I connected two bluetooth Motorola S9 headsets to it and the music slows dramatically, making it almost useless. I have downloaded firmware 3.15 but it doesn't help. We use the unit to train in ballroom dance and thought it would be ideal to have both people listening to music off 1 unit.

Anyway, I constantly have to pull the thing out of my pocket and undo the hold switch to do anything. Annoying, but I expected that. OK...this isn't really that bad, but if you don't pause the song before you turn the unit off, then when you turn it back on, it will start off right where you left it, right at the same volume that you left it.

Also samsung doesn't have a music store for their music program (I have switched to rhapsody) but the program is hard to use and not very efficient I suggest rhapsody or windows media player. One last thing is that Samsung has agreed to work with CinemaNow and Vongo for video downloads. Both programs have proven to be very dissapointing not only in prices (as much as 20 dollars for some movies) but selection is limited and usually not very good.

If you are a apple hater, then the sammy is a good choice but still you owe it to yourself to look at the apple touch). People bash apple as being propriatary in codecs and cables andsuch, but the sammy is very limited in codec support and the ease of ripping a dvd to the sammy is way to dificult and slow. I use a mac and with XNJB it is no problem getting mp3's on the P2 , but video encoding with the sammy software stinks.

the only major problem is that the interface is lame. The touch is not responsive as comparedto the apple touch and the whole interface seems somewhat incomplete. i guess if i never had used a iphone or touch i would think that this is far superior to the archos and cowon touch screens.

It seems when I sync in WMP11, I have to remove the playlist from the P2 and then add the modified version back in or it won't show any changes. (This doesn't seem like "syncronizing" to me, but what do I know?) Also, sometimes after I sync, the P2 shows multiple playlists with the same name even though they are different playlists when you play them. Maybe it's a problem with WMP11.

turn it face out if you're not doing anything particularly violent, because in my experience it will brush against my leg and I'll hear songs skipping around and stopping and the volume wavering. Also, Hell will freeze over the day I understand the point of music visualizations, as there are 3 visuals, and album art display, and tag viewer to choose from while listening. One last thing: it doesn't play .avi videos.

This tech is obviously maturing to the point of usability. It's probably a good idea to switch to the Matrix user interface, though; the sleek 3D menu turns out to be annoying with longer use. Ogg Vorbis support has been steadily improving with firmware releases.

I will be returning the P2 as it does not compare on most fronts w my iphone (i am comparing only those features they share, granted the iphone has way more features, i am not knocking the sammy for that).

Also the FM radio does not work over Bluetooth, so if you want any sound enhancement or if you want to listen to the radio you still have to have those wired earphones/headphones around. i am using this unit with a Sony DRBT21G/B headset and all the remote control features work quite nicely. Sound is good but not as good as it could be if the equalizer was available.

The bad: The touch screen is accurate for the most part, but sometimes it does mess up (I'm not gonna lie). The screen protector that came with it gave lots of bubbles when I tried to apply it, so I took it off.

However, I thought i had a defective player at first until I fooled around and figured out what that did and that it had to be down to turn on the player.

I would put videos on it and not all of them would convert right... and I had to convert all my mp3s to mp4.. but not so with the P2...

Not enough for an average user to be upset about but its noticable. Now to the dissapointing features.

The equalizer only has 10 levels for each bar, but fiddle with it for a few minutes and you get used to it. It's still a damn sight better than any other media player, but I'd expect nothing less from Samsung. The touch screen is VERY sensitive.

I wish the tactile volume and pause/play buttons on the side still worked while it was in hold, but I suppose that would defeat the purpose.

Before I bought this on Amazon, I went to Best Buy to try it out. Because Best Buy sucks, I wasn't really able to test out anything besides the P2's durability. When no one was looking, I pressed a blunt piece of metal into the screen and dragged it across.

They are out there. White is nice, but I couldn't wait for it. All the features speak for themselves, and the built in eq is a blast but can't be used with bluetooth unless you get headphones with their own transmitter to plug into headphone jack.

There was bubble pack, but the unit was loosely packed and was moving all over the place. If it was not for the Samsung packaging, the unit may have been severely damaged.

(I also use it for song lyrics and a few recipes so that I know what to buy when I'm at the store.) You can listen to music while reading text, but you can't change tracks without first bookmarking your place, exiting the text reader, going to the Now Playing screen, changing tracks, and then going back to where you were. You can, however, change the volume or pause the music while you read using the buttons on the sides of the player.

I connected two bluetooth Motorola S9 headsets to it and the music slows dramatically, making it almost useless. I have downloaded firmware 3.15 but it doesn't help. We use the unit to train in ballroom dance and thought it would be ideal to have both people listening to music off 1 unit.

Also samsung doesn't have a music store for their music program (I have switched to rhapsody) but the program is hard to use and not very efficient I suggest rhapsody or windows media player. One last thing is that Samsung has agreed to work with CinemaNow and Vongo for video downloads. Both programs have proven to be very dissapointing not only in prices (as much as 20 dollars for some movies) but selection is limited and usually not very good.

turn it face out if you're not doing anything particularly violent, because in my experience it will brush against my leg and I'll hear songs skipping around and stopping and the volume wavering. Also, Hell will freeze over the day I understand the point of music visualizations, as there are 3 visuals, and album art display, and tag viewer to choose from while listening. One last thing: it doesn't play .avi videos.

(I also use it for song lyrics and a few recipes so that I know what to buy when I'm at the store.) You can listen to music while reading text, but you can't change tracks without first bookmarking your place, exiting the text reader, going to the Now Playing screen, changing tracks, and then going back to where you were. You can, however, change the volume or pause the music while you read using the buttons on the sides of the player.

Why there's a radio I'll never know, but being able to record what you hear on said radio is tres-cool. I'll never have to sing akwardly to get one of my friends to help identify a song again. It does what I want' has a no-nonsense approach to getting music on and off the thing, and looks minimal-chic doing it.

Easy interface to add, update and load RSS feeds Drag and drop computer files for music and video Syncing is much easier than an IPOD, does not sync all of your files to obtain new files to load

This player comes out of mosh pits smelling like roses. The whole thing screams open - open bluetooth stack (with the firmware update), drag-n-drop music loading and the Samsung Media Studio that comes with it, while I'm not really fond of, has one of the simplest CD rippers ever.

The only downside to the samsung is its affiliation to rhapsody. I found rhapsody to be very overpriced to buy music and videos. A plus though is clicking and dragging songs from my laptop to the mp3 player takes split seconds.

While it may not be listed, it does understand OGG/AAC music files (tagging support is not 100% yet, probably in a new firmware update).

(There are a couple of other visualizations, but they are just looped animations that have nothing to do with the music and are totally pointless.) You can also drag the progress bar around to go forward or back in a track...very useful for audiobooks.

The bad: The touch screen is accurate for the most part, but sometimes it does mess up (I'm not gonna lie). The screen protector that came with it gave lots of bubbles when I tried to apply it, so I took it off.

The equalizer only has 10 levels for each bar, but fiddle with it for a few minutes and you get used to it. It's still a damn sight better than any other media player, but I'd expect nothing less from Samsung. The touch screen is VERY sensitive.

Before I bought this on Amazon, I went to Best Buy to try it out. Because Best Buy sucks, I wasn't really able to test out anything besides the P2's durability. When no one was looking, I pressed a blunt piece of metal into the screen and dragged it across.

(I also use it for song lyrics and a few recipes so that I know what to buy when I'm at the store.) You can listen to music while reading text, but you can't change tracks without first bookmarking your place, exiting the text reader, going to the Now Playing screen, changing tracks, and then going back to where you were. You can, however, change the volume or pause the music while you read using the buttons on the sides of the player.

It's also very hard to see the screen on a sunny day unless the screen brightness is up pretty high. I hate the ridiculous indicator light that's right there in the middle. Everyone who picks it up thinks it's a button and tries to push it and then I have to tell them it's just a light.

The back looks like plastic, but it's actually painted metal, which makes me feel better. I applied the screen protector that came with it and then sewed it a little protective sleeve and now I just throw it in my purse with everything else and it is doing just fine. (Though I do not expect it to be a tank like my Sansa e250 was.)

The other option is to have it start off at the Home screen, but then you lose your place in an audiobook track because there is no audio bookmarking feature(that I am aware of). The other mp3 player I was looking at along with this one was the 8gb iriver clix2.

First thing I want to address is the touch screen and the sensitivity that I have seen people mention in reviews not only here, but elsewhere and honestly in my personal experience it is just fine. I have zero complaints or issues with it.

Cons: Touch screen takes some getting used to, no external memory slots, no AC adapter included (only USB charger), slight lag when flipping through photos, no protective case, player can only play video files with the .svi extension (although software is readily available to convert other formats to this one), slightly on the expensive side (but the price seems to drop every month).

There are a couple of "buttons" in the Now Playing screen that could have been a little bigger or better placed, but it's not a big deal so far. All the controls are pretty intuitive as soon as you learn what the different menu items mean.

I connected two bluetooth Motorola S9 headsets to it and the music slows dramatically, making it almost useless. I have downloaded firmware 3.15 but it doesn't help. We use the unit to train in ballroom dance and thought it would be ideal to have both people listening to music off 1 unit.

Also the FM radio does not work over bluetooth, so if you want any sound enhancement or if you want to listen to the radio you still have to have those wired earphones/headphones around. i am using this unit with a Sony DRBT21G/B headset and all the remote control features work quite nicely. Sound is good but not as good as it could be if the equalizer was available.

They are out there. White is nice, but I couldn't wait for it. All the features speak for themselves, and the built in eq is a blast but can't be used with bluetooth unless you get headphones with their own transmitter to plug into headphone jack.

The only setback is that you can only get it in 8GB and you can't add more memory. But for those who are not trying to download every song and movie on the planet, it works great. I can't forget the one amazing feature that really attracted me to this player and that is the bluetooth function.

and pretty much every video works on it too. The one feature that became the catcher for me was the bluetooth capability. At least at this point in time, I don't believe there are any iPODs or Zunes that support bluetooth.

And the extras are very fun and cutting edge tech wise. With the addition of bluetooth connectivity for not only cell phones but also headphones. A text reader, datacasts, and an alarm clock.

This player comes out of mosh pits smelling like roses. The whole thing screams open - open bluetooth stack (with the firmware update), drag-n-drop music loading and the Samsung Media Studio that comes with it, while I'm not really fond of, has one of the simplest CD rippers ever.

I don't use the bluetooth much because it drains the battery faster. I have no experience with bluetooth headphones or stereos. Apparently you can now transfer files with the bluetooth as well, but I haven't tried that yet, either.

(Oh, if only they could make an mp3 player with an AM radio in it, my life would be complete.) I have used the bluetooth with my phone only once and it worked pretty well, I think...

i also purchased this product because of its high quality sound ratings. it turns out in the bluetooth mode all the sound features are turned off and the equalizer and sound enhancement does not function.

I will be returning the P2 as it does not compare on most fronts w my iphone (i am comparing only those features they share, granted the iphone has way more features, i am not knocking the sammy for that).

Also the FM radio does not work over Bluetooth, so if you want any sound enhancement or if you want to listen to the radio you still have to have those wired earphones/headphones around. i am using this unit with a Sony DRBT21G/B headset and all the remote control features work quite nicely. Sound is good but not as good as it could be if the equalizer was available.

Not enough for an average user to be upset about but its noticable. Now to the dissapointing features.

They are out there. White is nice, but I couldn't wait for it. All the features speak for themselves, and the built in eq is a blast but can't be used with bluetooth unless you get headphones with their own transmitter to plug into headphone jack.

I haven't found how to record directly from the FM but I haven't looked. I'm on the second firmware upgrade and I noticed a number of improvements to the touch sensitive menus and features. My only small gripe is that the FM radio is not stereo blue tooth compatible.

i also purchased this product because of its high quality sound ratings. it turns out in the bluetooth mode all the sound features are turned off and the equalizer and sound enhancement does not function.

I connected two bluetooth Motorola S9 headsets to it and the music slows dramatically, making it almost useless. I have downloaded firmware 3.15 but it doesn't help. We use the unit to train in ballroom dance and thought it would be ideal to have both people listening to music off 1 unit.

This tech is obviously maturing to the point of usability. It's probably a good idea to switch to the Matrix user interface, though; the sleek 3D menu turns out to be annoying with longer use. Ogg Vorbis support has been steadily improving with firmware releases.

I haven't found how to record directly from the FM but I haven't looked. I'm on the second firmware upgrade and I noticed a number of improvements to the touch sensitive menus and features. My only small gripe is that the FM radio is not stereo blue tooth compatible.

I am only using the earbuds that came with it and I've used a couple of the preset equalizer settings and I really like it. When I first got it, there was a crackling noise between songs and a few other places, but after the first firmware upgrade, those things were gone.

This player comes out of mosh pits smelling like roses. The whole thing screams open - open bluetooth stack (with the firmware update), drag-n-drop music loading and the Samsung Media Studio that comes with it, while I'm not really fond of, has one of the simplest CD rippers ever.

While it may not be listed, it does understand OGG/AAC music files (tagging support is not 100% yet, probably in a new firmware update).

Also the FM radio does not work over Bluetooth, so if you want any sound enhancement or if you want to listen to the radio you still have to have those wired earphones/headphones around. i am using this unit with a Sony DRBT21G/B headset and all the remote control features work quite nicely. Sound is good but not as good as it could be if the equalizer was available.

They are out there. White is nice, but I couldn't wait for it. All the features speak for themselves, and the built in eq is a blast but can't be used with bluetooth unless you get headphones with their own transmitter to plug into headphone jack.

And the extras are very fun and cutting edge tech wise. With the addition of bluetooth connectivity for not only cell phones but also headphones. A text reader, datacasts, and an alarm clock.

I don't use the bluetooth much because it drains the battery faster. I have no experience with bluetooth headphones or stereos. Apparently you can now transfer files with the bluetooth as well, but I haven't tried that yet, either.

A carry case/belt clip should have been included with the player but it doesn't come with one so I did purchase a holster that works pretty well. The headphones are far from comfortable but that is such a personal choice anyhow, I fully intended to replace them right away.

As for accessories, the P2 is new but soon there will be many accessories including an FM transmitter, wi-fi, and speaker all-in-one plug in. Oh yea, the headphones that come with it don't fall out of your ears! Ok, so enough praising.

The bad: The touch screen is accurate for the most part, but sometimes it does mess up (I'm not gonna lie). The screen protector that came with it gave lots of bubbles when I tried to apply it, so I took it off.

The equalizer only has 10 levels for each bar, but fiddle with it for a few minutes and you get used to it. It's still a damn sight better than any other media player, but I'd expect nothing less from Samsung. The touch screen is VERY sensitive.

First thing I want to address is the touch screen and the sensitivity that I have seen people mention in reviews not only here, but elsewhere and honestly in my personal experience it is just fine. I have zero complaints or issues with it.

Cons: touch screen takes some getting used to, no external memory slots, no AC adapter included (only USB charger), slight lag when flipping through photos, no protective case, player can only play video files with the .svi extension (although software is readily available to convert other formats to this one), slightly on the expensive side (but the price seems to drop every month).

Easy interface to add, update and load RSS feeds Drag and drop computer files for music and video Syncing is much easier than an ipod, does not sync all of your files to obtain new files to load

but it's also $50 more expensive (between the 8gb P2 and the 8gb iTouch. There are some disadvantages, but they aren't major: 1) you are limited to 8gb, but I never used more than 8 gb on my ipod, why have more than you will use?

Small and portable, I work out with it pretty much everyday and it doesn't get in the way at all (Get the armband for it). I would reccomend this player to anyone interested in an alternative to the ipod series.

Its a flash player, so you only get 8gb, more than enough if you properly encode your files though, 1 day 12 hours worth of music is less than 50% of the space (~128kbps VBR mp3's), though this is technically a positive if you run/work out with it. Bottum Line: Get this player, not just because its an alternative to the ipod, but because its better than the ipod.

(no moving parts) Also unlike the ipod family of products, you aren't forced to use only use the apple music and audio files.

Also the FM radio does not work over Bluetooth, so if you want any sound enhancement or if you want to listen to the radio you still have to have those wired earphones/headphones around. i am using this unit with a Sony DRBT21G/B headset and all the remote control features work quite nicely. Sound is good but not as good as it could be if the equalizer was available.

Why there's a radio I'll never know, but being able to record what you hear on said radio is tres-cool. I'll never have to sing akwardly to get one of my friends to help identify a song again. It does what I want' has a no-nonsense approach to getting music on and off the thing, and looks minimal-chic doing it.

I haven't found how to record directly from the FM but I haven't looked. I'm on the second firmware upgrade and I noticed a number of improvements to the touch sensitive menus and features. My only small gripe is that the FM radio is not stereo blue tooth compatible.

(Oh, if only they could make an mp3 player with an AM radio in it, my life would be complete.) I have used the bluetooth with my phone only once and it worked pretty well, I think...