Samsung's U3 was a decent sized fail and the U4 more or less came and went without anyone noticing. Samsung hasn't given up on stick players, and is back with the U5 - also called DoReMi.
The specs are basically the same as any other stick player out there; 4 line OLED screen, integrated USB plug, 18 hours of battery life and an FM radio. It will come it 2, 4 and 8GB capacities, but no pricing or release date is known at this point.
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Comments
Jack4L on February 12, 2009 3:16 AM
What kinda subliminal message are they trying to send with the DoReMi thing? :P I think the fact that they are capitalising DRM would make me just want to avoid the player ;)
warisz00r on February 12, 2009 3:57 AM
^LOL good one
ilove on February 12, 2009 4:49 AM
Good.........
anonymous coward on February 12, 2009 7:25 AM
I've liked my U3 a lot and although I'd really like straight ums function, I haven't been willing to flash the firmware and exchange artist/album sorting for flat ums. Still, I LOVE the fact I don't need to buy batteries or carry around an extra cable/adapter to charge it or transfer files. This has been very handy in Afghanistan. Curious what features are different/upgraded...
Shorty15c4 on February 12, 2009 6:54 PM
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The "Now playing" screen doesnt look so bad though, nice little layout for such a small screen. I wish the battery life was longer though, that would have been nice.
frees on February 13, 2009 2:34 AM
This one looks like pregnancy test thing ^_^ lol
Zoodar on February 13, 2009 8:08 AM
To me 18 hours of battery life seems a bit short, regarding the player only has a 4 line OLED screen. And still, who would by a player with 2 gigabyte these days?
Thunderwing on February 15, 2009 6:41 PM
I dig stick players. If this played FLAC I'd grab a 4 or 8 gig just to have it around.
Bingzhong on February 18, 2009 2:47 PM
Does this not remind you of an iriver t7? Excluding the size difference.