Recent Acquisitions Part 2 – Samsung YP-U2 MP3 Flash Player

Samsung YP-U2XSo after umming and ahhing over getting an MP3 for absolutely ages, I took the plunge and bought one last week. I guess I took my time trying to find an MP3 player mainly because I don’t really get the oppurtunity to use one often (I drive to work) and also I had to be sure that it worked easily with Linux. I didn’t want to get stuck with some MP3 player (*cough* ipod) that only worked with special software (yeah, I know they work with Linux now, but I really didn’t want any fussing around at all).

So quite a while ago, I identified that Samsung’s players were compatible with Linux. They basically just plug into a computer, it comes up as a USB flash disk and you just drag and drop the MP3 files (or OGG or WMA which this player supports) onto the disk.

The model that I ended up with was the Samsung YP-U2X which has a 1Gb capacity. It should be enough to keep me going as I have more interest in listening to podcasts from Triple J and ABC Radio National more than storing stacks of music files on it.

I guess what ended up being the catalyst for getting one was wanting to listen to something while I went for runs. Running was also the reason why I went for a flash player and not a hard disk based player. Another nice thing about this MP3 player also was that it has an FM tuner in it, which I didn’t even realise it had when I bought it. Bonus!

All in all, its a really nice player and a good buy at AU$179.

13 thoughts on “Recent Acquisitions Part 2 – Samsung YP-U2 MP3 Flash Player”

  1. Hello. Do you know of any case (hard or soft) for this player? I just was presented with one and don’t want to scratch it. Any help will be very wellcomed.

  2. Hey Dave! I got a YP-U1Z a few months back and I love it. Like you, I have no purpose for a multiple-gig monster (that’s what Benn’s hard drive is for!), so it’s just perfect.

  3. That’s one nice looking unit. You raise an interesting point about listening to podcasts whilst out on a run, audio books might be another option, and the FM tuner makes for a nice bonus feature !

    Thanks for the review.

  4. You would have though that you could get a cool mp3 player by samsung at this price. I really like the YP-U1Z it is very versatile and it looks cool as well.

  5. Yeah, that was my first Mp3 Player, damn..this one was $179 xD .. Now you get a Ipod Video with about 2-4 GB for that money.

    Anyway, thx for review.

  6. I agree, listening to music while running really helps with the motivation. I have an older Sony mp3 flash player which still works ok, but may need to go for an upgrade one of these days.

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    Thanks for the great review; I might buy Samsung MP3 player too.

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