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Samsung to Release YP-S2 Pebble Shaped Player

By: Andreas Ødegård on March 12, 2008 6:03 PM

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Tiny players are in these days. Both the Sansa Clip and the Zen Stone (Plus) have had great success with small form factor, and it seems more manufacturers want a market share - in this case Samsung.

The YP-S2 was spotted at a Samsung showcase event last night, and seem to fit right in with the rest of the gang. From the looks of it it's screen less, so features will be limited. It will be available in 1GB capacity, and have a expected battery life of about 10 hours, putting it in direct competition to the first generation Zen Stone. Several colors will be available when it launches in May. Video after the jump.

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Comments

TechGeekA on March 12, 2008 6:36 PM

lol i think they are rip-offs! i have a slight feeling they may get sued or something

dragnandy on March 12, 2008 6:59 PM

hmm.. it looks like a STONE!

Jeffrey T. Meyer on March 12, 2008 7:30 PM

Everybody rip-offs everybody else. Didn't Sony have one shaped similar to that way before the 3 stone models? Looked like a bean or something.

Geod on March 12, 2008 9:05 PM

Looks similar to the Sony NW-E105 mp3 walkman. But, Sony's player comes with a backlit lcd screen.

dragnandy on March 12, 2008 11:42 PM

jeffrey, i know what your talking about. i had that for a while, too. it was ok for a tiny compact player except build quality sucked. extremely fragile and i returned it a week later. it was cool looking though.

JQuilty on March 13, 2008 1:02 AM

Seems like some awkward button placement. I think I'd stick with the Zen Stone.

Lacene on March 13, 2008 1:15 AM

What about the Oomi Pebble?? It's smaller, and it has a LCD.....

Hristo on March 13, 2008 10:02 AM

So it appears the new trend is the infinitesimal. But be careful not to breathe it in. :)

k on March 30, 2008 11:31 AM

Nublets, Samsung YP-F1 supports ogg, file/folder browsing, and is small than all these.

yoonskylycos on May 1, 2008 10:46 AM

I really looks like a pebble.
1GB internal memory, FM Radio, supporting MP3/WMA/OGG, LED indication; these features would be very good as a small one without LCD screen.
I would like to see it in June on the market.

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