Engadget http://www.engadget.com Engadget http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif Engadget 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/<![CDATA[Video hands-on: Samsung's YP-M1 media player is Tegra-based but no Zune HD]]>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/video-hands-on-samsungs-yp-m1-media-player-is-tegra-based-but/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/video-hands-on-samsungs-yp-m1-media-player-is-tegra-based-but/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/video-hands-on-samsungs-yp-m1-media-player-is-tegra-based-but/#comments An NVIDIA Tegra chipset pumping away at the heart of a portable media player is no guarantee of success. See, there's this little thing called software and Samsung's YP-M1, aka Beat Player M1, still needs some tweaking. It's not awful, but the performance isn't even close to being Zune HD-like. Perhaps Samsung's using a weaker Tegra system-on-chip. We don't know. We're told that these are hand-made engineering prototypes so there's hope that Sammy can work out the kinks before these players go production.

Unfortunately, we couldn't get a real sense for the audio quality from the show floor due to the DJ mixing his decks not 10 feet from our position. What we can say for sure is that it's a fingerprint magnet, the volume buttons are hopelessly small and far too tightly packed into the upper-edge of the player, and the Gingerbread Man is dead... Fa La la lalalala la, dead. Watch the fatal pummeling from our massive beef hammers in the video after the break.

Gallery: Video hands-on: Samsung's YP-M1 media player is Tegra-based but it's no Zune HD

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Video hands-on: Samsung's YP-M1 media player is Tegra-based but no Zune HD originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>beatbeat playerBeatPlayerfeaturedvideofeatureshands-onifaifa 2009Ifa2009m1nvidiaplayerportable audioportable videoportableaudioportablevideosamsungtegravideoyp-m1Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:59:00 EST<![CDATA[Video: Samsung's YP-M1 TouchWiz interface given a sideways glance]]>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-samsungs-yp-m1-interface-given-a-sideways-glance/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-samsungs-yp-m1-interface-given-a-sideways-glance/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-samsungs-yp-m1-interface-given-a-sideways-glance/#comments With an "NVIDIA chipset" (presumably, Tegra) underpinning the new YP-M1 media player, Samsung's got plenty of horsepower to drive its customizable TouchWiz UI across that 3.3-inch AMOLED touchscreen sporting 480x272 pixels. It's not ZuneHD-sexy but it's not bad. Unfortunately, not bad's not good enough in a waning market for dedicated media players lacking voice and data radios, WiFi, or a web browser. But if you run, run, as fast you can... after the break you'll catch the Gingerbread Man.

Update: Mike Rayfield, the general manager of NVIDIA's mobile business unit, confirms the M1 is Tegra-based.

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Video: Samsung's YP-M1 TouchWiz interface given a sideways glance originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 24 Aug 2009 03:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Surely we aren't the only technophiles in attendance champing at the bit to find out if Samsung's fresh YP-M1 has some of NVIDIA's hotness inside, but it seems as if we'll still have to wait a bit longer to find out. Right on cue, the AMOLED-equipped portable media player has launched over in South Korea, bringing with it a laundry list of supported file formats, a WQVGA panel, up to 32GB of inbuilt storage and even a DMB TV tuner. If anyone feels like sashaying over to Seoul in order to crack one open and find out what it's really made of, then by all means, be our guest. Just try not to wander too close to that DMZ -- we hear Bill Clinton's rescue fees are through the roof.

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Samsung's AMOLED-packin' YP-M1 PMP available in Korea, secret sauce still unknown originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>dapkoream1now availablenow shippingNowAvailableNowShippingnvidianvidia tegraNvidiaTegrapmpportable audioportable videoportableaudioportablevideosamsugn m1SamsugnM1Samsungsamsung yp-m1SamsungYp-m1shipshippingshipssouth koreaSouthKoreategratouchwizyeppyp-m1ypm1Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:07:00 EST<![CDATA[Samsung M1 PMP to challenge Zune HD with some Tegra of its own?]]>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/samsung-m1-pmp-to-challenge-zune-hd-with-some-tegra-of-its-own/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/samsung-m1-pmp-to-challenge-zune-hd-with-some-tegra-of-its-own/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/03/samsung-m1-pmp-to-challenge-zune-hd-with-some-tegra-of-its-own/#comments Samsung's launched a teaser page for its YP-M1 media player (look familiar?), and while a 3.3-inch AMOLED touchscreen is impressive in its own right, it's the mention of a NVIDIA chipset that has us most intrigued, especially given Samsung's earlier promise that a Tegra-based device was in the works. There isn't an indication that these are one in the same just yet, but we wouldn't be surprised to find that CPU packed away somewhere inside. Other known details at this point include a DMB TV tuner, 8GB of storage (at least for the base model), Samsung's TouchWiz UI, text-to-speech functionality, Bluetooth, and DivX support -- not a bad spec list considering it'll likely be up against the definitively Tegra-based Zune HD. Currently up in the air is any word of a price or release date (let along a release 'round here), although it seems Samsung could have more to say on August 13th.

[Via DAP Review]

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Samsung M1 PMP to challenge Zune HD with some Tegra of its own? originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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