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Samsung's colorful line of YP-U3 DAPs now available
If you've been waiting anxiously for more details in regard to an actual ship date for Samsung's Yepp YP-U3, it looks like your wait is up. Of course, you've already had ample time to familiarize yourself with the feature list (except for the recently noted voice recording option) and even squash the envy that likely took over after someone got their grubby fingers on this thing before you, but Samsung's USB'd portable audio player can finally be yours. Apparently, it'll be showing up in black, white, green, blue, and pink, and while white earbuds look to be your only option unless you're picking up the black (surprised?), at least you can select from 1GB, 2GB, or 4GB models.
Samsung YP-U3 priced and in the wild
Samsung's YP-U3 just made an appearance in France where Generation MP3 pulled an exclusive first look at the nostalgic YEPP audio stick. While confirming the specs we've already seen, GMP3 tells us that the U3 will be set free in Europe this June with prices topping out at €129/$174 for what figures to be the 4GB player. But it's not like we're saving up or anything.
Samsung YP-U3 miniDAP outed
We've come so-very-not-far from Samsung's original entrant into this particular segment of the DAP market back in 2005, the YP-U1. Samsung did away with its fold-out USB port for a boring old cap with the YP-U2, but the YP-U3 returns to the "innovative" days of yore with a retractable USB port of sorts. Of course, storage is on the rise, with Samsung fitting a whole 4GB into one of these tiny units, and the look is certainly more modern than that frumpy U2, but a 1-inch OLED display, RDS-capable FM tuner and 15 hours of battery life just doesn't sound too exciting these days, no matter what the form factor. No word on price or release date just yet, but we'll keep you posted.[Via dapreview]
