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(More customer reviews)Aesthetically, this is a really nice product from Samsung. The player is quite sleek, with nice rounded edges, a decent weight, and sharp piano black gloss finish. The sound quality is superb. I didn't get the same battery life the manufacturer did (they rate 30 hours, I probably average 20), but I would bet that's because I use the touchscreen interface more than their battery testers did.
As for the touchscreen, I have to admit it's pretty nice. I prefer tactile use, so I'm more of a fan of buttons than touchscreens, but Samsung has done a nice job executing this one. There are a couple of odd quirks to the touchscreen. For example, when you "swipe" the touchscreen to advance you have to swipe from right to left, which seems counterintuitive since you are advancing the progress bar from left to right. Obviously, the same is true of swiping to back up, where you swipe from left to right, even though you're going back on the progress bar.
Also, in the default menu setting, you make circular gestures on the touchscreen to advance through the menu. Neat? yes. Functional? not really. The biggest problem I had with this is that my thumb kept obscuring the icons as they moved into view. Ultimately, I found this too annoying and I disabled it in favor of a regular grid menu. Not as cool to show your friends, but much more functional.
The audio player functions are top notch. As a caveat to this, I will say that I could not get this to sync with Winamp 5.5. My Winamp crashed every time I loaded it when the P2 was plugged in. Instead, I did my syncing through Windows Media Player, and it worked fine. It synced playlists perfectly, and did a great job recognizing albums when I copied them directly like a mass storage device. The on-board player functions include a customizable EQ with quite a few presets and a clarity adjuster. There are preset visualizations including a couple of light shows (that do not track the music), album art, track info, and a spectrum analyzer.
The video player is pretty good, but I don't really like watching video on such a small screen anyway. I'm not a big fan of the fact that you have to convert through Samsung's software to get it to run, but I guess that's the case with most MP3/video players. The widescreen playback is properly formated. FM reception is satisfactory. Not sure how the eReader works since I don't have any ebooks for it, but you can see test screens of it.
This is, overall, a good MP3 player, even if it is a bit pricey. It is only $50 cheaper than the iTouch, but it also brings in an FM radio tuner and bluetooth support for up to two bluetooth devices--including a pass-thru for your cellphone to a set of bluetooth stereo headphones like the non-US release Samsung T9. Bluetooth is a great feature if you've got bluetooth headsets, speakers, or car radio. So you're getting more features than the iTouch offers. A major downside for me is the fact that it is primarily touchscreen-only (there are hard buttons on the side: on the left a lock button and a play/pause/power button; on the right, two volume buttons). Since I tend to like to keep my mp3 in my pocket, I prefer to have tactile skip buttons as well.
Samsung has made some great strides with their feature packed MP3 players. And while this one was almost perfect for me, it fell short of the mark only in the somewhat high price tag and the lack of hard skip buttons. I give them kudos, however, for having hard play/pause/power and volume buttons (FYI, play/pause and volume can also be controlled via the touchscreen).
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The P2 is Samsung's first widescreen (16x9) video MP3 player with an optimized, touchscreen user interface. In addition, new to the lineup is Bluetooth functionality. The Bluetooth capability will enable the P2 to pair with other Bluetooth 2.0 devices. The P2 comes ready to pair with stereo Bluetooth 2.0 headphones and speaker systems to provide high-quality wireless listening. The Samsung P2 also will pair with a compatible Bluetooth cell phone so that calls can be made and answered on the P2 itself.
Video Playback The P2 will play your MPEG4 and WMV9 video files in a 16:9 DVD-friendly format and at up to 30 frames per second. The Samsung Multimedia Software (included with the P2) transcodes the video on the computer before transferring to the P2, so videos on the P2 play at the optimal frame size/rate with minimal effort from the user.
Also, the P2 is ready for DRM videos from subscription sites like CinemaNow.com or Vongo.com.
Music Playback The P2 plays MP3, WMA, and OGG audio formats. As you probably know, MP3 files are the most common music format available today. WMA uses a high-quality compression technology so users can have smaller files that sound in near CD quality.
The P2 also works with subscription content from Rhapsody, Napster, and Yahoo!, giving you access to millions of songs for your player.
Photo Playback Use the Samsung Multimedia Software to transfer JPEG images onto the P2 for viewing on the device. Images can be zoomed and re-centered. Any JPEG on the P2 also can be used as wallpaper, so you can customize and make the P2 yours.
FM Tuner The built-in FM tuner will scan the entire FM range in less than 60 seconds, automatically placing the available FM stations into presets. To eliminate stations with marginal reception, users can adjust the sensitivity to only preset stations with strong reception.
Bluetooth 2.0 The P2 features Bluetooth 2.0, which allows you to pair the P2 with other Bluetooth 2.0 devices like stereo Bluetooth 2.0 headphones and speaker systems to provide high-quality wireless listening. Enjoy a range of up to 32.8 feet, and even integrate with cell phones. (Bluetooth accessories sold separately.)
Text Viewer and File Browser Viewing text files on the P2 is a snap--text color is customizable and can be viewed in portrait or landscape view. The P2 also comes with a file viewer, which allows users to view and delete any file on the device without the PC.
Widescreen LCD with Touch Control The P2 boasts a 3-inch WQVGA screen, which allows for widescreen viewing of your favorite clips and movies.
The touchscreen also reacts to your gestures using EmoTure, an input system built by Samsung that goes beyond just merely tapping selections. EmoTure allows you to use simple directional slides to easily interact with the menu (i.e., slide fingers across the screen right for FF or left for RW).
Built-in NAND Flash Memory Samsung uses high-quality NAND flash memory for the P2. Because flash memory is static (no moving parts), the player's battery life, menu speed, size, weight, and durability are greatly improved over devices that use hard drives.
...And Then Some The P2 also comes packed with additional features like an alarm clock, calendar, world clock, calculator, voice recorder, and even subway maps of 24 global cities.
What's in the Box Samsung P2 16 GB Video MP3 Player with Bluetooth 2.0 (Black), Earphones, Player Stand, Manual.
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