After a day of using it, I absolutely LOVE IT~! But of course, there has to be some things that aren’t good about it XD

My biggest complaint was the EmoDio software that you have to get =___= I mean, you don’t NEED it persay…..unless you wanna get pictures and videos onto your player, THEN you need it. You have to convert and everything which I don’t mind, but the program is a tad bit slow o.o strangely. Maybe it’s just me. But I really don’t like it XD sadly, I need it =___=

One other complaint was that the headphone jack was right next to the charger. When you want to disconnect the player, you need to press the sides of the USB to get it out, but you can’t do that with the earphones in the way…..you have to take out the earphones, then unplug the USB and then plug back the earphones again =___= oh speaking of earphones…….DO NOT USE THE EARPHONES THAT COME WITH THE PLAYER xDDD hell, even my Skullcandy earbuds sound better than it xDDD

Now the good stuff……it is SERIOUSLY responsive. Maybe it’s the upgraded firmware, but it’s A LOT more sensitive and responsive than I thought it’d be o.o pages move really smooth and it detects gestures really well. I’m actually impressed. And there’s a lot less mispresses like when you’re touching the screen to do one thing and it accidentally does another. It doesn’t do that anymore :D one sad thing is that it didn’t come with the Sketchbook widget T^T I really wanted that……

It loads pretty fast and the build quality is what I expected. All metal and glass. The hairline finish on the back seriously is GORGEOUS. I never thought I’d like the silver version, but hell I LOVE IT. It’s not too heavy but it’s not light enough to make it feel like you’ll snap it if you drop it.

I also didn’t find the volume buttons on top to be too much of a problem O.o cause when you’re holding it and using it, your hands are automatically gonna hold the entire player, not just the bottom part, so getting to the volume controls weren’t much of a pain as I thought it’d be.

Recording quality was also AWESOME. It’s more real and clear than most mp3 players’ recorders I’ve used, thanks to Samsung’s awesome audio chip ^^

And the haptic feedback is awesome XD I don’t know why, but it’s so fun xD

It did freeze sometimes, but when you press the power button, it actually shuts down and then reboots itself so you won’t be needing to press the reset button too many times *^^*


So yeah, that’s the P3 in all its pwnage godly glory XD I did take some pictures of it, but currently too lazy to put them up xDD

You’ve probably seen this in my favorites list *^^* but it’s just so good that I simply MUST let others know, if you haven’t heard about it already.

Let’s start with the specs :D get all the nerdy stuff out of the way xD


>> Specs <<

Capacities: 4GB ($120-$130), 8GB ($130-$190), 16GB ($170 – $250), 32GB ($300) – these are prices I found in various sites…..not many sites have the 4GB or 32GB T^T
Colors: black, silver
Dimensions: 2.1″ x 4.0″ x 0.4″
Weight: 3.4oz
Display: 3″ touchscreen with 480×272 resolution and haptic feedback
Supported audio: MP3, WMA, OGG, AAC, FLAC
Supported video: MPEG-4, WMV, H.264, AVI (DivX and XviD)
Supported photo: JPEG, BMP, PNG
Rated battery life: 30hrs (audio), 5hrs (video)
Connection: MTP


>> Design <<

I thought the design was pretty nice. VERY nice. The screen, first of all, is a nice 3″, which is plenty of space. Added to that, the screen is made of tough glass, so it won’t be scratched by your keys or anything (someone actually made a video testing this, it was amazing O.o). And the body has this awesome metal finish to it. I wouldn’t say it’s that heavy, but it has enough weight to make it feel durable (in which is certainly is).

On the sides of the player, there’s nothing, just a silver line going around it. On the top though, you got a power/hold button, volume controls and a mono speaker. In between the volume controls and the speaker there’s this little pseudo-button that I wish they used to make more room for the speaker =__= well anyways…..it’s nice that they have a speaker in the first place :D I do find the placement of the volume controls a little weird. You have to reach to the top of the player to control volume…..something I’ll have to get used to.

On the bottom, there’s the 3.5mm headphone jack with Samsung’s proprietary USB connection and the reset/mic hole…..how they combined reset and mic is beyond me xD

It’s nice that they got rid of that useless circle light thingy that was on the P2 xD it was starting to get annoying cause so much space was being wasted.

Now I’ll talk a little more about the display. The screen looks so clear and nice. The 480×272 is pretty good and everything’s so crisp, it’s beautiful ^^ the only thing I’m concerned about is the smoothness of the screen cause after all, it’s a touchscreen. If you use it right and you update it regularly, it shouldn’t be a big problem. Now this will lead into the UI…..


>> UI <<

Just in case, UI stands for: user interface. It’s basically how everything looks, like the icons, the menus, etc.

So yeah, the UI is soooo nice. Well, depending on how you configure it. The way it comes in the box…..some might not like it. The background’s nice, but I didn’t like the icons xD I never liked Samsung’s icons THAT much. The good thing is, you can make your own themes using Flash Macromedia 8 (which I did, but I have no talent for this xD). There’s a generous person who teaches how to make your own theme :]

There’s also widgets. Some come out-of-the-box and there are some pretty useful and cute ones :D one that’s famous is the sleep cat xD I don’t know why people think this is useless cause it basically sets a timer for when the player turns off. Handy if you’re the type of person who falls asleep to your music then wakes up next morning to find that your battery is dead (like myself). You can move these around (you can move the icons also) but I think there’s a limit of like 5 pages O.o there’s also this bar you’ll see under the screen that’s touch-sensitive. Depending on how you touch it, it’ll either bring up the widget bar or a simple music player that has like play/pause/skip, etc.

The P3 uses Samsung’s ARM chip, I believe, which is one THE best sound chips out there. If I’m wrong, then I’m so sorry T^T but it doesn’t change the fact that the audio quality on this thing is SUPERB~~ and on top of that, they have a 7-BAND customizable EQ, that is CRAZYYY. And they already have a bunch of preset EQs that work pretty well. The music options are AWESOME~ oh and they also have the folder viewing option, if you like going through your music that way. That’s where you can also delete files. Not many players allow you to delete files right off the player so that’s awesome. Oh oh and one nice thing to note is that it allows you to create a few playlists, I think it was up to 5 o.o I don’t know if you can name them, though.

Now, the connection…..when you connect it to your computer, it shows as a storage device, which means you can simply drag-and-drop. I personally must use media players (like WMP) to sync my stuff (ID3 tag OCD). But you don’t have to. That’s a nice option ^^ speaking of connection, I forgot to mention that it has Bluetooth capabilities. It’s able to connect to phones and headphones using Bluetooth. But one problem. Many people complained about how it doesn’t connect to many Bluetooth headsets or phones. The reason is that the P3 uses Bluetooth 2.1 while most things use 2.0. No wonder they’re not compatible.

It also supports flash games :3 as I believe it, it comes preloaded with a few O.o oh and uh, it also supports TTS (text to speech), just to put that out there xD

Now to change the theme, it comes with a CD that as the EmoDio software, but I recommend that you don’t use it =___= I really…..recommend that you don’t.


>> Resources <<

Well I mentioned many things that are from other sources, so I want to share them with you ^^

Appliance Best Buys – 8GB YP-P3 for $135 + tax
Partsearch-technologies – Samsung USB for $8
ABI – extras for P3 (support, firmware updates, etc.)
Gomdol’s themes

I tried to find the video of the guy proving the screen’s durability with knives but I couldn’t find it T^T I couldn’t find that list of phone compatible with the P3, either T^T nor the tutorial that this guy made T_T I remember how to do it though so I’ll try to upload the files that he provided T^T

But I so say that it’s well worth the money if you do get one :D just don’t, PLEASE don’t go on EmoDio, it’ll give you a MASSIVE headache. Of course, almost any Korean program can give you a headache =___=