Samsung announces US availability, pricing for R1, R0 PMPs
By Donald Melanson 
posted March 9th 2010 2:59PM
posted March 9th 2010 2:59PM
Samsung first announced its R0 PMP way back and July of last year, and we saw its R1 model hit the FCC a month later in August, but the company has just now finally gotten official with US availability for both of them. Set to be available sometime next month, the touchscreen-equipped R1 will come in 8GB and 16GB varieties (in black or silver) for $149.99 and $179.99, while the non-touchscreen, and slightly larger R0 (pictured above), will run just $99 and $129 for the same capacities in your choice of black, silver or pink. Both will also give you Samsung's own Digital Natural Sound Engine 3.0 "sound enhancement" technology and DivX support, along with a microSD card slot on the R0, and Bluetooth support on the R1, among other standard fare.
looks like a zune player
@pedmart
YEPP
@pedmart
exactly the same that I thought first...
@commenter7
Touche hahahaha
@pedmart
exactly what i thought at first!
@pedmart That is the squircle.
The Zune Pad lives!
Here comes the "does she come with it?" comment in 3...2...1...
@kbye
not sure if it even has vibrate.
@mjh8227 i don't know about you guys but i liked the previous models
Where's our 500GB hard drive mp3/pmp player?! Enough with these measly 16GB players please.
@ryankage
amen. when will manufacturers realize there is a market for something other than this 32GB ceiling? (the 64GB iPod touch notwithstanding)
@willowtwf
well it's quite difficult sticking a 500gb hard drive, much less SSD, into an MP3 size machine that you could carry in your pocket. when the technology exists to put that much info into a small enough machine, affordable mind you, then i'm sure they'll stick them on the shelves
@ryankage
there are 500gb archos 5 players (not the android ones though), but they are big and thick and expensive.
@masta vaan
Yeah, I want something like the Zune 120gb size or iPod touch size. Maybe Android for the OS or some sort of linux derivitive so I can sync it to Songbird and what not. Oh and Android 2.0+ would be nice for the free Google Navigation GPS system,
hmmm any idea when (if) this might be available to Canada and where I might find the full specs?
I kinda want to replace my p2... its starting to go bad...
@szetolf
Samesies. I just use my P2 for the car and I still haven't replaced it yet. It's tough to find another DNSe mp3 player, otherwise I'd vouch for a zune perhaps.
They've had the R1 on their US website for the longest time. As far back as October or November of last year. They just weren't selling it here for some reason.
We've had these in the UK for some time and I've got the R0 8GB.
I'm very happy with it. The Expandable memory is a real bonus and the video quality is top notch for such a small screen. Battery life is about average (14 hours).
My only grip with it is the that the buttons could have been backlit, but it such a problem once you get used to it.
Seriously, that does look almost *exactly* like a Zune. BTW, these are dumb phones, right?
@Johnny Tremaine No they're MP3 players.
@NYNY And the politically correct term is "feature phone"
AMOLED?
@techlord
nope LCD
@leykis101
Sure, I'll agree if you show me your monthly cell phone bill and it has a balance of $0 every month....
@leykis101
hm that doesnt exist...
an I(phon)e cost that much with a 2 year contract. so basically it costs either 500 or so unlocked, or a couple thousand with a contract.