iPod Touch Against The Galaxy! Player That is.

[Hooch Tan]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.ismashphone.com/2010/10/the-ipod-touch-has-finally-met-its-match-galaxy-player.html' target='_blank'>http://www.ismashphone.com/2010/10/...axy-player.html</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Samsung is ready to duke it out with Apple. Meet the Galaxy Player, an Android 2.1 multimedia device with a 3.2-inch display, 2MP camera, wifi, 8 or 16GB storage, a micro SD slot, FM radio, GPS and built-in DiVx support."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/dht/auto/1287945821.usr20447.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #d2d2bb;" /></p><p>After watching the promotional video for the Samsung Galaxy Player, I am not sure whether I should be impressed or disappointed.&nbsp; The Galaxy Player looks and feels a lot like an Android phone, which makes sense, since it is Android, but without the phone bit.&nbsp; Just like how the iPod Touch is the iPhone, without the phone bit.&nbsp; Will it succeed against the iPod empire?&nbsp; Android seems to be doing okay in the phone industry, however, I think that in order to properly compete media players based on Android would need a central hub for music, just like how Android Market is for apps.&nbsp; The platform and interface are good enough to compete, but the services bundled with it remain a big mystery.&nbsp; And of course, there is the price point.&nbsp; Here is to hoping that it will not cost more than what you would get for your phone!</p>

[Jason Dunn]

Yeah, the big problem with Android everything is that there's no desktop software component for media. And without that, a PDA-like device like this isn't going to get much pick-up...the mainstream market wants easy software to buy and load up media content. The geeks won't mind doing it manually, but they don't make up very much of the market.

[Hooch Tan]

Speaking of Android syncing, seems that Winamp may be offering just the solution people are looking for here (http://lifehacker.com/5670589/winamp-beta-brings-a-unique-friendly-interface-to-android-syncs-over-wi+fi). I do think that it seems kind of clunky and that the drop'n'sync option sounds better. Other a combination of both, where it'll sync over Wi-Fi on command (even over 3G, if you can take the data transfer) but syncing is as easy as docking it to the desktop. That and/or a good way to download directly to your Android device from where ever. Of course, there is no real Android equivalent of iTunes.