Samsung's YP-U4 and YP-Q1 DAPs go official

We heard the YP-Q1 was brewing, and now Samsung has confirmed the new player, along with a followup to the U3 thumbDAP, the previously rumored YP-U4. The U4 borrows a few design cues from Samsung's TV lineup, but while it's certainly sexier than the previous generation, we can't help but think it looks a bit frumpy given the teensy grey OLED screen and stingy 2GB and 4GB capacities. The players boast 16 hours of playback, DNSe 2.0, and come in rose, purple and blue flavors. Meanwhile, the Q1 (pictured) seems to be frump grown up, with a 2.4-inch QVGA LCD and those purported 4, 8 and 16GB capacities. Samsung is also touting its DNSe 3.0 in the new player, which can "upconvert" audio to improve quality... supposedly. You can score one in October in black, white or silver, while the U4 (pictured after the break) should be shipping nowish.

[Alex Terry @ Aug 29th 2008 4:28AM]

Hey Zeus! Do you think that pictures big enough. Glad I'm not viewing the site on my mobile again!

[Reader @ Aug 29th 2008 5:30AM]

This is Zeus, and I have to say I like my pictures big. Here in Olympus we believe small screens are for pansies, and as the big cheese I'm no pansy.

[fairlight @ Aug 29th 2008 5:15AM]

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[Nimisha @ Aug 29th 2008 7:35AM]

Good!!!!!!!!!!!

[GusG @ Aug 29th 2008 7:52AM]

16 hours of playback? The new Sony look similar in size, shape and looks and have 40 hours...

[The Joker @ Aug 29th 2008 8:28AM]

Why do they insist on using a proprietary USB connection?

[AJ in the East Bay @ Aug 29th 2008 9:15AM]

"Datacasts?" "DATACASTS!!?" Come, on!

Also, why are they capping these at 16GB. Samsung, ever heard of 32GB?

[whiskyjack @ Aug 29th 2008 10:05AM]

Q1 looks a celluar phone.
Blue LED diamond looks attractive and muti-codec is good try.
I think memory capacity should be increased like other brands.
more than 32GB would be accetable.

[alex @ Aug 29th 2008 9:54AM]

well, you see, in korea not many people want high capacity mp3 players. samsung still did not release the 16gb version of the dmb p2 though it has been out for like two months. they are constantly contemplating whether the demand is high enough to release a 16g version. kind of weird why its like that in korea. i guess we dont have too many songs to listen to??

[vdogg89 @ Aug 29th 2008 10:07AM]

what ever happened to the good ol days where they used to put in a decent capacity hdd

[jitty @ Aug 29th 2008 11:19AM]

Is it just me or does that really remind you of the sony DMP?

[Hellaphunt @ Aug 29th 2008 11:36AM]

What about the good old days when 1TB cassette tapes and Aiwa portable tape players were all the rave?!

The market for higher capacity players is not big enough to cover R&D&M costs. It might not seem that way to people on here since most of the readers have a little bit of audiophile/videophile in their blood. I too would like to see most of this type of shit boast higher capacities, but the overall demand may not be significant at all. Mew :(

[samsung @ Sep 1st 2008 12:58AM]

This new invention is good in style and colours, But when this invention is avaliable in markets especially in Pakistan.

[whiskyjack @ Sep 3rd 2008 4:53PM]

U4 is so small and looks remote controller but it is supporting muti functions.FM Radio/Voice recording,mp3/wma/ogg fomat available.
I think this Litmus would be a small stylish music player and memory stick.
It would be low price model as it's light weight.

[kolle2580 @ Nov 2nd 2008 12:43PM]

i think its 30 hours of play back time look on other sites !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[KM @ Nov 21st 2008 12:19PM]

Why can't the YP-U4 USB connector fit properly into a USB port on my laptop? It keeps sliding out and Explorer doesn't register it is connected even though the device says it is "charging". I can't use the MP3 player if I can't connect to charge to my PC or to download. The USB connector is slimmer than the normal flash drive connector. Pls help. Tks.