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YP-T10 LaFleur Preview

Wearing emotion!! – Purple design like Art Nouvear

　

The Samsung YP-10 La fleur, Art Nouvear purple design, stimulates user’s emotion with not only the design, but also 10 unique GUI designs.

It has great portability with 7.9mm thickness as a multimedia MP3 player. And with an earphone jack and the Bluetooth function, you can enjoy the high quality music as wire and wireless type.

This product has got a QVGA 2 inch TFT LCD to give users convenience and show video and image. And it provides better sound with DNSe 2.0.

Those who want distinguished design and high quality music will be satisfied with the Samsung YP-T10 La Fleur.

　

The Art Nouveau type purple party

By expressing Art Nouveau type pattern on the product it stimulates user’s emotion. And the wondering purple makes people have curiosity.
And the 7.9mm slim thickness, 43g light weight, the grip, and the slim and stylish design catch the eyes.

　

The T10 La Fleur’s own changeable GUI

Not only the external design, but also the 10 changeable GUI give another visual satisfaction.
　

QVGA 2 inch color TFT LCD

It has got a QVGA 2 inch color TFT LCD, so it gives a wide and clear screen. The image slide and video functions are provided.

　

Upgraded DNSe 2.0

Samsung’s own 3D surround DNSe has been upgraded for more vivid sound with more natural and bass strengthened sound.In contrast to the DNSe, it supports 10 kinds of preset EQ and user setting with new strengthened bass, 3D, Bass, and EQ.

Various Codec

The Samsung YP-T10 supports MP3, WMA, and OGG, and it means the compatibility of it is very good.

　

Featuring the Bluetooth 2.0
Advanced Bluetooth function is supported, so 2 bluetooth headset can be used at the same time.
Hard inserting the PIN code became easy as one click and max. 3 people (2 wireless, 1 wire) can enjoy music with one product.
Also, the Bluetooth function which was only for music now can be used to watch videos.

　

FM radio function
You can save your favorite frequency to listen.Auto preset can automatically store all frequencies from all FM band, so you don’t need to waste your time to search a frequency.

Long playing time

Internal lithium-polymer battery has been used. By one charge it can play up to 30 hours music, 4 hours video. It’s very convenient, because it uses 24 pin connector just like a cell phone.

　

USB 2.0

It supports USB 2.0, so you can transfer files faster, and can be used as a movable disk.

Silver Award by Accelenation.com: Samsung YP-T10

Samsung's YP-T10 has received a Silver award from Accelenation.com. Its article is described below.

Introduction
Samsung has long been a player in the MP3 market along with the likes of companies such as Creative. However, most of these companies have been relatively unsuccessful in breaking into the market the way that Apple has with the iPod. Now with iPods everywhere, Samsung is trying to attract part of this market with the YP-T10, a slim, video-enabled, digital audio player. How does it stack up?

The Test
Let's go through a list of features offered by the YP-T10.

The Samsung YP-T10 comes in various storage capacities, including 2GB, 4GB and 8GB. The 8GB version was the one tested here. It also comes with a small QVGA screen (320 x 240) for the UI and for playing videos.
Some "extra" features from the basic set include support for FM radio, voice recording as well as Bluetooth compatibility.

The rated battery life is 30 hours for audio and 4 hours for video, which is quite impressive for a digital media player. It also takes only 2.5 hours to charge up the battery. Play speed can be adjusted (i.e. increased by several factors) as well as EQ presets (and user adjustments) courtesy of DNSe.

The YP-10's front is finished with a glass plate to give it a sophisticated and clean look. Under the glass panel, you'll find the QVGA screen along with a light up control pad. The control pad dims off when there is no user feedback. The display does not span the whole front of the player and it is not a touch-screen UI, but nevertheless an interesting concept.

The power button is located on the right hand side of the player. You slide and hold that position to turn it on. Upon power up, you'll be greeted by a cartoon dog appropriately named "Sammy". Afterwards, the keypad lights up with the controls and once the music starts playing, the dog starts jumping around on screen.

As previously mentioned, if there is no user input, then both the keyboard light and the screen turn off to conserve the battery.
The UI on the YP-T10 provides the user with many options to adjust. The "Sound Effect" options allow the user to turn on "Street mode" and adjust "Clarity" for a better experience when out and about.

There also a range of DNSe EQ presets such as: Normal, Studio, Rock, Classical, Jazz, Ballad, Club, Rhythm & Blues, Dance, Concert Hall as well as a User mode. The User mode allows adjustments of EQ, bass as well as 3D.

Play speed can be adjusted anywhere from 0.7x to 1.3x although listening to an MP3 at 1.3x speed sounds like the Chipmunks singing.

In terms of audio quality, the default settings with the provided headphones seem to deliver a rich sound that is better in my opinion to the defaults of other audio players I have tested. The bass is acceptable and the 3D effect is fairly apparent.

The touch pad looks nice although sometimes the response lags a bit and because the keys are close together, people with larger fingers might find it hard to press the desired key.
When holding the player in the hand there is the possibility that one of the keys may be pressed accidentally. A useful feature would have been a keypad lock to reduce the likelihood of this happening.

Transferring files to the player is quite easy with the supplied USB 2.0 cable. You treat the player as a storage device in Windows and drag the files directly to it. The player supports MP3 and WMA.

In terms of video support, the formats are limited to mostly WMV (no DiVX). Even so, some WMV files I downloaded didn't seem to play.
Watching the pre-loaded trailers on the screen gave fluid playback, although watching a movie on a 2.5" screen takes some getting used to.

Conclusion

Although a nice concept, the touch pad still needs to be tweaked for better responsiveness. I'd prefer manual buttons versus these controls because on occasion I found it hard to press the right key. The screen is also quite small for watching video. This could be increased but I guess at the expense of battery life.

Overall, the Samsung YP-T10 offers plenty of features, good storage capacity and a reasonable interface all in a small, stylish package. Support for Bluetooth, direct USB file transfer and audio EQ DNSe, give this player a leg up on the competition. The 4GB version of the YP-T10 is available for around $119 Canadian.

YP-T10 3rd Firmware Update

Samsung released the 3rd firmware of YP-T10.

Following is an instruction video from Michael explaining the changes in the 3rd f/w.

Here is the summary of the firmware changes.

Games Added
1. BombBomb
2. BubbleSmile
3. Chicken Runaway

GUI
1. Added 10 new themes

Added Functions
1. Deleting files

2. Displaying text horizontally

Music (added music codecs)
1. Added AAC
2. Added aacPlus

Movie
1. 100 bookmarks

The Tweak3D.Net reviewed YP-T10

Tweak3D.Net reviewed Samsung YP-T10 as follows:

For our first review of Samsung products at Tweak3D, we chose to take a detailed look at the T10 MP3 player (4GB), which is a solid Ipod alternative, for a decent price (around $120 USD).

Features

Available colors: black, lime green, red, white
Storage capacity :4GB / 8GB
Screen: 2" 320x240 pixel 262k Color
Size: 1.63” (W) x 3.76” (H) x .39” (D)
Weight: 43g / 1.14 oz.
Battery (Lithium-ion): 30h (specs), 15h (test) / Video 4h
File support: MP3, WMA, SVI, WMV9 at 320X240 resolution (30 fps),TXT, JPEG
Other: Voice Recording, FM Radio, Datacasts (RSS Feeds), Bluetooth 2.0Link for features and specifications: YP-T10JAB MP3 players - MP3 players SAMSUNG

Installation
The T10 comes with a USB cable, the software / drivers CD and earbuds. Also, thanks to Samsung for the re-usable package instead of using a popular “clamshell” piece of $%&%&! This way, the player and accessories can be stored in the small box when not in use.

Samsung’s software installed properly on my Vista x64 machine (it also works on Vista and on XP SP2+). Since the T10 is a MTP device, it’s impossible to use it on a Mac or with Linux.

The player also works fine with other media players such as Windows Media Player and Winamp (for drag and drop). Still, I suggest using Samsung’s software, since it permits you to upgrade the player’s firmware and use the other features (video conversion, RSS feeds, etc).

Controls and graphical interface

Firstly, you need to power on the player with a sliding power switch which is on the right side. A delay is needed to activate the power on / power off sequence, so there’s no worry to shut the player off by accident.

The rest of the controls are all touch activated. The buttons are invisible and light up when needed. There’s a menu button, a back button and a directional pad with a select button at the center of it. Also, you will have to wipe the player quite often, especially if you buy the black unit. Finger marks can be quite a problem with a dark touch interface.

To be honest, even if it contributes to the slick design of the player, I’m not a fan of the T10 touch interface. The buttons are seldom irresponsive and accidental presses happen quite often. Separate volume controls would have been welcome, because of the lack of precision of the touch interface and the incapacity to get to the volume controls quickly. If you are in another menu (options, playlists, etc), you have to back up until you reach the main menu to be able to alter the volume again.

Aside from this flexibility issue (volume), the menus are easy to navigate, without feeling any lag. Lots of eye candy was added in the interface, but you can easily skip the animations by continuing to navigate through the menus.

Sound and audio quality

According to my ear, the sound quality of the T10 is above average while plugged to a pair of quality headphones (I tried with a pair of Sennheiser HD437) or a home sound system.

On stock settings, I felt like it was set with way too many bass. I just had to play with the bass boost option, along with the equalizer (seven bands) which was easy to use and responsive. On the other hand, I tried the DNSe sound “enhancing” system and I was unimpressed. Frankly, I prefer to listen to my tracks as they were intended, so I never use the features that permits to add effect that mimics being in a particular place. There’s also a “Play speed” option that is totally useless with music, unless you crave for a cheap new bootlegged Chipmunks CD.

The stock earbuds, while still comfortable, did nothing out of the ordinary, so I don’t recommend using them. It was easy to hook Bluetooth headphones to the device, so this is great if you want to get rid of the usual wires. It’s a plus for the T10, compared to its direct competitor, the Ipod Nano, which doesn’t offer Bluetooth compatibility.

The FM radio option worked well, with possibilities to customize your preset stations, etc.

As I noted earlier, I stress-tested the player to play continually until battery exhaustion. It lasted around 15 hours, which is half the time indicated in the specs.

On top of that, the music was played at a very low volume, with the screen off. Fifteen hours on one charge is more than enough for the regular user, but the enthusiast will have to plug it in every night on the computer (or any other USB source of energy, such as a game console).

Screen and video quality

As with larger Samsung LCDs, this 2-inch screen is great. The colors are vibrant and it offers a wide viewing angle. Also, the suggested battery life was true for videos, it lasted at least 4 hours during my tests.

Most video files need to be converted by the software to fit the WMV9 320x240 @ 30 fps standard. This was a lengthy procedure, so be aware that preparing videos won’t take the same time as managing audio files which mostly require a simple drag and drop.

The picture viewer feature also worked very well! The software resizes your files to a 640x480 resolution to ease on the loading times and the high quality screen will do great justice to your various pictures and mugshots.

In conclusion...

The Samsung T10 offers a great deal of functions for its price. At first, I asked myself: “With all the Ipods all around, what will it offer to compete?” Well, for around 10 bucks less than a Nano, you get the same functions plus some neat features such as the possibility to hook up wireless headphones. This feature is especially great since Bluetooth headphones gained in popularity and are much more common nowadays. The T10 is a good choice for fans of the underdog, the one that doesn’t want to go “mainstream”, or the one that just wants to try something else than the Apple “standard”.

The Samsung T10 earns a solid 4 out of 5!

Pro’s:

Great screen quality
Good sound quality for the price
Bluetooth compatibility

Con’s:

Hard to reach volume
Touch interface / gets dirty easily
Lengthy video conversion.

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Samsung YP-T10 Review

Here is a review from http://www.markpascua.com/2008/03/09/samsung-yp-t10-review/679/

The Samsung YP-T10 is supposedly the Apple iPod Nano killer. Design-wise, it sure gives the Nano a run for its money. The YP-T10 is one fine looker. It sports a lightweight, clean, and sleek design with aluminum accents. The back-lit, touch sensitive navigational control doesn’t even appear until you boot on the player. However, the buzz surrounding the player is its cute animated menu system, which features “Sammy” the dog. Every menu page is vibrant, seemingly geared towards the young at heart. The only downside that is holding back the YP-T10 is that it only supports MP3 and WMA files. Additionally, video support feels more like an after-thought, supporting MPEG-4 and WMV @ 30 FPS.

Specs:

* 2″ QVGA (240 x 320 pixel) screen

* Bluetooth 2.0

* 3D sound with DNSe support

* USB 2.0* 4GB ($129) and 8GB ($200)

* FM tuner

* Voice recording

* Video playback: SVI, WMV @ 30 fps

* Audio playback: MP3, WMA

* Supports TXT and JPEG viewing

* Battery life: 15 hours audio; 4 hours video

* Dimensions: 3.8 x 1.6 x 0.3 inches* Weight: 1.5 ounces

Good:

+ lightweight, excellent design

+ screen is nice and bright

+ “drag and drop” supported for easy file transfer

+ FM radio is nice+ excellent user interface. Sammy is cute.

+ Bluetooth allows up to two headsets to be connected (listen with a friend).

+ decent battery life

Bad:

- lack luster file support

- too sensitive controls

- a little ‘too touchy’?

- some may prefer more ‘tactile’ buttons- due to lack of file support, converting your video files can be irritating

- no podcast support

The Samsung YP-T10 is a gorgeous MP3 player hands down. However, audiophiles that demand a plethora of file support should probably look elsewhere. For the rest of us that only listen to MP3s and no other obscure audio files…give the YP-10 a look.
The player comes in black, red, white, green, and purple in either 2 or 4GB. $129.99 via

Amazon (4GB).

PC Magazine review: Samsung's YP-T10

PCMazine rated Samsung's YP-T10 as a very good product.
Here is the link to the info:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2274495,00.asp