After launching the 4-inch and 5-inch Galaxy Players in South Korea, Samsung has been announced a smaller version – Galaxy Player 3.6 (YP-GS1) for its domestic market. Samsung says users can take advantage of the device by using it for educational purposes or can even use it as a device to make or receive calls over Bluetooth.

The Galaxy Player 3.6 runs Android 2.3 OS and comes with features like SoundAlive, 3.65-inch display, Bluetooth 3.0, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, 8 or 16GB of memory and more.

It will sell for 200,000 won (US$173).

Samsung has announced the availability of its small Android player – Galaxy S WiFi 3.6 which was first shown at the IFA in September. This “Multimedia Internet Device (MID)” is now available in Germany for 159 euros that gives the goodness of Android OS at an affordable price.

Galaxy S WiFi 3.6 is equipped with a 1GHz processor and comes with Android 2.3 OS, 3.65-inches HVGA (320×480) display, 8GB internal memory, microSD card slot (up to 32GB), 720p HD video playback, 2MP main camera with a VGA cam on the front, GPS, Blutooth, Wi-Fi and pre-installed Qik app.

The player also features an earpiece and a mic for VoIP calls or can act as a “virtual smartphone” when the player is paired via Bluetooth with an Android tablet that supports calling functionality.

As expected, Samsung has unveiled its latest Android-based media player. The Galaxy S WiFi 3.6 will be powered by Google’s latest Android Gingerbread OS and pack in a 3.6-inch display, 1GHz OMAP processor, 2MP rear camera and front-facing camera for video calling, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS, SoundAlive and support for services like Social Hub.

The Galaxy S WiFi 3.6 will sell in black or white for 149GBP (8GB) and 169GBP (16GB).

We don’t have any image but Samsung will reveal a new Galaxy Player at IFA. The Galaxy S WiFi 3.6 Smart Player will mostly have a 3.6-inch display and feature 1GHz CPU with latest Gingerbread OS, Bluetooth 3.0, Wi-Fi, 802.11b/g/n, GPS, expandable memory and SoundAlive. It will come in capacities of 8 and 16GB.

A quick search shows Amazon UK has already listed the product. Galaxy S WiFi 3.6 8GB will sell for 150GBP and 16GB for 170GBP.

Samsung has given the official acknowledgement to previously leaked YP-R2 and YP-R3 media players. Unlike the recent PMP range that has been powered by Android OS, these new players run on proprietary OS and are low on price. The R2 is a compact touchscreen player that comes with a 3-inch WQVGA LCD, FM Radio, Sound Alive, voice recorder and variety of multimedia codec support like DivX for video and mp3HD for adio. The PMP also comes with MusicSquare that sorts music tracks according to user’s preferences. YP-R2 will be available in 4GB or 8GB options and will sell for 149,000 won and 169,000 won respectively.

YP-Z3 goes a little more low end but sports respectable specs. The Z3 also comes in capacities of 4GB and 8GB and features 1.8-inch QQVGA (160×128) display, DivX as well as mp3HD support, SoundAlive FM Radio, voice recorder and audio playback of 30 hours. YP-Z3 will sell for 89,000 won (4GB) and 119,000 won (8GB).

Samsung has released a new colour for its Galaxy Player PMP in South Korea. Available in white till now, the Galaxy Player 70 (YP-GB70) is now available in an all-black hue.

Apart from the colour change, the 5-inch player boasts the same feature set like WVGA display resolution support, 3MP camera, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and variety of e-learning content.

Samsung YP-R2

Samsung’s latest line of PMPs run on Android OS but the Korean company will soon launch an affordable touchscreen-equipped media player running proprietary OS in Russia and other parts of the globe. The YP-R2 PMP is really small that measures 50.9×90.9×8.6mm and is clearly influenced by Galaxy S II with its textured battery cover design.

The PMP comes with a 3-inch WQVGA LCD, 4 or 8GB of storage, SoundAlive, FM Radio, voice recorder, mic and a battery life of 40 hours for music and 4 hours for video. The player also supports variety of multimedia codecs, including mp3HD and has a feature called as Music Square that sorts and organizes music tracks according to user’s preferences.

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Samsung has announced the global rollout of its Galaxy S WiFi 4.0 and 5.0 Android-based media players with Russia and Switzerland being the first recipients of Galaxy S WiFi 4.0 and 5.0 respectively. Upgradeable to Android 2.3 OS, the players feature a 4-inch (Galaxy S WiFi 4.0) and 5-inch (Galaxy S WiFi 5.0) display with mDNIe image engine, 1GHz processor, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, Social Hub support, VoIP, VGA front and 3.2MP back facing cameras, 8 or 16GB internal memory and microSD card slot.

The players were only available in South Korea till now.

Samsung has released a new firmware for its Galaxy S WiFi 4.0 (YP-GB1) and Galaxy S WiFi 5.0 (YP-GB70) in South Korea. The new firmware updates not only brings some stability and performance improvements, they also add new educational content for users to take advantage of.

Additionally, the JQ5 update for GB1 boasts improved RAM management, improved subtitle sync etc. and the KD1 update for GB70 comes with video playback speed adjustment, intermittent speaker noise fixed and more.

Users can download the update from Kies.

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Russians will soon be able to pick up Samsung’s Android-based Galaxy S WiFi 4.0 and Galaxy S WiFi 5.0 PMPs. Galaxy S WiFi 4.0 and Galaxy S WiFi 5.0 are inspired by Samsung’s bestselling Galaxy S phone and will be released in April and May with storage option 8GB and 16GB respectively.

Both the players run on Android 2.2 that will be upgradeable to Android 2.3 and comes with similar features like a 1GHz CPU, 3.2MP rear camera, LED flash (Galaxy S WiFi 5.0 only), VGA camera for video calling, wide range of multimedia codec support, GPS, Bluetooth 3.0, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, accelerometer, microSD card slot supporting up to 32GB.

Few features that distinguish both these players are its screen – Galaxy S WiFi 4.0 has a WVGA Super Clear LCD whereas Galaxy S WiFi 5.0 has a normal TFT LCD with WVGA resolution support; internal memory and battery capacity which is 1200mAh in 4.0 and 2500mAh in 5.0.

The 4-inch model will sell for 9,990 rubles and 5-inch player will go for 12,990 rubles.