The Samsung P2 is quite a good mp3 player. At the time I got this, I was looking at something small, and with a touch screen, which was just starting to appear in mainstream devices.
As you can see, it is quite a minimalist design. As most touch screens are anyway. At the time I was considering the ipod touch which had just come out. But with the iphone just around the corner, I thought whats the point. On top of that, this is about half the size of the ipod touch, so much more pocketable.
It comes with quite a few modes. The capailities that make it stand out is excellent sound quality, even through streaming bluetooth audio. It also has the capability to connect to your mobile phone to me used as a dialer. I havent really used this feature extensively, but what its supposed to do is if you are listening to music and you have your phone in your bag, u can just answer it with your mp3 player. Kinda nifty, but never had the occasion to use it.
The touch screen is very sensitive, with an easy navigation system. It is also customisable so you can change the menu design, the background image, even the font! Other functions besides the standard music/photo/video is that it can sync to rss i think, an ebook reader and an FM radio function. There are a few games as well if super bored.
Video quality is excellent, altho i have not tried to encode a movie to watch on it. Oh also, mine came with 8gb for about $300. Its probs a bit cheaper now.
In summary these are the outstanding points.
- Solid construction.
- Has all the basic functions + some extras.
- Excellent sound quality with unusually good sound reproduction over streaming bluetooth A2DP.
- Can directly copy songs over as a usb stick. Dont need itunes or anything else.
Depends. If you are looking for a small music player. Yes. Although one thing to keep in mind, is that mobile phones these days are slowly encroaching into this space and making dedicated mp3 players less relevant. So yes it is a good mp3 player, but consider if you actually do need a mp3 player, or would that $300 be better spent on a better mobile phone?
I do concede that this probably provides better sound quality and reproduction, therefore those who enjoy their music, would be happy with this purchase.
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