Samsung U5 DoReMi, out of pocket and in the wild

If you can set aside the emotional ire evoked by its unfortunate DoReMi subtitle, French site Le Journal du Geek has procured a Samsung U5 pocket audio player and posted a plethora of pics of it dans la nature. No impressions here, but it does appear to come with a handful of colored face plates. They certainly won't cover the player the ones we saw in the official photos, but if you need a change of scenery, we guess every little bit helps. Still no word on pricing, availability, or that certain je ne sais quoi that'll help the player rise above the fates of its U3 and U4 predecessors.

[Oli D Posted Mar 26th 2009 3:57AM]

Le Journal de Geek...
French Marketing sharks really know how to reel them in with snappy hard hitting edition names

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 26th 2009 4:05AM]

No read link?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 26th 2009 4:26AM]

what, you don't trust engadget?..

[MrAffrox Posted Mar 26th 2009 4:36AM]

Maybe Engadget is trying to be like Apple, taking away buttons :). Click on the picture if you want the article's source.

[simonkrogh Posted Mar 26th 2009 4:37AM]

Read: http://74.125.43.132/translate_c?hl=da&sl=fr&tl=en&u=http://www.journaldugeek.com/2009/03/25/le-samsung-u5-en-photo/&prev=hp&usg=ALkJrhgGAQcQUg8-ACINFWG5J1I1GJc19w

[Padilla7921 Posted Mar 26th 2009 4:47AM]

This would be a cool name if it came from a group of self-empowered bloggers. Alas, though, the name is just a slap in the face to whoever buys it.

Oh, and you guys should fix this: Samsung is now Samesung since GE sold their "E" in an early season 3 episode of 30 Rock. Just trying to help get the facts straight, that's all.

[Lundmark Posted Mar 26th 2009 6:57AM]

It comes in Apple's packaging?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 26th 2009 1:57PM]

is the first thing i thought when i saw the picture!

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 26th 2009 7:20AM]

Here's your read link

http://translate.google.com/translate?prev=hp&hl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journaldugeek.com%2F2009%2F03%2F25%2Fle-samsung-u5-en-photo%2F&sl=fr&tl=en

Or in VO (as the French say )
http://www.journaldugeek.com/2009/03/25/le-samsung-u5-en-photo/

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 26th 2009 9:08AM]

Do Re Mi = DRM

Nuff said.

[Arkv2 Posted Mar 26th 2009 10:42AM]

I got a U3 for my mom and it looks a lot better than this. The U5 looks extremely cheap.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 27th 2009 5:20AM]

hey Guys, just passing by to say thepost has been edited... What you can see on the pictures are not interchangeable faceplates, these are just to show in which colors the U5 will go out, but seems the product itself won't have numerous faceplates in the package ;)

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 27th 2009 5:29AM]

the good:
*Ogg Vorbis support http://www.vorbis.com
*FLAC support http://flac.sourceforge.net
*UMS mode
*removable coloured faceplates.


The bad:
*no removable storage or battery

*Flash memory dies and/or battery dies after a year or three? Please toss it and buy another. We care for the environment. http://www.samsung.com/us/aboutsamsung/corpcitizenship/environmentsocialreport/environmentsocialreport_GreenManagementComposition.html

*After a cheap SD card with craploads of gigs? Sorry, no can do. We'd rather limit you to 2GB or 4GB in this class and have you upgrade next year.
*Want a quick battery swap on your journey? Sorry, no can do.