January 7, 2009 3:27 PM PST

Samsung unveils P3 touch-screen MP3 player

by Donald Bell
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Samsung P3 touch screen MP3 player photos

Samsung spilled the beans on the new P3 MP3 player at the company's CES 2009 press conference. As an update to Samsung's popular P2, the P3 shares many of its predecessor's features, including a 3-inch WQVGA touch screen, DNSe sound enhancement, audio and video playback, photo viewer, FM radio, voice recording, and Bluetooth capabilities such as phone pairing and stereo audio streaming.

Unlike the P2, the Samsung P3 uses a colorful new user interface dubbed "EmoTure" that emphasizes personalization. The body of the P3 is made from die-cast metal, available in black or silver, measuring just 0.39 inch thick. P3 users also get treated to Haptic feedback on the touch screen, offering a little reassuring vibration whenever a menu item is selected.

The P3 will be available in the first half of 2009 in 4GB, 8GB, 16GB, and 32 GB storage capacities. No final word on pricing, but current P2 pricing should give an idea of what to expect.

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Donald Bell is CNET Reviews' senior editor for MP3 players and portable audio, and one half of the MP3 Insider blog and weekly podcast. He also likes getting his hands dirty with digital audio tools for musicians and DJs.
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CES - MP3 and portable video players,

CES - Gadgets

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by kylebuttermore January 7, 2009 3:45 PM PST
looks amazing, hopefully will have a game store!
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by iOsasu January 8, 2009 4:24 PM PST
sorry it will only get new games through free updates through emodio.com
by kingrah1 January 7, 2009 3:48 PM PST
just think how cool it would be if apple unlocked the bluetooth capabilities (the wifi chip also has bluetooth and fm)on the ipod touch
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by tech_junkie14 January 7, 2009 10:54 PM PST
how is this possible? where's your proof?
by Platinum_Prince January 7, 2009 9:59 PM PST
hope it has an sd card slot
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by coheeed2113 January 10, 2009 11:31 AM PST
just like the P2 and any other samsung mp3 player it sadly does not have an sd slot
by tech_junkie14 January 7, 2009 10:55 PM PST
I really like this MP3. If I needed a new MP3 I would really get this one. It looks awesome!! screw the iPod touch!!! Although, I like the Wi-Fi on the touch. :/
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by DarkHawke January 7, 2009 11:16 PM PST
Slick! I guess it would be too much to hope for Ogg support, right?
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by bigomet January 7, 2009 11:22 PM PST
It has support for Ogg and FLAC.
by Brent212 January 9, 2009 12:59 PM PST
32 gigs? *snore*......
wake me up when they start making players that aren't for cute little kiddie music collections.
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by tubageekster January 10, 2009 2:48 PM PST
Honestly, what is the point of an mp3 player that is 100 gbs and above unless it is in totally uncompressed files? Who actually uses that? And if your music collection is that huge, then get a hard drive zune or ipod. So WAKE UP!
by abundantsnotbob January 10, 2009 3:24 PM PST
Get the Zune 120.
by Brent212 January 12, 2009 1:52 PM PST
I'm just pissed because my only options are zune, ipod, and archos, and **IN MY OPINION** (so don't argue, because I don't give a sh*t about yours), those all suck.
by darkr February 3, 2009 7:05 AM PST
u have other options like the 60 gig creative plus there are other hd based ones
by tubageekster January 10, 2009 3:12 PM PST
Edit: Sony is planning (according to this website http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/25/samsung-announces-crazy-fast-256gb-ssd-our-knees-buckle/ ) to release a 256 gigabyte ssd
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by srleeplus3377 January 10, 2009 9:30 PM PST
that was a blown up rumor few weeks ago, sadly they announced it did not have any plans to do so.
by linhlh January 10, 2009 6:09 PM PST
Where the hell was the option to vote for Sony Touch Walkman.

@Brent212 : That's what HD Mp3 player is for. Besides that 100 Gb+ on flash will make its price over-priced for consumers. And it is just bad business.
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by 4dthinker January 11, 2009 10:33 AM PST
The P3 can play Flash games made for other touchscreen players with the same 480x272 resolution screen. There is no memory slot, but it comes in 8, 16, and 32gb versions. No hard drive keeps the P3 very pocketable and light. Feel free to lug the Zune 120 around for your collection of uncompressed files. The Sony Touchscreen won't have memory slots, and there is no mention of bluetooth or FM in it either.
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by JordyKun January 11, 2009 1:48 PM PST
32 gigs is good for me. I have a 4 gig 2nd gen. Nano, and I'm running out of room. With 32 gigs, I can convert all my music into lossless or some high quality format like that and still have more room for memory. Plus it's cooler than the iPod anyways.
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by kyle2dotcom January 11, 2009 10:58 PM PST
Yeah this does not impress me. I'm very interested in the Sony OLED player though.
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by ddkew123 February 3, 2009 6:20 PM PST
Nothing more to add. I will regard this as a def. purcahse. I've been using 3 MP3 player from Samsung and all of them were simply amazing. I mean, they've rocked the **** out of everything what I've used before. P3! ?
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