Samsung unveils P3 touch-screen MP3 player

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.

[kylebuttermore]

looks amazing, hopefully will have a game store!

sorry it will only get new games through free updates through emodio.com

[kingrah1]

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

[tech_junkie14]

how is this possible? where's your proof?

[Platinum_Prince]

hope it has an sd card slot

[coheeed2113]

just like the P2 and any other samsung mp3 player it sadly does not have an sd slot

[tech_junkie14]

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. :/

[DarkHawke]

Slick! I guess it would be too much to hope for Ogg support, right?

[bigomet]

It has support for Ogg and FLAC.

[Brent212]

32 gigs? *snore*......
wake me up when they start making players that aren't for cute little kiddie music collections.

[tubageekster]

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!

[abundantsnotbob]

Get the Zune 120.

[Brent212]

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.

[darkr]

u have other options like the 60 gig creative plus there are other hd based ones

[tubageekster]

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

[srleeplus3377]

that was a blown up rumor few weeks ago, sadly they announced it did not have any plans to do so.

[linhlh]

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.

[4dthinker]

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.

[JordyKun]

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.

[kyle2dotcom]

Yeah this does not impress me. I'm very interested in the Sony OLED player though.

[ddkew123]

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! ?