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For years now Apple and their iPod Touch have had the entire market to themselves. The iPod Touch was really the first proper touchscreen music device that worked and people actually bought. Since then it’s only evolved further and has become more than just a music player. Microsoft have tried to get in on some of Apple’s territory with the Zune HD but they never really managed to make much of an impact.
Now Samsung is going to give it a shot, and it looks like they’re going all out. The Samsung Galaxy S smartphone and the Galaxy Tablet both serve as legit competitors to the iPhone and iPad and are doing some damage to Apple’s sales. Samsung are hungry and are now going after the iPod Touch as well with their latest creation, the Galaxy Player.
It looks great, it’s almost identical to the current iPod Touch but it’s running Android which gives you a lot more freedom. It also has a removable battery, a 3.2 MP camera on the back and a VGA one on the front, Bluetooth, GPS, a microSD card slot, a 1-GHz processor and is running Android 2.2 Froyo.
While the screen may be bigger than the iPod Touch’s at 4-inches, it’s a lower resolution of 800 x 480 (while the Touch sports a 960 x 640 “Retina” display) The other thing is it’s slightly thicker than the iPod Touch at 9.8mm compared to 7.2mm. But then again it’s probably how they fit in the better camera and removable battery.
We’re still waiting for pricing, but expect more information at CES which is less than 2 weeks away. It will come in 8 GB, 16 GB and 32 GB capacity’s but i’m not sure if that includes the SD card slot or not.
Anyway it looks like a promising contender to the iPod Touch, what do you think?
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