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

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Product Details

• Item Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00261W2RA
• Item model number: YP-P3JEB
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #4,788 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 8, 2009

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 
  
• Also available in black 8GB and 32GB
• Also available in silver 8GB and 32GB
  

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Solid Design

Your favorite music stands out - so should your MP3 player. The P3 features a sleek and unique aluminum chassis that's both stylish and lightweight, while the tempered glass screen is scratch-resistant.

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DNSe 3.0 (Digital Natural Sound Engine)

Get the best sound out of every song. Samsung's exclusive Digital Natural Sound Engine automatically upscales MP3s to CD quality with a powerful yet distortion-free bass boost, and even lets practicing musicians slow down any song so they can learn how to play it - without changing the pitch

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Widget Icons

An easy and fun way to arrange all the applications on your P3, Widget Icons can be downloaded for free from emodio.com. You can also select cool wallpapers, and even share designs with other users.

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Extendable myDesk

Glide from one application or icon to the next, quickly and fluidly. The intuitive Extendable myDesk feature keeps your P3 organized, and puts all your listening or viewing options just a quick flick of the finger away.

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Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR

Put powerful wireless technology in your pocket. Advanced Bluetooth 2.1 lets you pair your P3 with external speakers or a headset - without the hassle of wires. You can also transfer files faster thanks to Enhanced Data Rate (EDR), and even play games against any other P3 users in the same room.

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Speaker

Forgot your headphones, or want to listen with a friend? The P3's built in speaker makes it happen, with surprisingly clear and powerful sound.

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Reactive Touch

With just the press of a finger, you'll know you've made the right choice. The Reactive Touch feature vibrates in response to making a selection, so even quick, on-the-go "picking and clicking" is simple and sure.

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Drag and Drop - DivX

Transfer videos easily, just like you do on your desktop. Click, drag and drop your video files onto your P3, and DivX automatically converts them so they'll play perfectly at your command.

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Samsung P3 Palm Theatre Plus 16GB Black

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 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 (REAL NAME)

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.

3 of 3 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

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.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great MP3, September 29, 2009

By	Anthony Pacheco (Odessa, Texas) - See all my reviews

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The Good: Wrapped in textured metal for beauty and durability. Sound quality is by far the best I've heard from an MP3 especially this thin. The videos are very clear and play smooth. Compatable with everything I've hooked it up to including my PS3. File transfer rate is extremely fast. Widgets are an added extra that give the home screen life. Having bluetooth calls that are clear and the ability to transfer files top off the already great player.

The Bad: The headphone out of the box aren't very good so get better ones. It doesn't come with a wall charger just a USB cable so charging can be a hasle. The touch screen isn't so accurate so the games can be tricky, big fingers are going to have a lot of trouble. Samsung only supports those who are Korean with a Korean social security number so don't expect to get updates or even themes unless you want to go the illigal route.

Summery: This does have the potential to compete and maby stomp on the ipod Touch, but lack of support kill those chances. With that said, for those who want top of the line sound quality and good video player, this is perfect.