This is a damn polished looking player.. and halted my plans to pick up a K5... hope this little beauty comes out stateside... very sexy.... specs look very nice indeed.

The DAP/PMP landscape has been changing fast, the last week or so.....

Now if only they'd enable video playback on the Z5..

I agree, Utew. Samsung is coming out with some pretty sleek looking stuff. This one does look sweet, but I like the K5 better. I thought the K5 was supposed to ship earlier this month, but Amazon is only taking preorders right now.

Jenn, The K5 is available in store.. at Best Buy.. it came out amazingly fast. The K5 with video and a slightly better price would push me over the edge.. as it is, I may still pick one up. But this new T9 is gorgeous and has my attention now.... fickle human am I... ;-)

Yeah... as Utew said, it's a damn sexy player. I've been looking for buying a Z5 sometime near Christmas, but now I'm considering waiting for this little baby.

Well.... I picked up a Z5 4gb today.. couldn't help myself. All I did was touch it and the money just popped out of my wallet.

Damn neat little player, very nice sound.. no custom EQ and no album art. Much smaller than I expected and the speakers sound ok.. no bass, but that's to be expected.. pretty cool overall.. But I might just snag a T9 too, if it becomes available. Samsung is learning this game very fast....

Oops, make that a K5.. not a Z5... I must have Z5 on the brain....

Congrats, Utew! I would've replied sooner but I had to deal with the green monster first :) I think I'm going to have to go the Amazon route because last I checked, Best Buy in Hawaii didn't carry the K5. And free shipping and no tax are hard to beat, even if it means I have to wait months.

I'm really impressed with Samsung. I didn't really give them a second thought before, but now I think they're becoming quite the contender.

They still can't come out with a player with a standard AA battery and elaspsed time in HH:MM:SS. Actually they had one bvut discontinued it.

bestbuy has t9 now but without bluetooth i think. 149 for 2gb and 199 for 4gb. i would get this over an ipod. i don't know if i should get a 2 gb yp-u2 or a 2 gb yp-t9..

what do you have bluetooth to??

ok i just ordered a 2gb t9 but i haven't recieved yet. I wish it ccame with bluetooth (asian version has bluetooth!) so you can listen to music w/o annoying wires. I heard you can also answer your phone with the mp3 player(not now but later in the future w/ firmware upgrades).

Just bought the T9 2gb and am very impressed - the voice recorder has 4 bitrate options and picks up with great clarity (I used it for a chorus rehearsal)
Easy and fast to upload music - video instantly converts to svi format. Not a fan of earbuds which come standard. charges directly from usb connection from PC or laptop.
Was disappointed that the US doesn't have the Bluetooth option yet (we are always behind the times...)

Not a bad price, it's under $200 from buy.com

If it had Bluetooth then i'll be sold compleatly. I might just go ahead and buy this media player as the first one in 3 years.

Trying to decide between a YP-T9 and Sansa e200R series to replace my Cowon iAudio 5 player (what a disappointment). Any thoughts between the two? The Samsung feels better in the hand but the Sansa seems more complete.

I don't Understand, are all of them bluetooth Enabled?
I want this player, but i want the bluetooth version!
!!!!!where can it be purchased!!?!

AHHG not here yet i suppose, *didnt read the china part*

The bluetooth one is the YP-T9B, and don't seems available in America right now. It also not clear if its bluethooth is just for BT headsets or if you can transfert files over it...

The bluetooth one is available in Europe so far as I know. Does anyone know if this bluetooth version supports A2DP profile? I can't find it anywhere?

I 've bought it although I live in Greece and not in China.

Pros(+)
beautiful
a2dp profile
folder browsing
smaller than it looks
album art
videos

Cons(-)
didn't include any bluetooth headset so I had to buy an extra pair
the battery does NOT long for 30 hours play (20-25 max)
the bluetooth headset is not supported for radio and video operation
the supporting software is problematic

But i am happy i sold my ipod for it

dude where did you buy one with bluetooth from? if you don't live in china.
please help me as i really want one.

how do i know which one model has the bluetooth feature?

hey i got the t9 (without bluetooth) last week. Its awesome. The transfer rate is good. It has an amazing display...playing video clips is more fun now!! BUT, its started acting up. Today, suddenly without any warning or any other sign, the t9 just went dead ( it was fully charged!!) . It refused to start. When i hooked it up to my pc, in hope that it would start charging and show some sign of life, but nothing. A couple of hours later i just reset it manually,and the t9 sprung to life again. I feel something's wrong with it...HELP!!

Quick question. Do any MP3 players pick up AM radio stations? I just got T9, but I haven't taken it out of the box yet. One of the main reasons I got it over a Nano is that it has the FM tuner on it, but I just realized that the main station I listen to (to/from work) is an AM station.

Hmm....please let me know.

ust a quicky, What type of warrante dose it have, Dose this puppy sound good, and how easy is it 2 put music on / video / photos onto the player?

I just got the T9, was wondering if anyone knows how to add/delete games on this thing?? It comes with 2 games already, but I'd like to add Texas Hold'Em if I can.

Rachele, I don't think that extra games are addable, despite advertising :\ I read somewhere that Adobe/Macromedia's sites go over the fact that the t9's games are "embedded" or some such . Correct me if I'm wrong.

Anyway... does anybody have some suggestions for earbuds that are fairly low-priced yet improved the sound quality? I want to bring out the most in the player without absolutely killing my wallet. I'm a pretty casual listener but I have a sharp ear for cymbals, and the included earbuds just aren't cutting it.

Same question over here.

^so you can you or cant you add games onto it?
i think im going to buy one of these

I got my Samsung YP-T9 off of Amazon mines a 4GB i got it for £100 and it has bluetooth in it. i'm well impressed, its sooo easy to get around on it.
Buy it off of amazon as it is £20 cheaper than buying a 2GB version from Currys.
And i Think you can put games on it but im not sure.

2 bad things, 1) it doesnt come with any bluetooth headphones so i had to buy them for £60.
2) The bluetooth function only works on bluetooth speakers and headphones, i was annoyed when i couldnt send things off my phone using bluetooth to it.

I know what you mean thats a bit annoying

i looked the prices up and
Currys price Amazon Price
2GB £120 4GB £100
4GB £150

What is the REAL playtime/battery life on the 4gb T9 (not bluetooth). The first one I bought only lasted 5 1/2 hours and the second one is lasting 13 hours. The manual states 30 hours play time....but what is the real truth?

has anyone yet heard when the YP-T9 8gb bluetooth version is being released state side? i read that they are bringing the bluetooth version to the U.S. but couldnt find the release date. Please help me i really want one of these. by the way can you get a extra battery pack to plug into one of these

states?? you got to be kidding me... theyve had it in canada best buy and futureshop for at least 2 weeks now

how do i delete videos from it... since windows media player is not picking up that theres videos on it and theres really like 20 on there

To enable file transfer and phone pairing u have to put the latest firmware.

hell i got it a couple of months ago and i liked it but ive had my iriver clix and my creative zen vision and i like those two more this ones good but the games that it has sucks and the new firmware adds another game and it also sucks but the mp3 player is good oh and im still not used to the buttons on the side

hell i got it a couple of months ago and i liked it but ive had my iriver clix and my creative zen vision and i like those two more this ones good but the games that it has sucks and the new firmware adds another game and it also sucks but the mp3 player is good oh and im still not used to the buttons on the side

Re Nate, Kev:

As of 7/2/07, neither the Futureshop.ca or Bestbuy.ca websites say they the 8GB bersion of the YP-T9 -- with or without bluetooth.

Has someone seen this player (the 8GB version) in any of the stores in Ontario? How much are they selling it for?

Yeah, same question. Where's the 8GB? Only thing holding me back from buying. As far as I'm concerned, it'd be the perfect player with that. (Well, more memory the better, but it should be at least as much as the competition.) Any sign of 8GB anywhere in North America?

DOES ANYONE KNOW WHICH ONE IS BETTER TO BUY THE T9 OR K5 PLZ HELP ME.
HOW IS THE QUALITY OF THE EARPHONES THAT COME WITH IT (T9) ?
CAN YOUR LAPTOP PICK UP BLUETOOTH FROM IT?(T9)
DOES IT HAVE SCREENSAVERS LIKE THE K5?
WAT R THE MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH IT ?
CAN THE RADIO WORK ANYWHEREIN THE WORLD

PLZ ANSWER MY QUESTIONS IT WOULD HELP ME A LOT.
THNX

Hi. I was wondering how do you know if your Phones going off while listening to Music?

Does anyone hear something about YP-T9B released in North America?

I only see the article says it releases in March(?) but now it is July...

I bought my T9 few month ago but I really want to have T9b...

Does Samsung playing with us?!?!?!?!

Ive talked to someone at Samsung.They don't plan on releasing the bluetooth version of the t9. Gave me a very lousy excuse that it would not be marketable.....

k guys i just got the t9 and what a friken blast. i got it at future shop for $203.00 canadian and a $30 case. its best to get it at future shop.
PS: I got blue tooth and its friken sweet...it comes standard except u have to buy the head set for like $50-60 ... it is pretty cool tho...

i am agreeing with kev i have been waiting for this bad boy to go on sale for like a month and i must say it is a beauty...
and if u want one i suggest the belkin sports jacket (a glorified case which is very smooth to the touch)

Well, I live in Australia and bought a bluetooth version online for $170 including postage, and it WAS TOTALLY WORTH IT! it says you have to have a pin for the bluetooth and haven't quite worked that one out, but it works! This mp3 player is THE BEST! I've been thrilled with it since I opened the box! Everything is just perfect. Waayyyy better than Ipod, Ipods are so overrated!

CAN U DOWNLOAD GAMES FROM OTHER SITES ON TO THIS OR NOT.

PLEASE RESPOND

iv got a ques - wen i use bluetooth, i can manage 2 get in2 ma phones files but wen i try from my fone 2 get in2 ma yp files, notin comes up??? how do u get in2 tha yp files from a mob???

Does any one know how to add lyrics to T9 ? I saw a demo on some website where there was "Lyrics" option below DNSe menu.

How to get this Lyrics menu shown in this video ?
http://www.brightcove.com/title.jsp?title=1130045001&channel=1119176984

I tried a number of shops but no one had this model with lyrics menu.