Samsung Yepp YP-P3

Samsung Yepp YP-P3 PMP is on the way. Looks like it's getting an official launch in Korea just ahead of CES.

The Samsung Yepp YP-P3 even has a built-in speaker for those who do not always like to use a headset. 2009 proves to be a very exciting year for PMP and touchscreen devices of all kinds with every new device we hear about.

Specs are :

• 3-inch, 480 x 272 touchscreen as the P2, but with added haptic feedback and
• a new Flash-based UI with customizable widgets,
  
• Bluetooth with A2DP,
  
• the usual codec support for MP3, WMA, AAC, OGG, FLAC audio, AVI/SVI MPEG4., WMV, H.264/AVC videos and JPEG, BMP images. and
  
• a 30-hour audio playback battery life.
  

No US prices yet, but the Koreans out there should look to have scrounged together 239,000 won ($177) for the 4GB, 279,000 won ($207) for 8GB, and 329,000 won ($244) for the 16GB model by the time these ship in early January.

Sony Ericsson W950i

Sony Ericsson W950i is a stylish 4GB music and video player that fits into your pocket, surfs the Web, syncs your calendar and contacts, and even checks your e-mail. No its not the iPhone, the Sony Ericsson W950i is available now, and it's a great choice for music lovers, as long as they don't care about fast Internet access.



Chocolate brown with orange accents colored W950i is a beautiful piece of work. It is rock solid gadget in your hand, yet light enough in handling. A large, 320-by-240 touch screen with a completely flat phone keypad below it. Little raised dots on the pad make a feeble attempt at helping you distinguish between pressing the "3" and the "6" keys. Volume and play/pause buttons are on one side. On the other side there's a back button, a scroll wheel, and a slot for a narrow, easy-to-hold stylus.

This is a real smartphone, running the Symbian operating system with the simple-to-use UIQ 3.0 interface, and it works just like an ordinary music phone.

Newman Plum Multimedia Player

Newman will soon launch the "plume" will be 320.26 million color QVGA 240 × 2.4-inch high definition screen. AVI/ASF/WMV/MP4/MTV/3GP/MOV/MPG/DAT/VOB support a variety of video formats. Rate H.264 broadcast over other functions include text to read, browse photos, records management, current prices and more information has not been published.

Turning Microsoft Zune into a PDA

Microsoft's Zune was supposed to be the latest in a long line of would-be "iPod killers", however, like such stellar previous attempts like the Dell DJ, it hasn't been met with much enthusiasm. A column runs down the criticisms leveled at the Zune (poor hardware, poor usability, compatibility problems -- in other words, pretty much everything), and says that to make the Zune more desirable, Microsoft needs to make it "more like Windows". That conjures up all sorts of possibilities in the mind, but the writer somehow takes that to mean making the Zune more open to customization and modification, as opposed to "Apple's strict gadget lockdown". He says Microsoft should create a development environment for the Zune, giving out free developer tools and fostering the creation of new applications and uses for the Zune. Which sounds pretty much exactly like... the development environment Microsoft's created around Windows Mobile PDAs, and last time we checked, that ecosystem wasn't exactly helping Pocket PCs destroy the iPod. While it's inevitable that convergence will see music and other media playback features rolled into devices like mobile phones, standalone devices will continue to thrive until converged devices can offer a comparable user experience to players such as the iPod -- and that's where Zune falls down. And never mind that Microsoft's willingess to accede to record labels and favor their interests over those of users means the iPod's probably safe for a while yet. Microsoft's corporate culture makes it hard pressed to come up with something that can compete favorably against the iPod. Perhaps instead of trying to create an iPod killer of its own, its time would be better spent improving its software so that a hipper and more nimble company could build one instead.

Creative Zen Vision

Here is one more iPod killer after microsoft's zune, it sports a sleek and spacious 30GB model.

Select from an extensive line of accessories that make ZEN Vision the perfect companion - Wired and InfraRed remote controls, docking station, extended-life battery pack, chic leather case, LCD screen protector, and even a car adaptor kit.

Features list includes

Tens of thousands of photos View precious memories - tens of thousands of them - in 262,144 vivid colors and 640 x 480 resolution. Complete with a thumbnail gallery, ZEN Vision makes it easy to scroll through your entire photo collection.

An amazing 15,000 songs Perfect for taking with you on the road or around the house. And your music will sound as good as it looks, with the 8 preset EQ settings and 97dB signal-to-noise ratio ZEN Vision provides.

Movie and Photo Slideshows Connect the ZEN Vision to a projector or TV with the included AV cable, and delight friends with big screen movie magic.

Integrated Plug&View™ Compact Flash Slot Transferring pictures from your camera to ZEN Vision has never been easier. Simply slot in your camera's Compact Flash (CF) memory card, and let ZEN Vision do the rest. The optional Compact Flash card adaptor lets you use other popular memory card formats, such as SD, MMC, Memory Stick and more, with ZEN Vision.

SharpPix™ 3.7” high-resolution LCD screen 640 x 480 (VGA) resolution on a large, transflective screen. And up to 262,144 colors in your videos. What all this means is you see crisp, clear detail in every movie or photo, even under bright lighting.

Lightweight magnesium casing The elegant magnesium metallic casing protects your memories with pure sophistication. Now available in magnesium black and pearl white.

Rechargeable Li-ion battery Get more playback time with the included removable and rechargeable battery. Enjoy up to 13 hours of music5, or 4.5 hours of movies6. The optional extended-life battery pack lets you double playback time, which means you'll be entertained virtually forever.

FM radio If 15,000 songs aren't enough, listen to more with the integrated FM radio. 32 station presets let you switch stations whenever the mood strikes.

Personal Organizer Store and view all the information that's important to you - daily tasks, contact lists and even a calendar - that you sync with Microsoft Outlook, or edit with Creative Media Explorer.

Voice recorder Meetings, lectures, even voice memos to yourself - record them all with the integrated voice recorder, which stores hundreds of hours worth of recordings.

Microsoft Zune

Rumored to be potential iPod killer, Microsoft's Personal Media Player (PMP) will be available this holiday season in United States is named as Zune.

The Zune features wireless technology, a built-in FM tuner and a bright, 3-inch screen that allows users to not only show off music, pictures and video, but also to customize the experience with personal pictures or themes to truly make the device their own. Zune comes in three colors: black, brown and white. It's a 30 GB device.

Wireless Zune-to-Zune sharing lets consumers spontaneously share full-length sample tracks of select songs, homemade recordings, playlists or pictures with friends between Zune devices. Listen to the full track of any song you receive up to three times over three days. If you like a song you hear and want to buy it, you can flag it right on your device and easily purchase it from the Zune Marketplace. The Zune Marketplace music service and a foundation for an online community that will enable music fans to discover new music.

Zune makes it easy to find music you love — whether it’s songs in your existing library or new music from the Zune Marketplace. Easily import your existing music, pictures and videos in many popular formats and browse millions of songs on Zune Marketplace, where you can choose to purchase tracks individually or to buy a Zune Pass subscription to download as many songs as you want for a flat fee.

To get started with great music and videos out of the box, every Zune device is preloaded with content from record labels such as DTS, EMI Music’s Astralwerks Records and Virgin Records, Ninja Tune, Playlouderecordings, Quango Music Group, Sub Pop Records, and V2/Artemis Records.