Samsung's upcoming YP-R1 uncovered, just barely worth the effort
By Paul Miller 
posted Jun 13th 2009 8:31PM
posted Jun 13th 2009 8:31PM
There's nothing particularly offensive about this DAP, but we can't imagine it changing anyone's life -- and really, is that too much to ask out of a portable audio player? After catching wind of this upcoming YP-R1 from Samsung, the fine folks at DAP Review did a bit of sleuthing to pair up the specs with a photo, and it's all pretty traditional: 8GB of flash storage, a 2.7-inch 400 x 240 touchscreen display, a good amount of video and audio codecs, TV-out, Bluetooth, FM, e-book reader and even some games. Supposedly it'll be out in the UK on July 30th for £109.99 (about $181 US). Like we said, pretty standard stuff, but who knows, maybe Samsung will surprise us all with a new UI theme or something.
isn't that resolution considerably higher than the Zune "HD"?
And how is 400 x 240 "considerably higher" than 480 x 272?
ZuneHD is supposed to be 480 x 272.
http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/zune-hd-is-official-heading-your-way-this-fall/
oh rite :)
FAIL.
Both fail anyway
Zune HD cant even display SD on screen
Should have made 800x480 screen like many smartphones or at least 640x360
for a Samsung product this one is very disappointingly underwhelming.
@DR House
I agree, but I'm sure it had to do with the fact that is has an OLED screen. Its definitely a hard trade off to make... Brilliant colors and extreme contrast or ultra sharp HD-ish detail?
The Omnia HD has both a WVGA screen & an AMOLED display.
all mp3 players released today should come with at least 16gb and if it's going to be touchscreen the screen has to be at least 3 inches. in both cases samsung failed.
Except for fm, tv out, Bluetooth (maybe not os 3.0), and $50 more in the pocket...
+1 impressive
I like your display picture jay jay. Do you mind telling me where you got it from?
You're clogging up the series of tubes that make the Engadget comment system work! (I guess that explains it's failure)
Well, technically, it's not spam...
What's the point? They just released the YP-P3.
Why $180? Just get an iPod touch.
I don't like going with the crowd just as much as anyone, but lets be real.. the touch does way more than this crappy DAP.
You don't even know what it does yet, or whether it's crappy. Talk about passing judgment prematurely. Sort of reminds me of a certain crowd you don't like to follow.
I'm not a hypocrite.
Well from the article I'm assuming its a Digital Audio Player aka DAP. Care to prove me wrong?
Actually, it would be far better described as a PMP (Portable Media Player), since the article clearly states (and the picture clearly shows) that it does more than just play audio, and you obviously don't throw in that size and resolution of an LCD just for giggles. (Unless it's a really funny LCD, but this one appears fairly humorless.)
Touch may do more but two things this and other Samsung mp3 players have over Apple players is OGG, and support, which for some is a key feature. Another one would be SQ, many have argued that Samsung has better SQ than Apple, or the average player on the market.
Now that said seriously what is the point of this when the P3 has a .3in larger screen, more memory(unless this also comes in 16gb and 32gb flavors) and the same or better specs.
From the source: # Video: MPEG-4, WMV, H.264, Divx, Xvid,and RMVB
If it natively plays MPEG-4 ASP (DivX/XviD), WMV and H.264, well, that's a lot better than any iPod can do to begin with.
Exactly - where Apple keep adding features which are pretty pointless on an MP3 player or a PMP (email, browser, etc), other manufacturers are busy adding wider multimedia support, which is kind of useful on a PMP!
You're my hero. Your post has been +'d
I'm sure there's a copyright violation in here, somewhere...
Yawn..... despite any technical prowess, no momentum equals no sales
Cos more formats = better player
Creepinjesus, I'm sure the ability to play H.264 on a 3 inch screen sway less pointless than having access to email. You suck
Actually, a very good friend of mine is married to THE copyright protection lawyer for Sesame Workshop. (Yes, it is really one person, at least one point person). But I promise not to tell. +1
Not a bad player
It is really going to be an e-book reader? Or did your source misquote and it has audiobook support instead?
grandpa sez:
"Fixed storage? That's so 1999"
"Doesn't Sammy know we have dirt cheap SDHC?"
"Where's the harm in us choosing how much storage we want in an industry-standard format?"
"Don't they know flash media hs limited write life?"
"Overcharging for crumbs, they are!"
I nod. I remind him that:
FLAC and Ogg Vorbis = cool.
http://flac.sourceforge.net
http://www.vorbis.com
Grandpa tells me "it'll have a non-removable battery for sure, too... so forget it". He reminds me once again not to support companies that rape the earth by making "perfectly good electronics designed for disposal".
Grandpa is so wise!
But isn't it amazing that this is just brushed over and just another mp3 player? Not even 10 years ago this would've sold tens of millions. Technology is really good nowadays. ¬¬
That's the laziest bashing I've ever seen