Samsung Yepp YP-P3 media player gets official unveiling

Posted by David Walker on Thu 18 Dec 2008

Takes aim at the iPod touch

No doubt referred to an an 'iPod beater' in some quarters, the Samsung Yepp YP-P3 media player has made its debut in Korea, with an expected appearance on UK shelves in early 2009.

The super-slim aluminium player is certainly playing to the iPod touch crowd, packing a greasy finger-friendly 3-inch touchscreen, along with haptic feedback (just so you know you've hit the spot). Aside from that, the YP-P3 ticks all the usual boxes, and more with audio and video playback, an FM tuner, photo and text viewing, a built-in speaker and Bluetooth 2.0.

There's even a long battery life (up to 30 hours) and a choice of storage from 4GB to 32GB. What more can you ask? Well, a price we suspect. Sadly, that's not available for these shores as yet, but in its homeland, the player retails from the equivalent of £115. If that's the case over here, Samsung might well have a contender on its hands.

Link: Samsung (via Akihabara News)