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Old 03-06-2004, 02:00 AM
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Default World's Smallest MP3 Player From Samsung

http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200403/200403040010.html

"Samsung Electronics announced Thursday that it unveiled the worldĄŻs smallest MP3 player. The new YP-T5 MP3 model is much like a fashion-accessory with its 5.4 centimeter-tall body weighing only 24 gram (except battery) and comes with fashionable colors such as chameleon blue, white silver and red, the company said. Despite its small size, the latest model allows customers to store and play various types of music files including MP3, WMA, ASF and offers functions such as file navigation, folder play and MP3 encoding."



Amazingly tiny! The YP-T5 player from Samsung comes in 128 MB, 256 MB, and 512 MB flavours, and appears to do MP3 encoding of voice recordings. It also includes SRS WOW technology, which I've always been a bit dubious about - I think it causes midranges to sound hollow (it comes with Windows Media Player 9 if you want to experiment). No word on pricing from Samsung.
 
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Old 03-06-2004, 02:31 AM
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I love the "forced perspective" on the photo to make them seem smaller.

I have big hands so smaller isn't good for me.
 
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Old 03-06-2004, 03:49 AM
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Bah. Unless it has a 4GB microdrive in it that I can pull out, I don't want it :P
 
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Old 03-06-2004, 04:47 AM
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Eh, I suppose it'll look cute hanging from a necklace, but unless it's dirt cheap I'll pass. Sometimes, there's such a thing as being 'too small' :wink:
 
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Old 03-06-2004, 05:45 AM
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size does matter :lol: but to a point. I would put this thing in my pocket...and forget it's there (after wash/dry .....well) Using this as a keychain would probably be the best option
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Old 03-06-2004, 04:44 PM
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Small? Yeah.....at what point do you simply build the player into the headphones, sort of like Sony has done in the past with their FM radio headphones? Just imagine two ear buds, connected by a single cord that drapes under your chin or around the back of your neck, that is your player? Given the number of controls and small size that Bluetooth headsets are getting to today, I certainly don't see this as being too difficult to imagine!

For that matter, why NOT build the player into your Bluetooth headset - automatically mutes when you answer the phone, and you can supplement the onboard memory by streaming music from your phone/PDA! The onboard memory would allow you to still listen to music for times when you don't have your phone/PDA with you!
 
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