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Samsung's new pebble; iPod slowdown
Posted by: hipstomp on Wednesday, April 30 2008

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Coming out in June is Samsung's new "pebble"-style MP3 player, the YP-S2. Seemingly designed so it can be easily smuggled into prison, the $40 device will store 1GB, and the attractive design means the iPod Shuffle may finally have some viable competition.

Will we see more attempts to loosen Apple's death-grip on the MP3 market? Well, according to Google Trends, the iPod is on the decline....

via infosync world



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Another interesting 'package', but shown out of context of headphone cord. Article indicates "could practically dangle off the headphone cord without slipping free.", so sounds like BlueTooth is not integrated. If only mp3 and iPODs included bluetooth/wireles headphone connectivity within the 'package', and not an aftermarket accessory. A quick web search indicates that Samsung and even Apple are looking at this.