Samsung's 4GB YP-T9 goes legit -- in China

by Paul Miller, posted Sep 15th 2006 at 10:02AM

So, Samsung has just released the YP-T9 in China, along with its Bluetooth counterpart, the YP-T9B we spotted passing through the FCC in July. Maybe Sammy didn't get the memo, but that FCC of ours is best used -- in our opinion, at least -- for Stateside releases, none of this piddling China stuff. Of course, a China release doesn't preclude a US release, and it's not like Samsung ever drops anything first over here anyways, but that doesn't mean we can't be total whiners about it. As for specs, everything seems to match the FCC docs, including a 1.8-inch screen, MP3, WMA and OGG codec support, Flash games, 30 hours of music playback, 6 hours of video playback (down from the 7 we spied, take that China!), and of course the 4GB of flash memory and Bluetooth support. Keep reading for some purty press shots of the player, but don't get too attached... gadget love is a cruel mistress.

[Thanks, Samsung-the-man]

Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video

Tags: bluetooth, dap, mp3, samsung, yp-t9, yp-t9b

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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Gorg @ Sep 15th 2006 10:19AM

Fine. And how many will he cost?

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Muchacho @ Sep 15th 2006 11:05AM

According to CNet Asia's photos of the label on the rear cover, this player only has 1 GB of storage. Will it be 4 GB when it comes to the US?

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Muhammad Muzzammil @ Sep 15th 2006 11:30AM

With bluetooth support, this could be interesting

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tekdroid @ Sep 15th 2006 11:56AM

with FLAC support, this could be interesting :)

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psxp @ Sep 15th 2006 12:02PM

how do you dial a number???

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Marc B. @ Sep 15th 2006 12:28PM

I've been holding off replacing my aging Rio Cali for something exactly like this. Anything missing built in wireless and video/photo is a too much of a lateral upgrade.

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kaioshade @ Sep 15th 2006 1:13PM

Looks really nice. I donated my yp-t8 to my girlfriend after she killed her muvo she had for eons. Looks like this will be a nice replacement.

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Robert @ Sep 16th 2006 2:45AM

I already had this thing in my hands at IFA. See the pictures here: http://www.gadgetzone.nl/nieuws.php?id=2687

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PunkMonkey @ Sep 16th 2006 5:44PM

Sexy....

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BuGG @ Oct 16th 2006 7:11AM

Its an MP3 player not a phone, people.

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Khiem @ Dec 27th 2006 5:07PM

I've got the T9 (4GB with Bluetooth) as a Christmas present. It's great. iPod nano can be compared to this amazing Samsung MP3 player. I feel like a king with it.
Another interesting thing: I think there's a few T9 sold in Melbourne, Australia. Only saw 3 on the shelve at Harvey Norman. Can't find it anywhere else.

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musica @ Jan 7th 2007 4:30AM

For people who have the T9B Bluetooth version, have you tried using Bluetooth to transfer files to and from the device? It would be nice to have a laptop enabled with BT and just access or transfer a few files to and from it. Please let me know if you've tried it for transfer

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