Samsung P3 Palm Theatre Plus 16 GB MP3 Player (Black)

by Samsung

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00261W2RA
• Item model number: YP-P3JEB
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #46,175 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Wouldn't it be nice to have an MP3 player that listens to you? Samsung's P3 does. You say you want short download times for DIVX movies. And you want to be able to easily put all your favorite utilities right where you want them. Plus have a wide screen that let's you know you’ve been heard when you touch it. Of course Bluetooth would be nice too. The P3 does it all. And delivers audio quality that you’ll definitely want to listen to.

Download without downtime

We know you’d rather spend your time watching videos than waiting for them to download. That’s why along with other video formats we designed the P3 to also support DIVX. Not only is DIVX the most popular format, it’s also the fastest and easiest to download. After a firmware upgrade you just download directly to your P3. Then view them in full 16:9 format. You can even capture or bookmark your favorite scenes. With the P3 your wait is over.

Good vibrations

With the P3 your videos and music aren’t the only things you’ll be touched by. Put your finger on the P3’s wide touch screen and you get a reassuring touch right back. It’s called a HAPTIC sensor. Drag your finger across the wide screen and you feel a light click. Scroll and feel a mild rumble. You can even sync the vibration to your music and videos by turning on the Vibe Woofer. No matter how you use the P3, the vibe is always good.

Command your performance

How you communicate with your P3 is up to you. Our EmoTure technology let’s you interact with its features in a much more personal way. Instead of just one main screen there are three customizable desk screens. Easily drag, tap or flick any of the colorful icons where you want. Choose from clocks, memo pads, calendars and more. There’s even a range of screen effects to choose from. However you choose it, it’s your P3 your way.

Never miss a note

Hear your music the way it was meant to be heard. P3’s DNSe 3.0 technology restores the song’s natural highs and lows. And it can create a virtual surrounding to match the genre, from dance club to concert hall. There’s even a built-in mono speaker and an FM radio. With the P3, hearing is believing.

The strong not-so-silent type

Don’t let the P3’s stylish design fool you. The aluminum casing is rugged and the glass screen is strong enough to resist scratches. Enjoy the wide, 3'' high resolution display and the full 16:9 aspect ratio without bars. In silver or black, the P3 can handle whatever you put in it or on it.

Enjoy your freedom

No more wires. Really. The P3 with Bluetooth+EDR lets you take or make calls without taking your cell out. Wirelessly listen to music in your car, on your cell phone, even play games. Transferring photos and music files is faster too. So stay connected without having to be connected.

It multi-tasks like you

The P3 is more than meets the ear. Its built-in flash player is the ideal way to play flash movies. Or to use some of the great gadgets built right in to mark an important event on your calendar, take a note while on the run, or to set an alarm for that crucial meeting. Aside from all that, you can also just listen to it.

Features Overview

• 16 GB
  
• Audio Playback
  • Variable playback speed: Users can easily adjust a playback speed (x0.5-x2.0) without any change of pitch in voice.
  • Adjustable skip interval, repeat A-B mode
• Video Playback
  • H.264(.mp4) Playback is compatible with iPod contents
  • Max Resolution: 480 x 272 pixels
    3” wide WQVGA touch screen
    EmoTure 2.0 for intuitive use
    
• Photo Playback
  • Display photo slideshows along with music or FM radio
  • 6 transition effects available or random
  • Custom timing to slow, normal, or fast
  • Zoom up to 400%
  • Auto pivot images to fit the screen
  • Use any image for customizable wallpaper
    
• Compatible formats: 
  • Music: MP3, WMA, OGG, AAC, FLAC, WAV, ASF
  • Video: MPEG4, WMV, H.264, ASF, RMVB
  • Photo: JPEG, BMP, PNG10W x 2
• DNSE 3.0
  • 13 Preset EQ settings
  • Customizable master EQ
  • Street mode provides a boost to key frequencies
  • Audio upscaler for increased dynamic audio
  • Auto DNSe: by analyzing genre from meta data of each song, Auto DNSe automatically recommends DNSe effect. Mood analyzer of EmoDio.
    
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
  • A2DP: Advanced Distribution Profile for wireless audio streaming
  • AVRCP: Audio Video Remote Control Profile (being able to control Play, Pause,
    Fast-forward, Rewind, and Volume)
  • HFP: hands Fee Profile for connection with mobile phones
  • OPP: Object Push Profile for wireless file transfer
  • Wireless Music: listen to your music wireless using Bluetooth headsets and car audio systems.
    
• FM Radio and recorder/voice recording/text viewer 
  • Supports up to 30 preset stations and recording of your favorites
    
• Datacasting
  • using the EmoDio software which comes on the installation disk. Datacasts are automatically placed in the Datacast menu structure. Go to emodio.com for more
    information.
    
• EmoDio
  • Transfer non-DRM videos from the PC to the P3
  • Rip (encode) CDs and manage your music library on the PC
  • Transfer JPEG photos from the PC to the P3
  • Set up Datacasts, transfer text files and upgrade firmware
    
• USB connectivity
  
• Haptic Feedback & Widgets
  • EmoTure 2.0 for fun & convenient navigation
    
  • Respond to your touch with vibration
    
• Scratch Resistant tempered glass and solid metal design.
  
• Bluetooth games: play wireless games with your friends.
  
• Built-in Speaker
• 3” TFT LCD (16:9 Wide Full Touch Screen)
• Text viewer, photo viewer, games
• Up to 30 hours audio and 5 hours video playback
• Li-Polymer Battery 
  
• Includes headphones and USB cable

Samsung P3 Palm Theater Plus Spec Sheet.jpg

Product Description

Good looking, smart, reliable and lots of fun. Your new MP3 player is all this and more. Its state-of-the-art technology delivers rich sound, and vibrant pictures. You'll love your new MP3 player, whether you're exercising, downloading your favorite tunes, watching videos, or even listening to FM Radio. Use it once, and you'll wonder how you ever lived without it.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Alot of you are confused so..., January 13, 2010

By 

Warren McQueen "Teknique Productions" (WhereIcan, CU) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samsung P3 Palm Theatre Plus 16 GB MP3 Player (Black) (Electronics)

Allow me to clear things up. The P3 is an EXCELLENT player. In my opinion, the only competition out for it would be the zune HD and cowon s9. soundwise the s9 and p3 are even but both better than the zune.

You'll notice alot of people complaining about the included software (emodio) crashing and not working well. though this is true, there is very little sense in opening up a program and creating a library and "syncing" when all you really had to do was drag and drop. its not like you have to convert anything on the p3, why use fancy software thats glitchy? bottomline, ditch emodio and all other programs to be honest. just drag and drop.

the layout is customizable to your liking. few owners realize that you can easily make your layout from scratch with your own icons and fonts and things. its all explained on anythingbutipod[dot]com forums.

many complain about a laggy or insensitive touchscreen. those people are behind. the touchscreen issue was fixed months and months ago. they've release multiple firmware upgrades (contrary to everyone claiming theres no support for the p3) also available on the p3 forums of abi.

all in all the player turned out to be well rounded. an updated no frills breakdown would be

PROS:
1) sound quality
2) build quality
3) customizable themes
4) ridiculous amount of file extension support (converting isnt necessary)
5) DRAG AND DROP!
6) cheapest top tier player out
7) screen quality
8) vast amount of online support @ anythingbutipod
9) built in speaker

CONS:
1) lack of wifi (for some this is an issue)
2) EMODIO IS SPAWN OF SATAN!
3) not widely available. Finding in a local store is difficult
4) stock headphones are tolerable but not great.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Decent player with some flaws, November 2, 2009

By 

William Stec - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samsung P3 Palm Theatre Plus 16 GB MP3 Player (Black) (Electronics)

The P3 is my second MP3 player (first was an old Iriver player that was terribly user-unfriendly). I've only had the player a few days, and in general like it, but it does have a few minor flaws.

1) the Emodio software stinks. I've had only one crash, but it's annoying to lose the info you just typed in. It isn't as flexible as I'd like to see. For example, if I want to put some video I just took on my Canon high-definition recorder onto the P3, here's what I had to do to achieve that:
1) Use Nero Vision to convert from high-def to mpeg-2 480x272 resolution.
2) Then use Emodio to convert from mpeg2 to svi, as it doesn't allow mpeg files to be used. Conversion is slow. I want to be able to just convert once at most.

2) I find the touch screen is not sensitive enough - I end up pressing several times to activate an option. Having an adjustment for sensitivity would be a blessing.

3) I don't use Bluetooth or any of the music manager programs so I can't comment there. BUT it surely is a pain to have to change the filenames of all my music so that it comes up properly in Emodio. I use the format "Artist - songname"; Emodio then imports the whole string into artist field and strange things happen. Makes it hard to use. So I ended up modifying the ID3 tags for over 900 songs just to make it work properly on the player. Yech.

Forget about getting support on their forum; it's in Korean and I didn't find an English site. I ended up using the site anythingbutipod dot com for info.

4) I haven't found the charging issue to be a hassle - I just bought a combo pack with 2 USB-compatible chargers; one for AC power, and one for car cig lighter. No problem there.

5) I REALLY would like for future players to have a user-removeable battery - this way if the battery dies you can just replace it and carry on. Or being able to swap out batteries for longer use would be handy. I can do this on my cheap LG phone, so I don't see why it wouldn't be possible with these kind of players.

The widgets are just dumb so I ignore them. My wife LOVED the sleep timer with the cat, as I expected she would.

All in all though, I do like the player, and may buy another one for the wife.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works On A Mac, Better Than iPod Touch, October 9, 2009

By 

Nancy Gonzalez (California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Samsung P3 Palm Theatre Plus 16 GB MP3 Player (Black) (Electronics)

I have always liked Samsung products but their MP3 players are rarely compatible with Macs. I am running snow leopard and this works on my mac. Before this player I owned a an 8gb first generation iPod Touch. To use it as an external drive though you have to go to settings> system> pc connection> UMS.

I like this much better than my iPod. It is smaller than the iPod touch but the screen is really clear and with the latest firmware the touch is responsive. I have pretty small hands so I could see if you have large hands how one would have a problem with that. It has music, videos, photos, flash player, alarms, FM radio, address book, bluetooth, voice recording, text viewer, games, calendar, calculator, rss feed reader, and subway maps. The ipod touch i had didn't have bluetooth, flash player, or FM radio. I like listening to NPR and radio in general so I had to go with this. The reception is actually really good too.

The sound quality is amazing. It is way better than my ipod. This unit doesn't have wifi but i don't need it anyways since where i live there is no signals anyways. Even on the ipod touch i rarely used the wi fi.

Bottom line, I love this mp3 player. It is small, compact, sleek, and with all the features and current price it is a steal.