First Look at Samsung's Newest Portable Media Players

URL : http://www. pcworld. com/article/185867/first_look_at_samsungs_newest_portable_media_playe rs. html First Look at Samsung s Newest Portable Media Players Ginny Mies, PC World In the past, Samsung s portable media players have had excellent... More

URL : http://www. pcworld. com/article/185867/first_look_at_samsungs_newest_portable_media_playe rs. html First Look at Samsung s Newest Portable Media Players Ginny Mies, PC World In the past, Samsung s portable media players have had excellent audio and video quality, but the user experience was marred by some strange design choices. The company s latest, the IceTouch and MyFit, seem to fit into this tradition. A follow-up to last year s P3, the IceTouch s (YP-H1) oddest feature is its 2-inch transparent AMOLED touchscreen. Yes, I m confused too and the press images Samsung provided don t really demonstrate how this works. The player seems to be divided between the tempered glass display and a colored skin/grip below it. All of the hardware buttons appear to be located on the edges of the player. Flip the player over, and you ll see a reversed view of the display (shown in the image to the left). Besides the question of usefulness of a transparent Less