a waste!
[ edited Aug 15 (2007) 05:28AM ]



kickenchicken

Comments: 59
 		Aug 15 (2007) 05:51PM  

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
Im REALLY curious if this will be released in the Us anytime soon, they should market it like crazy (ohman would there be major hype, touch screen, gorgeous.. ahh) it would really work too lol. but if it does end up hear, Creative better wow me or im long gone on the YEPP train!



ilh

Comments: 168
 		Aug 16 (2007) 05:28AM  

Amen to that...but change US to Europe.



dap_pad

Comments: 519
 		Aug 19 (2007) 08:34PM  

WOW... that blew me away... almost exactly I was imaging for the iPod PMP touchscreen rumor.... WOW...this is making me rethink my possible Clix purchase, that's saying alot...

oh and it looks like it'll come in either white or black and does actually display some kind of album art: [Linky]
[ edited Aug 19 (2007) 08:43PM ]



Fluidity

Comments: 190
 		Aug 20 (2007) 02:20AM  

Where did you get that info from pivot? I've got two other Samsung players that both support OGG after FW upgrades but I want to make sure this will before I give it too much thought. 16GB version with OGG support would probably make it my next player.



Dominic
Location: Ireland.
Comments: 2396
 		Aug 20 (2007) 02:26AM  

^^^they (coupled with SQ and battery life) are the same reasons i'm wanting this, if there's no ogg vorbis or 16gb model then I'll pass on it as a permanent DAP



the beef

Comments: 1
 		Aug 20 (2007) 07:24PM  

Oh my god. I am completely in love. You know, I've always been a huge Creative fan.. but they're just disappointing me more and more lately. Samsung really knows what they're doing - and this product is amazing.

I hope they won't be a ridiculously expensive novelty item. If I could get one of these guys for $200, I'd be out there in a heartbeat.



ashxcore
Location: Michigan, USA
Comments: 56
 		Aug 22 (2007) 02:44PM  

Well, I don't see myself buying it, but it's fairly impressive. I wonder if it'll work with a stylus...

EDIT: I'm with LostGirL--I'll take one of those booth girls. ;P
[ edited Aug 22 (2007) 03:52PM ]



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