Alex Info Section - Samsung YP-U3

This is an mp3 player YP-U3 by Samsung. If you are interested in getting an mp3 player then no harm reading this right?

THE TUTORIAL
Mp3 player is divided into two major categories, flash drive mp3 players and hard drive mp3 players. Comparing in sense of capacity, flash is indeed in the losing end. But do not underestimate flash players. Despite not in the same league as the hard drive player like the Ipod Classic, flash drive won when it comes to its lightweight and portability. Its much easier to carry along and most of them come with a clip, giving much ease for those on the run.

When it comes to birthday gifts, flash players would most probably first to come into mind esp when for the young one. Flash player earn its spot in durability, and this becomes a serious disadvantage for giant hard drive mp3 players (like the Creative Zen m)

***end of tutorial***


SAMSUNG YP-U3

The famous Samsung's YP-U3 has become one of the most favourite flash mp3 players and are given reasonably high ratings by various groups such as CNET (8.6/10) and Pcmag (5/5).

Its sound quality may not be as impressive as Sony's NW-E016F, The YP-U3 is still good at for its price.

The YP-U3 lives up to the hype for its stylish smooth buttonless design, similar to its cousins the YP-K3. This gives great advantage during recording, as hard plastic buttons like the latest Creative Zen was complained for users have experienced distortion in the beginning and the end of the recording due to the poor buttons design. But Creative Zen does have a cool credit card design.

I pretty much hate the poor button design by Sony mp3 players. It looks pack, and it looks awfully cheap, with a bunch of words like "option","home","back","pwr off". Indeed those who would choose Sony are not retarded, so why cant they do just like the others do. Symbols! Those words look cute on a PSP, but that is because PSP is huge, whereas mp3 players are not. I guess they aint so smart in visual understanding ehh?

Anyway lets move forward!

Like you see here, the YP-U3 is small and light. Those it feels like a small toothpaste, its whole alot lighter. Its slightly fatter than standard Kingston pendrive, but overall it is still small and portable.

And also as you can see, its totally buttonless. If you have a Creative mp3 player or some China brand mp3 players, you may experience small degree of problems on some of those mention products during recording. As for this, Samsung defy the need of button usage and instead....touch sensitive controls build in. Sexy eh?
There you have it, thin. And as thin and small as they go, usage is still fine of any individual, including those with gigantic fingers.

Do not worry of damaging this dude here. As its a flash mp3 player, the probability of spoiling it due to falling are pretty small. It doesnt pack with heavy hardrives like the Archos or Ipod video series, so worry less.

It does come with average battery life tho. But it still aint bad rite? So for travellers, you may want to turn of the LED light (The left side of the picture). To be honest, its been annoyed me ever since, looking at it blinking and blinking like a bug. Of course you can switch it from blinking, always on and off, and all these can be found under the option menu.

Other than the LED light, what bugs me most is the sliding USB port. As you can see, it is different than standard shape USB. If you do observe other pendrive type mp3 players, you can see that most come with a non-sliding usb cable which comes with a protective cap.

Unlike those, Samsung YP-U3 USB are capable of retracting and kept inside the pendrive, causing protective caps to be unnecessary. But take a look. Its is actually different than normal USB port. And it is actually hard when you try to insert into your pc or laptops. It makes it feel cheap or damaged, as its makes it less stable and easily slip off. But anyway, this appears as just a minor problem.

There you have it. I do not offer much specification in this, as I am speaking as a user. I am no seller. But anyway, I do know that it does come with an FM radio (which is cool!), something the Ipod Shuffle does not offer (or even the Ipod nano or Ipod Classic). And it supports mp3, wav and wma format.