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Keepin' it real fake, part LXXV: MA-727 apes Samsung's T9B
There's blatant knockoffs, and then there's blatant knockoffs. As you can probably tell, this is most certainly a case of the latter, as the so-called creators of the MA-727 didn't even bother to take their own photo. Instead, it looks pretty clear that they simply doctored Samsung's own snapshot of the T9B, threw a pink miniSD card down beneath, and called it original. Sure, it can supposedly handle just about every format under the sun and touts a 2.4-inch display, built-in speaker, FM tuner, voice recorder, rechargeable Li-ion, and anywhere between 128MB and 2GB of internal storage, but we wouldn't recommend pulling the trigger on this one unless you've got more money than sense.[Via PMPToday]
Samsung T9B finally launching... eventually
Samsung is finally announcing the Bluetooth version of their diminutive T9 in the US market as the T9B, however they're being gun shy on the price and date. As far as we know it's all the same T9-ness that you've come to expect, 4GB capacity, MP3, WMA, MPEG-4, FM tuner, and all the rest, just now with Bluetooth for A2DP headset streaming. Hurry up Samsung, we're not too into waiting for things that have already long been out overseas, especially ones which already have FCC approval.
Samsung's 4GB YP-T9 goes legit -- in China
So, Samsung has just released the YP-T9 in China, along with its Bluetooth counterpart, the YP-T9B we spotted passing through the FCC in July. Maybe Sammy didn't get the memo, but that FCC of ours is best used -- in our opinion, at least -- for Stateside releases, none of this piddling China stuff. Of course, a China release doesn't preclude a US release, and it's not like Samsung ever drops anything first over here anyways, but that doesn't mean we can't be total whiners about it. As for specs, everything seems to match the FCC docs, including a 1.8-inch screen, MP3, WMA and OGG codec support, Flash games, 30 hours of music playback, 6 hours of video playback (down from the 7 we spied, take that China!), and of course the 4GB of flash memory and Bluetooth support. Keep reading for some purty press shots of the player, but don't get too attached... gadget love is a cruel mistress.[Thanks, Samsung-the-man]
