Samsung and Roxio work over Napster Players
 Samsung Electronics is working with Roxio
to develop a line of portable audio players that will carry the brand names
of both Samsung and Roxio´s Napster service.
The showcased Samsung Napster YP-910 Player includes a 20GB hard disk drive,
according to the user manual published by the FCC. The capacity is enough space
to store around 5,000 average-length MP3 files. It measures 108 millimeters
by 70 millimeters by 20 millimeters, that is near to competing players´ data,
but it weighs 60 grams only.
Other features that worth mentioning are support for not MP3 only, but Windows
Media Audio files as well, a USB port, and an FM radio and an FM transmitter,
which means you can listen to songs wirelessly through an FM radio. It also
includes a rechargable battery that provides enough power for up to 10 hours
of use, and a recording function that can be used to record from the built-in
FM radio or an external device, such as a CD player, to an MP3 file, according
to the manual.
| Hard disk drive based MP3 player comparison
|
| Player |
Length (millimeters) |
Width (millimeters) |
Depth (millimeters) |
Weight (grams) |
| Samsung YP-910 |
108 |
70 |
20 |
60 |
Toshiba Gigabeat MEG200J |
89.5 |
76.5 |
12.7 |
138 |
Toshiba Gigabeat MEG50JS |
112.0 |
72.5 |
22.3 |
235 |
Apple iPod 20GB |
104 |
60.9 |
15.7 |
158 |
| Apple iPod 40GB |
104 |
60.9 |
18.5 |
176 |
| Sources: Samsung preliminary user manual published by
FCC, Toshiba press release, Toshiba Web site, Apple Japan Web site |
By PC World, CDRInfo
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