Yepp, Samsung's working on another PMP -- but this one's a four-inch Android with AMOLED

Samsung's interstellar voyage with Android has just begun, it seems -- after a host of smartphones and a freshly announced tablet, it looks like the OS will cameo in a new Yepp PMP. The YP-MB2 was recently spotted in the databases of the Bluetooth SIG, where it's described as "a multi functional Mobile Internet Device" with GPS, Wi-Fi, TouchWiz 3.0 and a huge four-inch AMOLED touchscreen. Digging deeper into the technical documents, we can see it's got Android as well -- oh, and Bluetooth, of course. As the geographic availability section reads "Asia" and the unit's "MB" designation typically means South Korea's T-DMB, we don't expect to ever see it stateside, but when the device surfaces next you can probably expect it to look like a larger one of these.

[aaronbustillos Posted Jun 4th 2010 3:29AM]

why?

[yomachaser Posted Jun 4th 2010 3:42AM]

@aaronbustillos

Why my good man/woman/object? Because Android needs it's ipod touch killer, a good non phone form factor that can still access the apps.

Duh

[aaronbustillos Posted Jun 4th 2010 3:43AM]

@yomachaser

i agree, but it isnt gonna be from samsung with there stupid touchwiz BS

[krishansy Posted Jun 4th 2010 3:53AM]

@yomachaser
Anyone tried Samsung PMP? How is the Sound Quality? Garbage like my iPod Touch? I currently use Sony's Walkman S series. Sound Quality is AMAZING. But build quality could have been better. If Samsung can compete with Sony or Cowon S9 in terms of Sound Quality, I will be all over it!

[WilliamNighthawk Posted Jun 4th 2010 4:26AM]

@krishansy Sony can't even compete with Cowon.

Oh god I have turned into a cowon fanboy. I must go clean myself.

[j3ff Posted Jun 4th 2010 4:54AM]

@aaronbustillos
Why? I enjoy watching tv/movies on my Cowon S9, and I'm looking to upgrade to something >= 3.7".

My only upgrade options are phones which cost $550+ and usually have shit codec support; so this, or the Viliv P3, fits nicely.

[krishansy Posted Jun 4th 2010 5:31AM]

@WilliamNighthawk
Is Cowon S9 really better than Sony S or X? If this is true, I may buy a Cowon S9!

[Kurian Posted Jun 4th 2010 9:10AM]

Man, PiMP with a 4-incher is sad.

[LeeBongSmith Posted Jun 4th 2010 1:12PM]

@krishansy Get a Cowon J3. It's like a cowon S9 redux

[Zylam Posted Jun 4th 2010 3:30AM]

that Galaxy S Tablet i heard isn't Super AMOLED (cue AMOLED song)

i guess maybe thats why

[ConceptVBS Posted Jun 4th 2010 4:30AM]

@Zylam

Cue:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEWkDQI0jN4

[Zylam Posted Jun 4th 2010 5:24AM]

@ConceptVBS

haha, nice

[dementedacademic Posted Jun 4th 2010 3:36AM]

This + 3G service + Google Voice = unlimited everything for ~ $30-40 a month on AT&T / Verizon, what say?

[vanwazltoff Posted Jun 4th 2010 3:41AM]

another android tablet!!! anyone else getting sick of companies coming out with the exact same thing?

[TheGM Posted Jun 4th 2010 3:52AM]

@vanwazltoff It's an Android PMP, not a tablet. It'd be an iPod Touch/ZuneHD competitor.

[TheHypnotist Posted Jun 4th 2010 3:44AM]

Engadget is a little late on this by the way, I wish they had more Android news. Rumors about the HTC Scorpion have been re-circulating and Engadget hasn't even mentioned it.

But yeah, this is pretty cool, basically an iPod Touch on Android OS instead of iPhone OS.

I don't see who they are targeting though, kids? college students? Maybe it will be cheap?

[krishansy Posted Jun 4th 2010 3:56AM]

@yankdez
True! But Engadget at least listens to us and thinks over our demands - democracy! That "other" site is a plain Communist! I hope Apple screws its editor with some more lawsuits!!

[TareG Posted Jun 4th 2010 4:19AM]

Why an MID?? We just want the PRO version of the Galaxy S already.

[BergerFan Posted Jun 4th 2010 4:54AM]

Nope.

[Prevacator Posted Jun 4th 2010 10:37AM]

Way to get me excited and then crush my dreams at the end by saying we'll probably never see it stateside. Sigh. There will never be a PMP equivalent to the Zii Egg it seems. Even the Zii Egg isn't officially out, as it's just a developer model.

[Shadow08 Posted Jun 4th 2010 12:19PM]

I'm glad Samsung has been making use of AMOLED screens in their new devices. They're beautiful.