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Samsung's "Yepp" MP3 Player
TwoSticks writes "Samsung has announced ``
yepp,'' which
they claim is the world's smallest MP3 player. ``The size
of a calling card (58mm x 85mm x 17mm), "yepp" comes with
FM radio, telephone directory and recorder function.'' "
Available later this year, no price listed. 40 megs of storage
with a smart card for more.
Once again, a portable mp3 player manufacturer makes wildly exaggerated claims about storage capacity.
40 megs = 160 minutes of music?
That's closer to 50 minutes worth of music,
substantially less than a full length CD, at
MPEG 1 Layer 3 128Kbps.
Like the Rio ad campaign, Samsong is using the
assumption that your files are 64 Kbps or less, which is FM radio quality or less.
They may have software that will help you turn
128Kbps files into more highly compressed files.
However changing from one compression rate to
another can introduce distortions you don't get
converting from original source directly to the
lower rate.
Hang on for an MP3 player that hold a GIG,
possibly a CDROM filled with MP3s. That
will be a revolution.
I found this on their web site. Take This as you like:
Q:Does Yepp play MP3 songs that are illegally available over the Internet?
A: The Yepp currently has no method to detect whether an MP3 file was downloaded from a legal or illegal web site, just as a paper copier machine is not able to differentiate between text that is being copied with or without the consent of its copyright owners. Through its SecuMAX(TM) technology, Samsung is forging ahead with ways to help protect copyrighted music and it will also participate in RIAA's SDMI initiative to identify a solution to this problem.
Q: How much will Yepp cost?
A: Pricing has not yet been determined, but it can be expected that pricing will not be far from the $199 retail price mark.