Samsung K3 Sports Colorful GUI

Samsung

YP-K3

By: Jenn K. Lee on May 8, 2007 9:59 PM

We mentioned back in January that Samsung would be splashing its ultra slim YP-K3 DAP with lime and cherry paint, and the company made good on its promise (though not for the North American market). We're revisiting the news today because the players freshest from the factory will now ship with a color-coordinated graphical user interface. So the green K3 will have a tangy lime UI, the red K3 will have a sweet cherry UI, and the black K3 . . . well, that one stays the same. We're not sure if all the colors will be preloaded onto all the players, but that would actually make the most sense and offer consumers the most choice.

The extra color will also be available for current users through a firmware upgrade.

[AVING USA]

Comments

iamtheworld on May 10, 2007 9:02 PM

samsung should make the glow on the red and green ones a different color...

anacoleman on May 15, 2007 7:10 AM

i love my dumb old sumsung phone...

BoomerBoss on May 21, 2007 2:37 PM

Today I tested the K3 at the local Mediamarkt but I like my Z5 much more than this one because it has a touch-only control and the menu is ugly...

Leeson on June 1, 2007 12:02 AM

Bought it and some seinheiser earbuds, put my music on. Downloaded the new firmware upgrade, Then spent 30 min tweaking the eq to how i like it. The sound is phenominal with good earbuds, loud, detailed and bassy. Very compact and easy to carry round, doesn't get dirty easy. The fm radio Is noticably more reliable compared to my last samsung as well. It's been 3 days since i bought it and it's already become my favourite mp3 player. It's sleek, black and kicks out good sound.

If youre looking at this mp3 player rest assured it'll give you your money's worth.

Fanny on June 30, 2007 11:47 AM

Hmm this mp3 really didnt impress. I fail to see what so special about it. Its just thin. The yp-k3 lacks feature. This is basically a copy of the ipod nano seriously. Get the yp-t9 it has way more features besides it small

sara on July 24, 2007 5:51 PM

How do you get the yp-k3 4.04 firmware upgrade???I can't get it off of the samsung website

dfassa on August 6, 2007 11:14 PM

install the software that came with the player, then the firmware pop up comes up when u start the software that came with it

joie on September 22, 2007 7:34 AM

hi...
i need help!
i upgraded the firmware for my k3 but i dont like it in red and want to go back to blue!
does anyone know how to do this??

thanksss!

Mikey on December 26, 2007 6:58 AM

Hi joie, I did the same thing as you did and uploaded the firmware on my new player and everytime I turned it on it had new colors, at least till the red(which I don't like)

What a Xmas gift! I love it, anyway I digress. To get it to change colors simply plug it in and delete the firmware file(that scary long file name - 20071210100136953_YP_K3_3_09_MTP_WA) then copy whichever color you want from this file into the root directory of the player. Now unplug and start your player and presto!! It will upgrade and you'll have your old color back.

I like the blue and green on my black player, great option to be able to change anytime I want.

Веталь on August 18, 2008 2:18 PM

Охуенный плеер!купил и очень остался доволен :)

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