http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/ Engadget Comments for Samsung YP-MB2 appears at Korean e-tailer, specs and release date in tow? (update: first pics?) http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/Aug 2nd 2010 8:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/Aug 2nd 2010 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/
So this is a very good deal and I would take this any day over a Ipod Touch since use some many formats and I am sure it will be drag, drop go about you business just like the Galaxy S is, and lets not forget alot of kids are not going to get a ultra expensive phone from mommy or daddy just for them to lose. So the options are PMP's and MIDS with a low priced Nokia(that can make calls no matter what position) to call with.]]>Aug 2nd 2010 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/And I haven't seen a cheap Nokia in a while... I need to start looking...]]>Aug 4th 2010 1:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/
Why would i want a phone without the phone function so i also have to carry a real phone at the same time?


And before somebody mentions the iPod touch, i must say that i don't understand the point of that device either.]]>Aug 2nd 2010 8:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/
Some people just want to run apps, play some music, watch the occasional video, play games, surf the web, but have little need for an integrated phone especially one that increases the price by ~$400 and/or carries a significant associated monthly cost.

With a BT headset, these "smart" PMPs also make a wonderful VoIP devices. While more complex than an integrated ear speaker for quick conversations, it's still an extremely flexible and extremely cheap alternative to a 'real phone' when around WiFi.]]>Aug 2nd 2010 8:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/obvious really -
1) I like my phone to be a relatively simple, and above all, cheap device, with a battery that lasts a week or more.
2) My typical phone use extends to about £5.00 a month - the cheapest smart phone rates are at best in the region of £20->£25 per month.
3) I don't see that portable internet is worth a £20 a month contract on top of my home internet. At best worth £5 on top of home internet, given the likely usage rate.
4) I like the idea of having all the other features of a smart phone, a GPS and WiFi enabled PDA/Music player if you like, but wouldn't even remotely consider them worth £20 per month. (and £20 is optimistic).

So you see,there's a lovely spot in the market for something like this.]]>Aug 2nd 2010 8:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/Aug 2nd 2010 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/
Hmm, i guess that if you have no need for 3G internet there is no point in getting an expensive phone. It depends on how much cheaper the PMP is. But i'm just used to checking little things on the internet wherever i am and don't want to bother going look for a free wifi hotspot.

Then again my evil carrier just increased the monthly rate from 15€ to 19€ and decreased the internet allowance from 1 GB to 100 MB a month so i'll have to learn how to find wifi hotspots too :(]]>Aug 2nd 2010 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/I'd love one of these.]]>Aug 5th 2010 2:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/Aug 2nd 2010 8:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/
The stock Android one is awful.]]>Aug 2nd 2010 8:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/The video player included with the Captivate (AT&T's Galaxy S) is mediocre imo. Xvid avi's are slightly jerky compared to Rockplayer which is completely fluid (using a Cowon S9 as a side-by-side comparison which is also totally fluid). Also if you shutdown the phone, it loses your spot in all videos, unless you add manual bookmarks which is tedious.]]>Aug 2nd 2010 8:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/In that case it seems pretty pointless to have a media player that comes with a bad media player.

As boring as the current iPod software is, it works well.]]>Aug 2nd 2010 8:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/
Though I've not used it, I know that the music player on the galaxy s is not stock and has actually had very good reviews. ]]>Aug 2nd 2010 9:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/Samsung does make good music players. They have many here in the states that are really good. However if this is anything like the music player in the galaxy series then its decent at best. ]]>Aug 2nd 2010 9:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/
Also Rock player is a free app on the market so you can always it instead. The music player and sound quality are also top notch.

BTW have you seen a S-AMOLED in person , it blows away any other screen for Video hands down. makes even the retina display look outdated in regards to Video, Coupled with a good pair of headphones it's like your own personal Pocket home theater.]]>Aug 2nd 2010 3:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/Aug 2nd 2010 8:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/Aug 2nd 2010 8:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/Capitals ftw]]>Aug 2nd 2010 9:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/Aug 2nd 2010 9:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/http://www.engadget.com/tag/TDMB/]]>Aug 2nd 2010 9:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/Aug 3rd 2010 7:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/
I think they should sell one unlocked with a 3G and 4G data sim card slots for less than $50 more, basically the unlocked Galaxy S should be sold at $300 instead of $500.]]>Aug 2nd 2010 8:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/It clearly has a front facing camera but it's unlikely to be HD.
And since it's running Android you can pretty much add any codec support you want provided someone has written a codec for the format you want (your free to code your own if they haven't).

I bought a 1st gen iPod Touch and I have been quite happy with it. It's the first Apple device I have ever owned because I'm such a cheapskate I refuse to pay boutique prices for my hardware. This could be very interesting. ]]>Aug 2nd 2010 9:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/
Galaxy S has front facing camera, great video/audio Codec support and they will all probably make it to YP-MB2 as well. Samsung is also making a Mini-USB to HDMI cable for the Galaxy S.

As for price of Galaxy S, if Apple is selling iPod Touch and unlocked iPhone with so much price difference, then why not samsung?]]>Aug 2nd 2010 9:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/Aug 2nd 2010 9:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/Aug 2nd 2010 9:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/It plays a third of my 720p x264 MKV's (mostly tv shows & movies) with picture but no audio, another third with audio but no picture, and the rest play fine.]]>Aug 2nd 2010 4:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/Aug 2nd 2010 9:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/Aug 2nd 2010 9:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/Aug 2nd 2010 9:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/Aug 8th 2010 4:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/Aug 2nd 2010 10:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/
http://www.vipmobile.rs/private/postpaid/mobile-phones/sphone-powered-by-android%E2%84%A2.1005.html]]>Aug 2nd 2010 12:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/Aug 2nd 2010 1:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/http://blog.naver.com/ejqnfnr1/60112160402

Live an unblurry pictures can be found here:

http://blog.naver.com/ejqnfnr1/60112160402

It reminds me of a Palm Pre]]>Aug 2nd 2010 1:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/Aug 2nd 2010 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/
Personally I have a Zune 120 and I love it. It uses the really quality Zune Software (much more so than iTunes in my opinion), has a great interface on it, has a 3.2" 4:3 screen (which is huge with that aspect ratio), has support for sideloaded XNA games, and has built in Wi-Fi and FM radio. Compared to the iPod Classic it's infinitely better, especially when I only got it for $200.

However, I'd be inclined to switch in the near future. Just give me a compelling device with great specs, great features, and a great user interface. Maybe this could be it, but if it never comes to the US I'll never know.]]>Aug 2nd 2010 4:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/Aug 5th 2010 6:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/
I'm more a fan of Android than iOS or Windows CE, which is why I wish we could get a PMP version of the Galaxy S. And while the original Zune HD is nice, that screen is honestly too small. The 3.2" display on the Zune 120 is actually bigger than the 3.3" screen on the Zune HD because of the aspect ratio difference. The 120 is 1.33:1 (4:3) while the HD is 1.76:1 (give or take 16:9 widescreen). The wider your screens get the larger the horizontal size needs to be.

In other words, the 4.0" OLED display on the Galaxy S is very, very tempting, and Android pretty much seals the deal on that.]]>Aug 5th 2010 11:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/samsung-yp-mb2-appears-at-korean-e-tailer-specs-and-release-dat/Aug 10th 2010 4:26PM