We’ve seen our fair share of pico projectors over the past couple of months – who could forget the AAXA L1 or the 3M MPro150? But Samsung might have something special with its new SP-H03 pico projector.

For a device that could initially be mistaken for an old Polaroid camera, the SP-H03 is a sleek piece of kit. The gadget features 1GB of internal memory which is expandable by another 16GB using the microSD expansion slot. Shining at a scintillating 30 lumens, the SP-H03 pushes out WVGA (854×480) video which will make it easier to look past the pathetic 1W speaker.

The best feature about this device is it support for open and proprietary codecs alike – we’re talking AVI, MP4, ASF, MPG, RM, FLV, WMV video files and MP3, MP2, WAV, WMA, FLAC, APE, RA audio files.  Keep that charger handy because the 2-hour battery life will keep you searching for your nearest plug socket. At a remarkable 6 ounces, the SP-H03 occupies dimensions of 2.5 x 1.5 x 2.5 inches.

Unfortunately, the $300 price tag isn’t all that cheap, but a lot of that is down to the “coolness” factor. Expect the product to be available later this month.

For a better all round look, be sure to check out the video after the jump. There’s more to this piece of gadgetry than meets the eye…

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Since our revelation of a new Samsung media player, specs of the upcoming YP-MB2 have been rising to the surface. That’s right, the folks over at Bluetooth SIG have been kind enough once again to shed further light on the upcoming Samsung MP3 player via their database of “Qualified Products”.

According to the SIG description, the device is “a multi functional Mobile Internet Device(MID) with touch-pad, GPS, Bluetooth technology, Wi-Fi and Linux OS model supporting Samsung TouchWiz 3.0 and 4.0 inch AMOLED full touch LCD.”  Such a description leaves an impression of grandeur; however, we’re not expecting competition with the likes of the iPad just yet.

Engadget have dug deeper into the technical documents and discovered that the player’s geographic availability reads “Asia” (no stateside release) and that the device will be powered via Google’s Android OS.

[via Engadget, via SamsungHub]

No sooner has the YP-RB been unvieiled, and another Samsung player comes to light. That’s right, this time it’s an Android-powered Samsung YP-MB2.  Before you suggest that this is another entry-level MP3 player like the tictoc, think again – this piece of equipment is likely to be the real-deal.

Unfortunately, all we have to go on is a product listing courtesy of Bluetooth, but naver have caught wind of both WiFi 802.11n and Bluetooth 2.1 support.

[via gmp3]

Samsung’s newest MP3 Player, the Samsung YP-RB, which we revealed at the beginning of the month has been showcased in a series of videos despite an unknown release date.

Not too much to learn that we didn’t already know, but we get a good feel for the interface (which lacks that much-needed touchscreen).

Another treat is the DMB-tuner. The DMB aerial has a 360-degree rotation for hard-to-receive signals and folds away nice and snug when not in use.

Recall that the YP-RB features:

• 3-inch (400 x 200) WQVGA TFT LCD screen
• T-DMB tuner
• 4GB, 8GB or 16GB storage capacities expandable via microSD
• DNSe Sound Alive technology
• support for MP3, OGG, WMA, FLAC, and AAC audio; AVI, WMV, MP4, ASF, H.264, and DivX video; and JPEG, BMP, PNG, and GIF images
• battery life of 6 hours of video, 10 hours of DMB, and 60 hours of audio

Videos after the jump…

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Since being spotted in a certificate of approval by the Korean Radio Research Agency, the previously unknown Samsung YP-RB MP3 player has been spotted in a product catalog (May/June 2010) with full details disclosed, a catalog made available to official Samsung distributors.

The RB will feature a healthy 3-inch (400 x 200) WQVGA TFT LCD touchscreen display coupled with a T-DMB tuner while being available in either 4GB, 8GB or 16GB of storage. The trademarked DNSe Sound Alive technology will make an audible difference to any audio pumped out of the player with its support for a whole host of propriety and closed formats: MP3, OGG, WMA, FLAC, and AAC audio; AVI, WMV, MP4, ASF, H.264, and DivX video; and JPEG, BMP, PNG, and GIF images.

The big news with this player is not the real-estate available on the screen, but the player’s battery life. That’s right – Samsung are reporting that the RB is capable of 10 hours of video or a whopping 60 hours of audio on a single charge. That battery life comes at a cost in the form of a device weight of 97.9 grams.

Available in either Black or Pink, the RB measures in at 52.4 x 101.2 x 11.4 mm. Now let’s just hope we see a stateside release date…

[via GMP3 and Naver]

Although we came across several new Samsung media players at CES, there has been no sign from the likes of the icetouch, myfit, and tictoc since. Nevertheless, Samsung has already moved onto its next MP3 player.

The last time we saw a certificate similar to the one seen above come to surface was when there were rumors of an iriver K1. Discovered by a Korean blogger, a new player dubbed the Samsung YP-RB has been awarded a certificate of approval (awarded on April 15th) by the Korean Radio Research Agency.

Breaking the tradition of a name involving a letter/number combination, the mysterious RB is purported to feature a DMB tuner. Little is known about the upcoming player – our lack of understanding Korean doesn’t do us any favors.

[via gmp3]

Both the Samsung R0 (pictured below) & Samsung R1 (pictured above) have hit the U.K. and quite frankly the rest of the world, but North America has been kept waiting – until now. Just when we had all given up hope, Samsung has announced a Stateside release coupled width information relating to availability and pricing.

Both models will be available come April shipping in 8GB and 16GB capacities. Expect the Samsung R0 to be priced at $99.99 and $129.99 and the Samsung R1 to be in the region of $149.99 and $179.99 for the 8GB and 16GB models respectively.

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The company that brought you the MP3 format, Thompson, has announced a proprietary alternative to the FLAC format dubbed MP3HD.

MP3HD is a lossless format with music bitrates averaging from 500 to 900 kbps (depending on the genre). The big bonus about the new format is that it is backwards compatible with your standard MP3 format. Furthermore, MP3HD will utilize the same .mp3 extension (which brings with it some advantages and disadvantages). Thomson state that an average Rock track will encode at around 876 kbit/s giving an overall size of 26MB.

All we have to go on is provided figures because it does not appear that an encoder is available for us to perform any sort of side-by-side comparisons.

“Find me an MP3 player that supports MP3HD!”, I hear you say. Well, All4MP3.com have announced that the yet-to-be-released Samsung IceTouch or YP-H1 will be the first MP3 player to include an MP3HD decoder for playback.

APE, FLAC and MP3HD – this could get interesting…

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